Serko and Kan Rein City
Added 2024-02-17 11:07:22 +0000 UTCHey supporty guys and gals!
A break from the horny stuff--the first leg of the story will largely take place in Kan Rein City on Serko, homeworld of Nytro and Twix. Zofie's homeworld is Berhil, another planet in the same system, but her story begins moving here.
So a few obvious things: Kan Rein is not a planet-spanning city, nor is it the only megolopolis on Serko, but by far the largest. The map I've made of Serko i'd say is not 100% finalized, but maybe 90%. The scale -should- be correct, there's one main continent here, the rest of the relatively small planet water-covered, which will have relevance later. I went into some thought and detail about certain structures, buildings, and views to better get a feel for this, and hopefully I could use some 3D elements later on to be even more consistent.
Serko has rings, and part of the function of the defense installations is to wipe out aberrant asteroids that bounce out of the rings. Another is to wipe out any within the Retizan System as a whole, protecting Berhil and other planets. A third function is FTL projectiles with the system rings above, as well as bending light for direct-energy applications. It can fire kinetic or thermal outputs, and they existed far outside of the cities originally,but as the cities grew, it makes it look like the things were just slapped in the middle of the bay.
A lot of this is...relatively superficial and while will be mentioned in the story, it's mostly background funsies for right now, and will help elaborate on some professions, resources, and politics later on.
I hope some of you find this fun!
Comments
This map looks awesome! Awesome enoughy to be in a DND setting honestly
MrSandMan
2024-02-21 02:06:21 +0000 UTCIf Nytro and Sophie's homeworlds are in the same system, does that mean their system has a giant habitable orbit zone or just very powerful teraforming tech?
Justice Taylor
2024-02-20 03:52:19 +0000 UTCThese are some genuinely sick designs! Your world building never ceases to amaze me, and the same goes for your ability to create realistic looking landscapes and cityscapes and just... all kinds of stuff! I look forward to reading this and would love it if we got occasional extra pages that just go into more detail about "things" that otherwise wouldn't be touched on in the story itself.
Silvador
2024-02-19 16:43:06 +0000 UTCI continue to be jazzed as hell for this sci-fi comic. It's been so many years now, and I can't wait.
Conduitry
2024-02-18 06:02:59 +0000 UTCYeah, that sort of climate does suit a "Northern European" inspiration. And I would think the Germanic feeling was pretty obvious from the names. Can't wait to see more of your worldbuilding.
Scott McHugh
2024-02-18 04:28:40 +0000 UTCGot it, like an artillery canon but with better defence.
GoldNightCat
2024-02-18 00:53:40 +0000 UTCSo there's an extra 1600 km of ocean not shown?
Combak
2024-02-18 00:14:00 +0000 UTCNo, the Predators world is on a fantasy Earth, whereas this is a fantasy galaxy
FluffKevlar
2024-02-17 23:14:31 +0000 UTCkind of! when used as an FTL gate, it sends any kinetic missile through the gates right after firing
FluffKevlar
2024-02-17 23:12:02 +0000 UTCthanks! yeah i could see those inspirations leak through, haha. i was curious what a scifi map world would look/feel like if done in an old-world style. mostly just to get things down on paper
FluffKevlar
2024-02-17 23:11:00 +0000 UTCI'd say somewhere around Luna sized? so 1/6th or so? it's small but dense
FluffKevlar
2024-02-17 23:10:02 +0000 UTCyeah, pretty much! thanks!
FluffKevlar
2024-02-17 23:08:49 +0000 UTCYeah it's pretty chilly overall! It's loosely Germanic in inspiration. It has no tilt, so no seasons. The continent is more equitorial in latitude. I'd say weather ranges from 35-65 F most of the year, with extremes going down to 15 or 85.. MAYBE?? im totally guessing but thats the 'feel' i have for it, haha
FluffKevlar
2024-02-17 23:08:22 +0000 UTCI'm really glad to be seeing more about the sci fi world, Kan Rein is a super cool city just based on what little we've seen
Natali_Wolffe
2024-02-17 21:09:41 +0000 UTCThat defense installation caught my eye. I can only imagine how tall that thing is both from the ground AND from top to bottom. Also FTL projectiles sounds super cool.
Doktor Rocker
2024-02-17 19:06:11 +0000 UTCThis THIS is what I joined for with Ask Ara! THIS is what I want to see! The horny stuff is good, but I'd much rather more of this! I want to see the world, I want to see the characters in that world, I want to see the day to day, the struggle, the calm, the war, the peace, from the darkest most dangerous moments to the sweetest most peaceful times.
Spartan277
2024-02-17 18:03:20 +0000 UTC2 inactive planetary defenses 🤦🏻♂️ Edit: I really like the take on the canons.
NamelessOne
2024-02-17 17:37:45 +0000 UTCThis is some amazingly cool stuff can't wait to read and see more!
SedrinTheStar
2024-02-17 17:33:48 +0000 UTCHell yeah brother, super excited to see more of this sort of thing and definitely don't have any bias whatsoever
NotLorePerson
2024-02-17 17:24:21 +0000 UTCWorld building is fun as hell
Stargazer
2024-02-17 17:01:17 +0000 UTCHooray! World building!
OmniOtter
2024-02-17 16:43:52 +0000 UTCAloha Fluff! Nice job. The sketches of the cityscapes and defense systems feel a little like something out of Myst and the map looks a little like something from the last airbender OVA. That is not a critique. It puts a smile on my face. I also appreciate your attention to physics, and how in your defense system the trajectory of objects approaches each ring at an oblique angle but leaves at an orthogonal one. I believe this is how it would work with what you seem to have imagined here. Yes, attention to details... Very good my friend. Would totally buy a hard cover book of this world building art. Oh, and of course, thank you for all the hard work.
E Ranger
2024-02-17 15:22:54 +0000 UTCThis is so cool! I have always wanted to see your city from the ground and overall what your world really looks like.
FortunePayback
2024-02-17 14:37:34 +0000 UTCSo looking at that map... Is the planet a tenth of the size of Earth?
Combak
2024-02-17 14:29:13 +0000 UTCLove seeing your concept art dude its always so so cool to see what you've been thinking about for your universe. Out of curiosity is the planetary defense system using the three rings above to aim its projectile/energy beam? Just not sure I read that right.
justAblank
2024-02-17 13:55:37 +0000 UTCNow that's what I've been waiting for. Now I want more!
Chooper
2024-02-17 13:38:40 +0000 UTCHell yeah lore!!!
Chozenundead
2024-02-17 13:29:57 +0000 UTCI'm so excited
Iselwyr
2024-02-17 12:45:52 +0000 UTCTundra, Boreal Forest. Is Serko a chilly planet in general or is Kan Rein and the environs merely in an extreme latitude?
Scott McHugh
2024-02-17 11:59:00 +0000 UTCHECK yeah dude
Cat Enjoyer
2024-02-17 11:35:01 +0000 UTCAh, well thats a bummer. A pre-space world off in the corner of the galaxy fits so snuggly into sci-fi.
Trixie Lulamoon
2024-02-17 11:27:24 +0000 UTCI really love all of the mapping and context of the city, but what fasinates me is the planetary defense towers covering the major cities. Basically it's using FTL ring to bounce back projectiles is so freaking sick. I do hope to see the rings spring back a second from the initial hit of said projectial and travel back at greater speed into an enemy vessel.
GoldNightCat
2024-02-17 11:19:39 +0000 UTCMAPS! Oh I'm so excited for more maps and cityscapes. I have a friend whose homebrew D&D campaign I'm in who gets really deep into the world she's made, so much so she briefly considered taking the time to draw out the Köppen Climate Classification for the world map xD My own special interest lies with linguistics though, so I'd be most excited to learn about the languages (specifically their history and development and influences on one another). Always looking foward to more worldbuilding!
Lupo Mikti
2024-02-17 11:17:54 +0000 UTCInteresting ideas for the planetary defense installations. The cityscape view is neat, too!
Roarschach
2024-02-17 11:17:00 +0000 UTCThese look fantastic, love the details and world building! Hope there's more of it! I really love the city and map designs!
Antoine Davis
2024-02-17 11:13:24 +0000 UTCNo, they're both completely separate universes.
Antoine Davis
2024-02-17 11:12:33 +0000 UTCRandom question. Does the tribal world from your last comic co-exsist in the same universe/time as this comic?
Trixie Lulamoon
2024-02-17 11:10:33 +0000 UTCI love these sorta world building sketches. :3
DC_OZ
2024-02-17 11:10:25 +0000 UTC
