I am going with a commanding officer on some cluster of spacecraft, preferably in the Outer Solar System to avoid the meatgrinder Mars and the Belt are.

So, I am taking command of either the UN's Saturn Cluster to wipe out any and all rebel forces or take command of the Titan Federation's 2nd Cluster fighting in orbit around Enceladus.

sounds like a good time. If you like that sort of thing

Well, it is better than being thrown into the meatgrinder on Mars and the Belt.

yeah, that doesn't seem like a healthy place to be

@DaaaahWhoosh So lots of call for doctors?

Maybe a pay rise for them?

I personally would prefer some sort of planning or logistics role

because that's the only thing I am good at

I decided on a design for the helmet.

Thanks @dot_Sp0T for your help.

oooooh looksies?

One sec. Just need to figure out how to make it into a picture.

I've been designing a lot of helmets recently

mostly based on historical European helmets. There are a lot of them

@DaaaahWhoosh see, that's the problem - you should really only need one helmet!

no, I need multiple helmets. So I can tell my characters apart.

c'mon @Bellerophon I really need to pee

and so I don't get bored drawing random mercs all the time

@DaaaahWhoosh Your concept seems inherently flawed

interesting

@dot_Sp0T You do realise you can leave and return.

you're actually doing 3d-modelling. i am impressed

@Bellerophon cannot, pc is downstairs and I want to get to bed

The red bit slides up when the pilot wants it to.

interesting

The red bit being some sort of glass or a shield or both?

also is that what we see in the second picture being dark grey a sort of visor slit?

@dot_Sp0T No, I think that is just how it rendered. On the original it is all black.

@dot_Sp0T Shield to protect the pilot from shrapnel and pressure loss and to hold in emergency air if the ships hull is damaged. I haven't decided how they see yet. Possibly projections onto the screen.

soudns interesting, looking forward to more detail :)

o/

O/.

Anybody see The Orville? ep.1 is on again tonight if you missed it.

@sphennings In my story, the relationship is a true balanced triangle, and they want to emphasize this.

@sphennings how’s that any different from how parents treat multiple children?

@JDługosz About your dancing problem: if triangles are the norm maybe they develop some kind of system to dance with two people and change after some time. This would mean three rounds with two partners while the other one is "out" and probably changing which pair starts whenever they dance. They would probably establish some kind of norm as to what would be a "fair" constellation if you want it to be truly balanced or may associate the ordering with something else in their life. Like age.

Though I believe that this kind of slow dancing would be rarer and faster dances would be favoured.

@dot_Sp0T We had... two people trying to take control in character. I never got the vibe that it bothered anyone (else I could have opened a discussion) but everyone "lost interest."

@Secespitus It's not the norm: set in near future real world.

You know, it is said that in the lands on the far side of Hell they dance a dance of three partners. I was taught it once 4,000 years ago but sadly I have forgotten the steps.

hey there @Bellerophon

@Shalvenay Hi, how is it going?

alright, as for you?

Pretty good.