<![CDATA[High Frontier Forums - Showcase]]> http://highfrontier.com/forum/ Sun, 28 Jun 2026 23:30:09 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[HEO-1]]> http://highfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=233 Sat, 23 Dec 2017 15:17:41 -0800 http://highfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=233

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Index

  • Cislunar Space
    • LEO
      • Powell – pop 190 – notes: puddle lakes 
    • HEO
      • Pernell – pop 160 – notes: dawn lighting, crime alley, future home 
      • Looking Glass – pop 490 – notes: vomit comet for police
    • L1
      • Society – pop 2300 – notes: 
    • L4
      • –
    • L5
      • –
    • LLO
      • Moonscape – pop 2400
Permeable Ceiling LLC decided to enter the field of space colonisation at the behest of its founder, a multibillionaire and odd duck, whose quirks and struggles in life were curiously reflected in her company’s history as well. But rather than tell you this, see for yourself.

Before they shot many hundreds tonnes of parts into space to build a space colony, PC needed to design it first. Figuring out the design software took its time, as particularly the edge cases ran into the first unexpected quirks.

[Image: hf-design-02.JPEG?dl=0]

The first colony, Powell, was… off to a rough start, and almost bombed the whole enterprise.

Due to minimum size requirements unmentioned in the technical documentation the atmosphere regulator went into a feedback loop that lead to fluctuations in the CO2 content, which was reflected in the now ongoing wilt/bloom byplay of the local grasses. Thankfully trees don’t seem to be affected as well.

[Image: hf-powell-pond.JPEG?dl=0]
A learning experience was also the water level. At mere 5 centimetres above the superstructure, the lakes here displayed would be more accurately described as particularly vast ponds.

More strikingly was the discovery of city planners that population density so highly correlated with crime rate. Thankfully there have been no crimes reported so far. Which doesn’t mean there aren’t, just that none are reported. On the other hand, the police is on top of this.
[Image: hf-powell-crime.JPEG?dl=0]

As for fire…
[Image: hf-powell-fire.JPEG?dl=0]

Which might actually be a reason only half the houses are filled.
Curiously enough, following a recent fire in the recently named Phoenix Lane, which burned down a duplex and triplex…

[Image: hf-powell-fire2.JPEG?dl=0]
…a zoning change in the adjacent puddle finally drew in an investor, who built a department store. In the puddle.

[Image: hf-powell-store.JPEG?dl=0]

The PC colonist recruitment department is still trying to figure how this zoning change spurred an influx of settlers that forced established families to sublet unused rooms. Well, good for them, more discretionary budget to spend.]]> Ascension, Progression, Deliverance: Struggles and quirks of Permeable Ceiling LLC’s colonies
Index

  • Cislunar Space
    • LEO
      • Powell – pop 190 – notes: puddle lakes 
    • HEO
      • Pernell – pop 160 – notes: dawn lighting, crime alley, future home 
      • Looking Glass – pop 490 – notes: vomit comet for police
    • L1
      • Society – pop 2300 – notes: 
    • L4
      • –
    • L5
      • –
    • LLO
      • Moonscape – pop 2400
Permeable Ceiling LLC decided to enter the field of space colonisation at the behest of its founder, a multibillionaire and odd duck, whose quirks and struggles in life were curiously reflected in her company’s history as well. But rather than tell you this, see for yourself.

Before they shot many hundreds tonnes of parts into space to build a space colony, PC needed to design it first. Figuring out the design software took its time, as particularly the edge cases ran into the first unexpected quirks.

[Image: hf-design-02.JPEG?dl=0]

The first colony, Powell, was… off to a rough start, and almost bombed the whole enterprise.

Due to minimum size requirements unmentioned in the technical documentation the atmosphere regulator went into a feedback loop that lead to fluctuations in the CO2 content, which was reflected in the now ongoing wilt/bloom byplay of the local grasses. Thankfully trees don’t seem to be affected as well.

[Image: hf-powell-pond.JPEG?dl=0]
A learning experience was also the water level. At mere 5 centimetres above the superstructure, the lakes here displayed would be more accurately described as particularly vast ponds.

More strikingly was the discovery of city planners that population density so highly correlated with crime rate. Thankfully there have been no crimes reported so far. Which doesn’t mean there aren’t, just that none are reported. On the other hand, the police is on top of this.
[Image: hf-powell-crime.JPEG?dl=0]

As for fire…
[Image: hf-powell-fire.JPEG?dl=0]

Which might actually be a reason only half the houses are filled.
Curiously enough, following a recent fire in the recently named Phoenix Lane, which burned down a duplex and triplex…

[Image: hf-powell-fire2.JPEG?dl=0]
…a zoning change in the adjacent puddle finally drew in an investor, who built a department store. In the puddle.

[Image: hf-powell-store.JPEG?dl=0]

The PC colonist recruitment department is still trying to figure how this zoning change spurred an influx of settlers that forced established families to sublet unused rooms. Well, good for them, more discretionary budget to spend.]]> <![CDATA[All These Worlds Are Yours]]> http://highfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=187 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:02:03 -0800 http://highfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=187
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(Right click and select "View Image" for the full-size version.)

This colony is powered by a nuclear reactor (bottom), thus the large radiators.  The Sun here is quite small.  Europa from orbit appears nearly as smooth as a cue ball.

Anybody get the reference in the thread title?]]>
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This colony is powered by a nuclear reactor (bottom), thus the large radiators.  The Sun here is quite small.  Europa from orbit appears nearly as smooth as a cue ball.

Anybody get the reference in the thread title?]]> <![CDATA[Callisto colony]]> http://highfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=184 Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:43:33 -0700 http://highfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=184
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So, yeah, I know, I'm cheating a bit here by posting a screen shot from an unreleased version of the game.  But our testing process tends to generate a lot of screen shots anyway, and some of them are quite beautiful, so I've decided to start posting them here.

But hey!  You've got a lot of really beautiful locales in your version of the game, too.  Why not post some screen shots of your own?]]>
(Right-click and select "View Image" to see the full-sized version.)

So, yeah, I know, I'm cheating a bit here by posting a screen shot from an unreleased version of the game.  But our testing process tends to generate a lot of screen shots anyway, and some of them are quite beautiful, so I've decided to start posting them here.

But hey!  You've got a lot of really beautiful locales in your version of the game, too.  Why not post some screen shots of your own?]]> <![CDATA["New Constantinople" in LEO]]> http://highfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=153 Tue, 17 May 2016 01:25:00 -0700 http://highfrontier.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=153

Double torus in LEO:
Solar panels and Nuclear power for redundancy
Current stats for the populated, smaller torus.
631 housing
3150 jobs
33M income
-611M funds
Yay for deficits and over-inflated housing markets!

Smaller torus:
Lighting, primarily agriculture and housing.

Larger torus:
Large mirror for lighting, saves power otherwise spent on lighting.
Will be primarily entertainment/commercial.

Also, loving the shuttle names Wink


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Double torus in LEO:
Solar panels and Nuclear power for redundancy
Current stats for the populated, smaller torus.
631 housing
3150 jobs
33M income
-611M funds
Yay for deficits and over-inflated housing markets!

Smaller torus:
Lighting, primarily agriculture and housing.

Larger torus:
Large mirror for lighting, saves power otherwise spent on lighting.
Will be primarily entertainment/commercial.

Also, loving the shuttle names Wink


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Who will be first to develop a thriving station full of a wonderful society only to remove the docking facilities and then shut down the O2 and power systems?]]>

Who will be first to develop a thriving station full of a wonderful society only to remove the docking facilities and then shut down the O2 and power systems?]]>