Atomic Starship Enterprise: Stellar Cartography by 1358

Fractal • Science Fiction • posted on Jan 13, 2010

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Navigator's Log: "our biggest problem isn't getting around, it's knowing where you are going. One wrong turn and you find yourself diving into a Black Hole, and that would end your trip fast. As apart of trade agreements that we made with some of the Extraterrestrial Embassies that have set up on Earth, we had acquired star maps to guide us on our way out. And that's where the problems started. Different races had different ideas of what planets, systems and civilizations were of value, excluding anything that they didn't see fit. As an example, Vulcans, though professing to be of a logical and scientific nature, lack curiousity about places that they don't feel could harbour life. Klingons and Romulans both live to conquer, looking for planets that they can take over and colonize, excluding the ones that would be too much trouble. Andorians like cold and barren places, so beach life is right out, and the Ferengi like primitive places that they can exploit, ignoring any world that has a more jaundiced view of being taken advantage of. So, our problem was to find a solution... I used an ancient photo shopping technology to create all the maps into layers and then combining the layers into one image, creating a wider view of the known cosmos... Our Science Officer Lt. Spock, himself a Vulcan, raised an eyebrow and said "Fascinating, I would never have come up with that solution myself.." I could only smile..." furthering the voyage out... some maps are useful. some maps are useless, only showing you where someone else has been already... Apophysis,then Gimp, then Photosuite comments welcome please enjoy!

Comments (12)

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drifterlee

6:40PM | Wed, 13 January 2010

It does looks like a nebulae in outer space!!

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2Loose2Trek

7:55PM | Wed, 13 January 2010

Impressive fractal ... looks like a shot of a nebula.

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Fractal_Ken

12:41AM | Thu, 14 January 2010

Awesome glow --- quite a celestial explosion!

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peedy

12:43AM | Thu, 14 January 2010

Way cool! Corrie

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renecyberdoc

1:27AM | Thu, 14 January 2010

you perfectly desribe how other civvies and species may live-maybe they have the same conflicts as we do(maybe on a superior level,different species different issues and so on....).gives me fine thinkings brother.well done.

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flavia49

7:32AM | Thu, 14 January 2010

wonderful image!!!

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jif3d

11:12AM | Thu, 14 January 2010

Trying to figure which is up in space is the hardest bit...otherwise all those maps are out the window ! Facinating indeed and quite Hubble-ish ! Beat me up Snotty & ~Cheers~

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sandra46

5:08PM | Thu, 14 January 2010

WONDERFUL FASCINATING WORK!!!!

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MagikUnicorn

4:35PM | Fri, 15 January 2010

A W E S O M E F/X

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adrie

12:39PM | Sat, 16 January 2010

Fantastic and excellent artwork....very well done.

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blondeblurr

5:55PM | Sat, 16 January 2010

A fractal explosion...who would have thunk it ? (only fractal users, of course !) Anyway, they wouldn't like OZ, surrounded by beautiful beaches, on the other hand, maybe they would go for the Nullarbor Plain (or Great Victoria Desert), on the way to Western Australia, from where we live. Enjoy the ride... BB

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tennesseecowgirl

7:46PM | Sat, 16 January 2010

Your line about one wrong turn ending your trip, reminded me of the very first time I went out driving on my own, I was going to meet a friend for lunch, I was in another town and I didn't know my way around and then it started raining, and I was lost.. I turned into this neighborhood to turn around, (my wrong turn) when I went to turn I didn't pay attention and look twice, and well long story short I hit a motor home. The owners were an older couple leaving on a trip, well I am sure I ruined their day and trip, but they were so kind to me, they took me back to their house which was down the street from where the accident had happened, we made calls, they gave me milk and cookies, I swear, so my wrong turn, eventually turned out okay, my car had a lot of damage, but I learned a few lessons that day. Its not quite as exciting as your story here about space, and black holes but your write up reminded me of that day and incident. And we some how survived back then with GPS and cell phones and map quest. Nice work, Spock would be proud I am sure. :)