Starbound: What Do You Want To Do In The Future?

[gothwalk]

So I'm working on this science fiction setting, Starbound. There's a post coming up on duekstreet.org wherein I'll tell you some of what I want to do in it. Meantime, though, I want to do some market research. What do you want to see and do in a scifi setting? Some bits are preset - it's going to be epic-scale, stretching across many solar systems, and high tech. It'll be used for short stories, maybe even novels, possibly comics, and certainly RPGs. Give me a wishlist.

(I'd really like to see a lot of responses to this, by the way - even if they're just "Die Shatner Die", or "I want lots of dakka", it's all grist to the mill.)

Comments

[niallm.livejournal.com]

One axis where SF material usually distinguishes itself is the state of Artificial Intelligence. This runs the gamut from 'AIs run the human race' (Asimov, Banks, Scott Card) through 'AI is wonderful and must be embraced' (Asimov) through 'AI is dangerous' (Gibson, Vinge) through 'AI is evil and must be extinguished' (Searle :-).

I'd like to see a well-thought out role for AIs, and one that neither reduces them to the role of gods or demons.