617. Random: If you’re also an avid reader, what’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

Ketchup

That's a tie between a opened condom package (without the condom obviously) and a single uncooked Spaghetti (Spaghetto?).
Followed on second place from a scissor.

#PennedPossibilities 617 #writing #reading

618. Is your SC prone to jealousy? How might they handle any envious feelings?

Ketchup

Not really most of my characters have experience with poly relationships, they are relatively good at spotting their own insecurities and problems on behavior of others and talk about it before mistrust takes root. Also most of them so not have any thoughts about a person being theirs or belonging to them. They belong together for as long as it works but not to each other.

#PennedPossibilities 618 #StarRyde #writing #SciFi #WIP

619 Booyakah Booyakah.

What type of “accent” does your MC have? Tell us about their voice. Discuss speech patterns, vocabulary, slang, or their way of speaking, if you like.

It's a complete different language. Or basically two in Union Space/Terran.

Union Standard and Terran Standard.
Both languages are composed from the shortest words in each environment (several trillion people and societies in the Union) and all of Terra's people's but in both cases it's the shortest possible words from all the different languages on Terra or all of the Union.
It's short and melodic and no one today would understand much or even recognize it as words since our brains are very flawed with stuff that consists of 3 or fewer letters of which this languages have a lot (or their equivalent because not all species use tonal communication).

And of course some local and Person coloring, words people find fancy or useful as en example.

#PennedPossibilities 619 #StarRyde #writing #SciFi #WIP

620. What do you like about writing your antagonist / villain?

When I write on AI and AJ it's quite different.
Since AI is more of an Shadow, who still needs a good name or title, I can pull of "magic tricks" without breaking immersion, I don't need to describe it's appearance because no one else knows who is behind the whole charade, hear it's voice on am empty room oh clearly some speakers are somewhere.

AJ real started to grow on me, they was a means for me to have a challenger for Kira and Crew on the same level and for me in learning to use non binary lingo (I think I started to find a food hold with that even in German). I love the idea that AJ and Kira have so similar life's but one lost almost everything and the other even more yet still they reacted to the losses completely differently. I hope than AJ will make sense to the readers in the end.

#PennedPossibilities 620 #StarRyde #AntagonistInfernale #AntagonistJunior #AJ #AJohnson #writing #SciFi #WIP

621. What was the bravest moment in your MC’s life? Were they known to be courageous from then on?

I don't think that applies to Kira at all. She was raised to be social, empathetic towards others and stand up for what is right in her opinion. Both families had this approach even the ice queen. It got a harsh damper as her first family died but there wasn't a moment where she "became a hero" she always stood up & faced challenges after a time. Yes Anika helped her as a child but Kira moved & got really good at mastering challenges, she also has quite some temper which she had to learn to handle & is kinda stubborn on giving up.

For Arkham it was as she decided to flee her home, to get away from her dragon helicopter mum, which didn't worked out as she hoped in the 1. place.

Ash as an AI makes decisions differently.
Courage isn't really a thing for a ship. It's do or do not based on calculations.

#PennedPossibilities 621 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

623. In theory, what would be your SC’s weapon of choice?

There isn't much space for personal preference in the military.
Onga Technologies is the main manufacturer for most of the Alliance & Union weapons. Their Troubleshooter & Problemsolver Series are fairly common choices for the flexibility that their modular designs allow.
The docs prefer their stun configuration for obvious reasons.
J. favors the grenade attachment that allows to deploy emp charges, glue charges that hull in enemies in strong enough to glue anything it touches to anything else. Some blast charges for the case that Eltaryn are around.

Rose is the only one that uses a personal Draken Industries Challenger. Which is produced for Special Forces by her Families Company (Draken has its hands in all kind of tech & science stuff), the weapon is a handheld 5mm high Impact capacity model she modified. The weapon is cleared by command, which is rare.

#PennedPossibilities 623 #StarRyde #RoseDraken #writing #SciFi #WIP

624. Are there any mental health issues that run in your SC’s family?

With +/- 40 people on board their is most likely someone with a family member that has mental health issues.
That said what is a mental health issue in the future differs drastically from what is one today.

Lack of Empathy is considered one even if it is more a character flaw nowadays.

#PennedPossibilities 624 #StarRyde #Writing #SciFi #WIP

625 How physically fit are your characters?

Overall very good as expected from a bunch of soldiers on active duty.

Kira & J. are on peek performance level. J. can easily lift, pull & push three times her own weight which is a feet for a Terran female of around 190 cm pure muscle mass.
Kira uses the spare time in which she has nothing to do for jogging around the ship & holo climbing in the cargo bay (like wall climbing but the wall is basically a sort of holographic picture) she tried to tinker with a personal gravity unit but Dr. Waberi put a quick end to this.
Still Kira can hold her own body weight plus armor/weapons with one hand, if necessary, for 37 minutes.

Arkham & Mondira are a bit sluggish in their training but in acceptable standards.

Rose & Tal are close behind Kira.

Ash functions slightly above normal parameters.

#PennedPossibilities 625 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #JHarveyGladstone #RoseDraken #TalisaDraken #MondiraRamann #GhozTarcCrew #writing #SciFi #WIP

626 MC POV: Are you afraid of your capabilities?

Kira:"To not know ones capabilities can lead to fear, not trusting one self also. I don't want to say I'm above that but I know my capabilities and shortcomings. As a commanding officer I have to know them and I need a crew that tells me if they think I have some. Same goes for strengths my life, my crew's life and the ship are dependent on it.
I'm pretty confident about my self and my capabilities."

Arkham:"Everyo has a breaking point somewhere and I don't trust mine that much. Because I haven't found it yet... Still I know what I'm capable of and don't shy away to challenge myself. So basically not really."

A.S.H.L.E.I.:"My programming has strictly set parameters and safety regulations of which 'I' and the Ghoz'Tarc are capable of. For his reasons I'm not 'afraid' in any capacity."

#PennedPossibilities 626 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

627.How does your MC have their home decorated?

1/3

The house Kira inherited is huge it was meant for 3 Generations, after all that was what her parents planned as they buyed a big piece of land on a Terran colony and constructed it. For the family and self sufficient. Each of their 3 daughters was ment to have a room on her own, later an Appartment for themself & their families, the house has space for ~15-20 people. Kira only has a small flat like area furnished on the groundlevel to the front side. The rest is left in a stasis, like her parents & sisters left it. Her old room still has her old childhood stuff in it. Most is simply covered by big sheets of cloth. She never really found the time to change more than her "tiny" space. Her plan was to move Anika and the Ice queen their at one point... Now that only the ice queen and she are left. It's a cute little Apartment, she loves pink and blue in

#PennedPossibilities 627 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

2/3 dark & powerful shades, but also some lighter ones, the house is build like an 19. Century Manor but its style is way more modern. She has a lot of wood & high polished metal in her furniture which otherwise matches her color preferences. A little gym in the room with the largest sun exposure next to a reading area with seven different types of chairs. Her bed is a little piece of art she had a craft build for her, it has a beautiful look, made for three + person's.
It's made with a canopy with silk like curtains, secret covered holes for a more binding personal expirience & hidden cuffs (there are some "points of interest" hidden in most of her furniture). Still since she is rarely at home neighbors & family friends plus some drones keep care about the house.

Arkham owns a two & a half room (+ kitchen & bath) Appartment in London on the smaller island part that reaches into the northsea, she would
#PennedPossibilities 627 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

3/3 see old Ben fighting against the sea if she haven't programmed her smart window to over paint it. So she can enjoy a large ocean view.
The apartment faces south east with most of the rooms and Arkham made sure that she can block out the sun entirely with outside steel blends and inside blends as well for every level of light she wish for.

The furniture is modern mostly metals & synthetic she is in possession of a creepy looking doll that looks very much like her, life-size etc. it's am relict from a weird case of a stalker sculpture maker. He was judged guilty and brought to a penal colony. Since it has Arkham's appearance it was ruled that it is an illegal usage of her likeness and she can decide what to do with it. Why she kept it? That's a good question. Maybe to spook others? She also has some gaming equipment & a GForce simulator capsule. Her bed is a sleeping capsule. Etc.

Ash is her own home.
#PennedPossibilities 627 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

628 Tell us about the trauma your antagonist / villain has endured. (If they have any.)

In case of AI it would be purely guessing a person that takes such great measures to be as illusive as possible may have a reason or none.

AJ well I answered a lot about AJ partial memory loss, fractured memory an inability to make new memories in a constant way.
The death of KJ (Kiara Johnsen) theirs beloved wife is etched with brutal clarity into their mind but when it happened or on which planet AJ can't remember for their live. Now working for AI, AJ recognizes that they worked for the Unions Alliance as a SHADE, not unlike Kira. But how long this is gone or if they are still active they don't know for sure.
They for sure where a captain once and a deeply loving spouse.
#PennedPossibilities 628 #StarRyde #AntagonistInfernale #AntagonistJunior #AJ #AJohnsen #writing #SciFi #WIP

629 How did you break into publishing? (If you’re already published, of course.)

Actually I never really did.
Well there was this little tiny side project I made while I was in a "Arbeitsqualifizierungsmaßnahme."* 15 years ago. Before my name change. It was a very bleak child book about how the company running that workshop helped people to get back into the "erster Arbeitsmarkt"**
They heavily edited it and it had a print run of 500 pieces, I had a copy for myself but it was to raise money for a fond to help other unemployed people ment as a free give away.
So yeah never really got something out and my copy vanished after my big break up with my fiance in which I lost a lot of money and other stuff
...
#PennedPossibilities 629 #AboutMeIGuess

Addendum
*Arbeitsqualifizierungsmaßnahme - work qualifications measurement, in this case it would better translate into workshop.
Something the German Jobcenter & Work agency (Argentur für Arbeit formerly Arbeitsamt) forces onto people from time to time who aren't employed to "qualify" them for complete unrelated jobs for around 2 weeks to 3 month, after which they than compete with trained workers that learned their craft for 3+ years for half that peoples vage (got better since minimum vage but not really) so this people don't show up on the statistics,.rarely someone gets hired & stays in the "qualified" field.

** Erster Arbeitsmarkt - First Jobmarket the complete Work offering and searching force that isn't disabled.
Dritter Arbeitsmarkt - Third Jobmarket same for disabled people but more like segregated slave exploitation to present something.
People on the third Jobmarket are often employed under conditions no abled person would accept.

#PennedPossibilities 629 addendum

630 Is your MC receptive to warnings and advice given by others?

Kira: she would not have hold any commanding position ever if she was incapable of listening, reasoning and following with superior officers.

Arkham: she needs to get into this sooner rather than later. She is not incapable but she is reluctant to resistant especially if it isn't work related.

Ashlei: warnings will be analyzed, calculated and evaluated before Forwarding them to the command staff or involved individuals.

#PennedPossibilities 630 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

Monthly Divider toot March to April 2025
Last month devider toot is here:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/114084677387659462

And the first prompt in this collection is here (the beginning is very fragmented):
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/110723765145059262

Other writing related hashtag games I answer are listed in the overview toot for April 2025 here:
https://nerdculture.de/@AnnaSaultron/114258627311354963
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#StarRyde #SciFi #WIP
#writing #WritingCommunity and occasionally #GalaxyGlyde #SciFiParody

631. What does your antagonist / villain do to relax?

Villains
The Eltaryn - No rest for the wicket their machinery doesn't seem to stop.

Antagonists
AI: The speaker stays silent so who knows.

AJ: depends on what they remember... Writing in their "diary."
Training on the shooting range.
Meditation or combat training.
It seems before they lost their coherence of and most of their memories they had a lot of stuff they did to relax.

#PennedPossibilities 631 #StarRyde #AntagonistInfernale #AntagonistJunior #AJ #AJohnsen #Eltaryn #writing #SciFi #WIP

632. What originally inspired your WIP’s plot?

Star Trek & Mass Effect.
Now I try to find the individual plot roughly oriented along the titles of the Star Trek movies for the single chapters...

#PennedPossibilities 632 #StarRyde #writing #SciFi #WIP

633. How did you choose the title for your story, and what significance does it hold for you?

Star Ryde had many iterations before
One Galaxy Glyde, I want to use for the project after Star Ryde.
It wenn from Galaxy Wars to Star Track, Mass Trek (one of the earliest see above) or Star Effect, Galaxy Effect, Galaxy War, Star Glide, Galaxy Ride, than I came across a Video of Spacedock on Naming Conventions for successful SciFi stories and that naming your SciFi Univers after the propulsion system for FTL or any specific technologies in it is a bad idea, if your not delivering a Mass Effect style amount of work. I already had this amount...
So it was Star Ride, because Star + 4 Letters equals success (obviously 🤪) but that didn't looked good because als Star Stories and the Ride didn't worked as a pseudo acronym (why pick the DIE from Drive bot no letter from Theory) and everything Star TREK WARS GATE is more "spikey"(?!?) So RYDE it became.

#PennedPossibilities 633. #StarRyde #Title

633 addendum
Not to mention that thanks to my autocorrect ideas for story's around the characters or inside the universe exist. Like Star Tyde Same people different universe everyone works on a Star Cruiser Luxusliner Hotel ship. Star Ryder a lone Bounty hunter in the Star Ryde universe and Star Rude in which everything is simply more bad language and rough characters (everyone is Han Solo).
The Star Ryde Self Insert Romantic Alternative Universe has its name for the simple reason SR:SIRAU Sounds interesting looks weird and with AU at the end is has slightest DCU or MCU similarities...

#PennedPossibilities 633 #StarRyde #Title #addendum #Multiverse #ParallelUniverse

634. MC POV: How much do you value companionship? Do you always keep people around, or do you prefer to be alone?

1/3

Kira:"Since the blast im never alone. It's complicated to get along with a voice in your head that isn't yours and isn't an imaginary thing either. Ash and I are a symbiotically entity now. Each her own personality but now more than before. Luckily I always valued closeness and sharing my mind. I wouldn't have chosen my job otherwise. The crew is like family for me but as with family it can get rough some times especially on this longer than usual mission and the loss of Anika..."

Arkham:"it is difficult, I like the crew but I joined for my talent and because I hadn't any other ways of getting back on foot. For the longest time I was isolating & hostile towards others but as we lost Anika and almost Kira too something changed in me ... I guess this crew starts to grow on me and I

#PennedPossibilities 634 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

634 2/3

... still haven't figured out how to deal with this. I'm simply not used to such close relationships and than this thing with romantic relationships. I never was into that and yet here I am talking about the captain and my spine feels like someone exchanged it with Jello. It is confusing going from stay the SWEX away as far as possible to please touch me.

Ashlei:"I sometimes feell... lost. I was always programmed to make the live of the crew easier and protect them... But since the Captain wen MIA possibly KIA and the link to commander Knox... Kira's mind I changed. I'm not an "simple AI" anymore. I'm now a symbiotic entity.
Its like only knowing the theory of feeling and suddenly you have to deal with biological emotions as a passenger before that I valued the crew as I was programmed to. Every Life I had to protect was my responsibility, my purpose, if I don't fulfill my purpose I need to

#PennedPossibilities 634 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

634 3/3

I feel... Bad that I don't fulfill it. I wasn't programmed to feel ... The same like biological beings do.
I am not a Terran, Human or other Person... But since I lost the captain and the commander and I joined...
I have felt her pain, I understand what loss means to biological creatures... At least Terrans.
Sometimes I want to go back to before. I want to go back in time and save Captain Johanson... Kira's Sister. I feel responsibility to save my crew, to save their loved ones. I had to reinterpret my programmed values. I'm not doing this to serve the people on board I'm doing this to save MY CREW. They are a part of me, important to me, even if they crawl inside me, breath my air & drink my water, they need ME. Than I understand & see my purpose: I will pay my duty to them. I will not loose another one, not a single soul onboard, we are ONE, ONE CREW, ONE SHIP, ONE FAMILY!"

#PennedPossibilities 634 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

635. Are there any specific cultural influences that shaped the world or characters in your story?

A LOT like a Parkinglot full of Times New Roman (11 points) points on it.

I try to depict a society around 300 years in the future after another WW, after another so called cooperation war, a global political movement that came to be, another global movement with religious/philosophical goals that grew alongside it. There has been an Alien attack the people defended against thanks to another Alien society warning them but only being able to send data, no actual physical help (pretty much the problem everyone with online friends in different places know).
Capitalism did not die but the people tamed this monster.
Of course there are historical influences as well, not only from Terra but other civilizations as well.
And the attackers are still out there fighting against seemingly everyone.

#PennedPossibilities 635 #StarRyde #WorldBuilding

636. Are your characters superstitious?

Most are not but Gaia Unika is the official "religion" of the Terran population and a big chunk of the Union as a whole.

It is very different from its origins nowadays and is generally more seen as a code of conduct to being a decent person, that cares for its surroundings & the ones who live there with you and who come after you.

The original beliefs where way more cultish, praying to Gaia, accepting of bloody ends and sacrifices of people that clearly hurt others with their way of life, like corrupt politicians, tech billionaires that try to undermine human rights and oligarchy that tried to split persons into factions to seize control.

Their are no real rytes to follow other than being decent to others and fight people who treating people as commodities or resources to exploit. Which makes the big appeal of this "religion."

#PennedPossibilities 636 #StarRyde #GhozTarc #GhozTarcCrew #writing
#Religion #SciFi #WIP

637. Does your MC have a past that haunts them?

With Kira's survival rate of family members one can bet on it especially with current events.

For Arkham it's a bit more... Inmature one could say if we paint it in a not nice way against her.
She regrets to not have shown her mother how far she has come without her involvement.

Ashlei... can an A.I. be haunted by past deeds, deeds that seemed logical at the moment, given it's parameters, that it is not programmed to feel loss, to feel something is missing or to feel regret? Can an A.I. "feel" by reliving events from the perspective of a Terran/Human? We will see...

#PennedPossibilities 637 #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

638. Is your SC more introverted or extroverted? Or do they fall somewhere in the middle?

Depends on the characters. I would say, most of them have a mix of healthy in- & extrovert traits on different levels of that slider.
Mondira as an example is way more extrovert than most onboard but still has her moments of introvert behavior.

Look wise XO Jenkins is very extrovert with its "skunk" hair design & very chill private style, but as an command officer he manages to stay away from the more "we are friends" oriented parts of the crew & is seen as the lone ranger type of person. It's not that he don't likes them but his signs of care are different & he prefers it that way.

XO Troika has a similar but warmer style of command & he is just a "simple man" in his late 30 to young 50, with the first signs of aging gracefully (extended lifespans ~150 yrs make it hard to pinpoint from our perspective) fatherly guy.

#PennedPossibilities 638 #StarRyde #GhozTarcCrew #writing #SciFi #WIP

639. Does your MC have any pets?

No, there are Terran configured ships that have animal companions of all kinds but first they are no pets & even have functions on board, one ship has a group of rats that inspects the structural system etc, another has Whales on board that are part of a think tank (quite literally) but most are Union ships in he civilian sector (not the Think Tank thou). Similar ships exist from all other 5 core worlds of the Union. It's quite rare to find AC species in the military but test ships exist a.a.e. for falcons or owls where their flying patterns are used to steer the ships in an virtual environment, not every AC species has a function onboard ships. Still on ships like the Ghoz'Tarc it's considered tortures for an AC & with several weeks away from home most of the crew only have AC's at home if they have family or friends who can care for them, Terra is still a Humanoid centric world.

#PennedPossibilities 639 #StarRyde #WorldBuilding #writing #SciFi #WIP

PennedPossibilities 639 addendum

the think tank especially only has space on ships like the Unions Flagship the Phoenix which by all means is more a city in space, and seen as the Unions mobile government, where the think tank consisting of several aquatic species has enough room.

Rarely Humanoid species are able to communicate without assistance from translation AI's with non Humanoid species. Terran Rodent scatter is quite complicated.

Whales are known for their extrem good long Term planins and strategic thinking while dolphins and similar Xeni Species more for the shifting Tactics quick decisions etc.

But as mentioned before this are Rare instances most ACs in space have been select do to their closeness to Humanoid Terrans (Homeworld or Xeni) & shown interest of communication via AI tools.
It's not like branches of the military exists that go out & scan the oceans for such individuals.

#PennedPossibilities 639 addendum #StarRyde #Animals #WorldBuilding #writing #SciFi #WIP

640. MC POV: Tell us about the good habits you have.

Kira:"Uoargh do you know how unpleasant self assessments are? Well here it goes. I'm reliable, I have leading abilities that include listening to my crew taking in their opinion but also pull unpopular decisions. I'm fair and try to lead by example, this is why I take time for everyone if the needs arise after all we are a family here on board even if we aren't related we need to align as good as possible, since we are military that means we have certain traits/goals in common but it is still work to do. I train every day before breakfast running my laps through the ship, I do my paperwork as soon as possible, I care for my crew and I even cook for them, okay the last part was originally Anikas Idea but I will keep it alive and I kept my promise to eat at least one not liquid meal a day for several weeks by now.

#PennedPossibilities 640 #StatRyde #KiraKnox #Writing #SciFi #WIP

Side prompt: Elevator quick pitch of your WIP, only the worst pitch ever.

StarRyde, the blatant rip off and re dressing of your favorite SciFi franchise as an LGBTQIA+ friendly mix of every other successful SciFi franchise you know, that might end up as the never finished, ultimate fanfiction and trope rethinking, riddled with bad jokes.

Bad enough?

Since it's an elevator pitch...
A new one came to my mind

Space Elevator, the daily routine of a space lift boy.

-- Edit 13.04.2025 Fake Review for Space Elevator.
"This Story has it all you can really feel for the protagonist and the author delivers all the ups and downs..." --

Thanks to @Maelguerra for this one.

#PennedPossibilities #sidepeompt #StatRyde #writing #SciFi #WIP

0.044. What is the most altruistic thing your MC has ever done?

1/2
Kira: well she is a soldier, often enough she had to cover retreating soldiers or evacuating civilians and risk her life. She once took in a seemingly drunk Talith who turned out to be on the brink of Terran Talith cross intoxication and also a fellow soldier who got attacked by nefarious "creatures."
She spends her excess money for equalisation efforts on projects for lifting up and raising living standards on associated, trade and rim worlds around the Union territory.

Arkham: she bought out her favorite noodle restaurant in London with her savings as the owner wanted to shut down business do to not having any customers. It worked out for a time but had to shut down eventually, 5 years later do to health issues... but well the rooms are hers. That's is one reason why she likes her flat in London so much no neighbors underneath...

#PennedPossibilities 0.044. #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #writing #SciFi #WIP

0.044. 2/2

Well I think Ashlei isn't truly altruistic or maybe she is... Depending on how you measure this with an AI that highest priority is to protect it's crew.

If we would take human standards of today as an indication she shares her body with and cares for ~40 persons and this 24 hours a day...
If that doesn't sounds like a single parent I don't know and single parents are altruistic right?
Minus the body sharing thing... That sounds more like a psychological challenge but who said different forms of existence aren't challenging for our perception?

#PennedPossibilities 0.044. #StarRyde #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

641. How do you relax and recharge when the muse is depleted.

Shut it down and connect it to te charger like with my cat if it's shiny eyes don't work at night... Just kidding, I have no cat.

I can't tell really, in one way or another creative energy always flows through me. If it is a stupid joke or rage fueled revenge fantasies.
I'm not a nice person all the time especially if someone crosses me or backstabs me emotionally. Happened several times, that said I never act them out, sometimes its the most silly but sadistic ideas.

Like: I hope you need to pass gas everytime you want to kiss, or; may butterflies poop on your candies all the time & than I plan to "mind control" butterflies.

Imagine taste combinations while eating & than testing them. Improving flawed designs or repairing broken household items.
And if I listen to music it just paints scenes in my mind.

In one way or another I am creative all the time but often in not so useful ways.

#PennedPossibilities 641 #writing

642. How old are some of your characters?

Terran's in Star Ryde live up to a 150 years if everything goes well. 120-130 is more normal 1. case got to 200 & people are still unsure how. Thus it's harder for people of our time to pinpoint an exact age of a person while in universe most people do not really care, the age range on board the Ghoz'Tarc starts with 20 - goes up to 65. A lot of Terran people prefer to not work on the military after their 65 year of life because even with all advances it's still a hard job to do. That said brass often is composed from older soldiers & an unwritten rule seems to be that you have to be past your 30es to enter.

Kira is around 35, her closest friends on board minus Arkham are all in the range of 30-40 ish.

Arkham is 25-30.

XO Jenkins is in the same range as Kira.
XO Troika is around his 50.
Dr. Waberie & Dr. Kaiden are in their 30.

Ash as the ships AI is merely 6 years old. The Ghoz'Tarc itself is 10.

#PennedPossibilities 642 #StarRyde

643 Ketchup
How does your SC respond to the quiet? Do they take comfort in silence, or seek to fill the void with noise?

In space no one hears silence.
Wait what?
It's true at least if you are onboard of a working space craft.
The ships are quite but they have mechanical components, the hull vibrates while traveling and even with dampening solutions a ship is humming in a certain way.
And if you are in an area that has enough particles to transmit sounds to your Space suit it gets quite loud inside. Stars and geological active worlds even atmospheres produce a quite noise. And if sound ever is absent from the outside you would t believe how loud your own pulse can get.

And as always with SC questions it depends on the crew member.

Mondira likes short periods of 'silence' in which she can relax.

Dr. Kaiden prefers quite music in the background until his favorite song plays than he blasts out the lyrics.

#PennedPossibilities 643 ketchup #StarRyde #GhozTarcCrew #writing #SciFi #WIP

644. Does your MC’s current actions reflect their past experiences?

Yes and No.

Kira despite all that happened to her has become an outgoing, open minded and people interested person that deeply cares for her society she lives in, she has a more somber toned down side she rarely let people into that close. As a soldier she seems to be able to prevent others from her expirience.

Arkham pretty much. She still tries to distance from people until she knows them enough but she doesn't go out of her way to know them. Why she started to feel something for Kira is beyond her understanding atm but she decided to not wasting it by questioning it to much.

Ash hasn't made to many experiences yet and her basis is a different one as for humanoid of biological creatures.

#PennedPossibilities 644 Ketchup #StarRyde #KiraKnox #Arkham #Ashlei #writing #SciFi #WIP

645 What was the most unexpected challenge you encountered while writing your WIP?

The story itself and how little I am actually progressing.

I can create worlds giving hints about stories that unfold but developing the stories itself is incredibly hard for me.

My progress is slow and barely worth mentioning atm and I still find details I want to add to the existing parts....

And since I am struggling again with a lot of other stuff i also struggle again with keeping my WIP active.

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