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Got to be quick...
Nov. 30th, 2018 09:31 am So, I finished Nano #10 (current count is 10 complete of 12 attempts). I have written half a million Nano-words! Go me.
This year, I tried something different. Rather than a prose narrative type thing, I wrote 50 separate documents of about 1k each that form a dossier of evidence. Humans have found a planet that might be suitable for colonisation. There doesn't seem to be any of the activity we would associate with 'intelligence' going on. So an uber diverse group of 600 set off on a 10 year journey. The system is actually one star with two planets on the same orbital path, with one slightly closer to the star. When they pass, they switch. This means that one planet is receiving too much radiation to be safe for humans for half the year.
They have two androids with them who get sent to the 'inner' planet whilst the humans explore the other one. The androids encounter a large, intelligent species of insect but they don't recognise them as intelligent. They follow Asimov's three laws - if a human tells them to collect samples, they collect samples. It's up to the humans to work out the morality and give appropriate instructions. When the humans realise what the androids have done - by following their instructions - there is some hand wringing and soul searching but the captain decides to go down and attempt peace.
The insects are - remarkably! - open to the idea of welcoming creatures that might be seen as their enemy. In the meantime, orders come from Earth to deactivate the androids, the captain to stand down, and the crew to return. The crew agree to reboot the androids and leave them to collect data on the non-insect planet. They also won't allow the captain to stand down. But they do return to Earth where, eventually, they are vindicated.
The way I've written it, mostly as descriptions of audio visual files - almost like a script! - I think it might make an interesting graphic novel.
But first, I need to get Mannerley published!
I'm off work for a couple of days. Yesterday, I finished Nano. Today, I break the back of the Christmas shopping. I also want to do some cleaning but that might just have to wait for the weekend. I'm also hoping to get some FFXV done.
This year, I tried something different. Rather than a prose narrative type thing, I wrote 50 separate documents of about 1k each that form a dossier of evidence. Humans have found a planet that might be suitable for colonisation. There doesn't seem to be any of the activity we would associate with 'intelligence' going on. So an uber diverse group of 600 set off on a 10 year journey. The system is actually one star with two planets on the same orbital path, with one slightly closer to the star. When they pass, they switch. This means that one planet is receiving too much radiation to be safe for humans for half the year.
They have two androids with them who get sent to the 'inner' planet whilst the humans explore the other one. The androids encounter a large, intelligent species of insect but they don't recognise them as intelligent. They follow Asimov's three laws - if a human tells them to collect samples, they collect samples. It's up to the humans to work out the morality and give appropriate instructions. When the humans realise what the androids have done - by following their instructions - there is some hand wringing and soul searching but the captain decides to go down and attempt peace.
The insects are - remarkably! - open to the idea of welcoming creatures that might be seen as their enemy. In the meantime, orders come from Earth to deactivate the androids, the captain to stand down, and the crew to return. The crew agree to reboot the androids and leave them to collect data on the non-insect planet. They also won't allow the captain to stand down. But they do return to Earth where, eventually, they are vindicated.
The way I've written it, mostly as descriptions of audio visual files - almost like a script! - I think it might make an interesting graphic novel.
But first, I need to get Mannerley published!
I'm off work for a couple of days. Yesterday, I finished Nano. Today, I break the back of the Christmas shopping. I also want to do some cleaning but that might just have to wait for the weekend. I'm also hoping to get some FFXV done.
