Shipwrecks and Ghost Ships

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 29 November, 202431 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Background, Technology, VehiclesLeave a comment

First, let's establish definitions. My definition of a shipwreck should be pretty intuitive: it's a wrecked or otherwise lost starship. Ghost ships aren't ghost ships of legend, spectral craft that drift in and out of reality snatching away those unlucky enough to have come aboard, damned to spend eternity as… Read More ►

Happy Feasting!

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 28 November, 202424 May, 2023Cat UncategorizedTags HolidayLeave a comment

Here in the US it is Thanksgiving. May all of you have a happy one with great feasting and enjoyment. And as always, keep in mind there will be a lot of drunken idiots out there driving while hammered. Be safe. Don't be one of them, and make sure you… Read More ►

Shipboard Emergency Equipment

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 22 November, 202431 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Equipment, Starships, Technology, Transportation, VehiclesLeave a comment

Space travel in the Alliance and surrounding areas is a mature technology, about as safe as modern air travel. For most interstellar travelers, it’s almost identical to boarding an airliner or passenger train. You check your luggage, walk through a weapons scanner, get on board, and when you get where… Read More ►

Spacer Food

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 15 November, 202431 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Background, Food, Starships, Technology, TradeLeave a comment

The Alliance has a large population of people who rarely if ever set foot on a planetary surface. There are even more who travel so extensively they spend large amounts of time in space. This includes merchant crew, asteroid miners, active-duty Patrol personnel, people who live on orbital or deep-space… Read More ►

Monkeysnacht

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 11 November, 202424 May, 2023Cat UncategorizedTags HolidayLeave a comment

Have you left out your offerings for the monkeys yet? Merry Monkeysnacht, and may the monkeys accept your bribe rather than burn your house down. Read More ►

Starship Cargo Operations

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 8 November, 202431 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Starships, Technology, Trade, Transportation, VehiclesLeave a comment

While most settled planets in the Alliance are self-sufficient, very few can produce everything they need, and offplanet luxuries are by definition from another planet. For obvious reasons, this leads to a lot of interplanetary and interstellar trade. In-system trade largely consists of basic commodities being transferred as needed. Typically,… Read More ►

Civilian Starship Operations

By Patrick MurphyPosted on 1 November, 202431 March, 2024Cat AllianceTags Background, Economics, Starships, Trade, Void PiratesLeave a comment

The Patrol and system defense ships may get all the fame and flashy news coverage, but the real work is done by civilian concerns. Shipping is a civilian trade, without which interstellar commerce would grind to a halt. Resource extraction and survey work are dominated by civilian interests as well. … Read More ►