The Spaceport
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Scope
The motivation behind building The Spaceport
Fun experience highlighting diversity as power
Why I've Chosen an Alternative Timeline
I started writing the Spaceport series in the 80s. The world was different then. September 11, 2001 changed everything. The pandemic of 2020 would have shut down the 'port. The current global environment is in many ways at conflict with many of the deeper, more idealistic views that make up the heart of these stories. As the world changed more and more, I've had to decide what stories I want to tell. Imagining what Cordell and crew would do with the pandemic is an interesting story, but not the one I want to write. Perhaps this is more fantasy or "uplit" with a science fiction twist. I've always described these stories as light hearted sci-fi. They do deal with difficult topics like truth, cancer, quality of life, and others. They deal with diversity and acceptance. They deal with what it means to be an ethical employer. In the current environment of diversity, I have worried that some of these stories may be perceived as tokenism. That is absolutely not the intent. My heart in these stories is that diversity, literally the more the merrier, is critical to empowering any organization. I will not treat every possibility, and I may not always get it right, but I'm determined to do my best to portray people with respect.The goal of the project
Sharing a sense of fun and adventure, the play of creative freedom
The Spaceport's Unique Selling point
An alien walks into a bar... focusing not only on the many species I want to create but also on the fact that we are all aliens to each other in some way.
Theme
Genre
science fiction, light hearted, semi-modern world
Reader Experience
The Spaceport ranges from playful to intense. Hopefully, it will feel so real that readers wonder if there is a conspiracy covering up the reality.
Reader Tone
Spaceport has a mostly light and bright tone, but can be occasionally unsettling. Wondrous things happen to ordinary people.
Recurring Themes
- We are all strangers to each other
- A sense of wonder: the universe is full of diversity
- A sense of power: when we work together, we do amazing things
Character Agency
Character agency varies. They want to change the world, but can they?
Focus
Drama
Aliens exist!
Business development and entrepreneurship - how does business function when surrounded by chaos?
Who represents Earth? If world peace is non-existent, and aliens are interacting with humanity, who has the right to represent the planet?
Alien visitation can cause ecological instability with potential for invasive species.
What is respect?
Underlying question: what is truth?
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Global world header image, Earth at sunrise, Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay
Background image: Starfield by dawnydawny from Pixabay.
This world and characters are fictitious and set on an alternate Earth. Certain institutions, agencies, and public offices are mentioned, but the characters involved are wholly imaginary.
Starmaps used with permission from Richard Powell under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License.