Up, but not Out? Discussing the lack of exploration fics.

[robkelk]

Some stuff has been going on in the background and just not getting noted, because not a lot of people are writing stories -at all- right now, at least as far as I can tell.

My own creative energy has been going into the CITD timeline, as well as my own 'fic (see other forum).

That said, the Annwyn colony -does- exist in the main Fenspace timeline, and encouraging colonization is one of the big purposes behind Greenwood making the Island-3 habs available - even one of them, with a spacedrive slapped on, is a suitable colony vessel for several hundred people, and a much more comfortable way to travel than "a tin can". On the other hand, they're still a pretty big investment, so there aren't a -whole- lot of them, and it does take a fair bit of work for a group that doesn't have a wealthy backer to get hold of one.

And even many of the wealthy backers don't take this route - StellviaCorp only bought http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?title=Eyrie]one Island-3.
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Rob Kelk
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