Dec
31st
2014
Random Idea #13 · 12:25am Dec 31st, 2014
Undead in space. They don't need to worry about life support. Pressurization, radiation, or sublimation.
Oh hey, what a coincidence.
No, it's not going to be happening anytime soon. It's a sequel idea bouncing around that won't be started until after I finish writing several centuries down the timeline, and there really isn't much of a plot built yet besides zombies in space. The only thing I have for it right now is a tentative title: "Haunted Sky"
You mean, as in, intentionally undead (yes, I used it as a verb) people, so that they can more easily explore space?
I read a short story regarding something similar. You don't find out til the end, but an explorer on Jupiter is a reanimated brain housed in a ruggedized robotic life-support system. Most of the story is a scientifically-plausible and highly purple description of continent-scale gasbag life, with grazing and predation occurring extremely slowly.
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This blog is tagged for a reason.
Wouldn't that depend heavily on just how you explain the undeath to work? E,i, how 'magical' it is?
I do admit and agree that it would probebly offer heavy resistance against many of the dangers of space, though.
I do think things like life-support would be of great importance for morale, however. Even if you can survive without stuff like eating, drinking and breathing, there is a comfort to such activities.
Again, depends on the type of undead, but seems like one of those things that can make or break a mission long-term.
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Depends on how psychopathic your undead are, I guess.
In which I imply how Cycle steadily loses his sanity, like every other character I create, and needs a morality chain to keep himself in check.
I don't really how much plot, anyways, so this is pretty much half thought out ramblings.
Oh, and how's Dark Horse coming along?
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Guess 'just' company could work. Still, I'd for one would stack the deck as much as possible in that case.