#alphacentauri — Public Fediverse posts

Will we live to see a laser sail sent off to Alpha Centauri?

https://futurism.com/science-energy/scientists-20-years-alpha-centauri-lasers

#AlphaCentauri #Space #Lasers

Today #DiceyStories finishes a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. I've ported our Chronicles of Chiron characters to my #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This eighth and final episode is the second half of monsoon season, the last season of the year.

Friends old and new gather for Fritz and Mariah’s wedding.

https://diceystories.com/ds446-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-8-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

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Today #DiceyStories continues a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. Our Chronicles of Chiron characters have been ported to my #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This seventh episode is the first half of monsoon season, the final season of the year.

Fritz and Mariah start work on a new greenhouse, but Redd takes issue with the crops they intend to grow.

https://diceystories.com/ds445-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-7-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

Today #DiceyStories continues a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. Our Chronicles of Chiron characters have been ported to my very own #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This sixth episode is the second half of build up season.

Connections continue to form in the valley: the network node gets installed, and Fritz finally proposes to Mariah.

https://diceystories.com/ds444-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-6-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

Today #DiceyStories continues a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. Our Chronicles of Chiron characters have been ported to my very own #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This fifth episode is the first half of build up season.

Fritz and Mariah improve their relationships with the non-humans in the neighborhood.

https://diceystories.com/ds443-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-5-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

Suspect I know which one will get the most votes. Nearing the end of Jane Eyre. I don’t hate it like Wuthering Heights, but it’s not as good as Wildfell Hall.

What should I read next?

#Reading #TBR #Literature #History #AlphaCentauri #WH40k #ImperialGuard #AstraMilitarum

Suspect I know which one will get the most votes. Nearing the end of Jane Eyre. I don’t hate it like Wuthering Heights, but it’s not as good as Wildfell Hall.

What should I read next?

#Reading #TBR #Literature #History #AlphaCentauri #WH40k #ImperialGuard #AstraMilitarum

Suspect I know which one will get the most votes. Nearing the end of Jane Eyre. I don’t hate it like Wuthering Heights, but it’s not as good as Wildfell Hall.

What should I read next?

#Reading #TBR #Literature #History #AlphaCentauri #WH40k #ImperialGuard #AstraMilitarum

Suspect I know which one will get the most votes. Nearing the end of Jane Eyre. I don’t hate it like Wuthering Heights, but it’s not as good as Wildfell Hall.

What should I read next?

#Reading #TBR #Literature #History #AlphaCentauri #WH40k #ImperialGuard #AstraMilitarum

Suspect I know which one will get the most votes. Nearing the end of Jane Eyre. I don’t hate it like Wuthering Heights, but it’s not as good as Wildfell Hall.

What should I read next?

#Reading #TBR #Literature #History #AlphaCentauri #WH40k #ImperialGuard #AstraMilitarum

Today #DiceyStories continues a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. Our Chronicles of Chiron characters have been ported to my very own #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This fourth episode is big wind season.

The stresses of country life begin to mount for Fritz and Mariah.

https://diceystories.com/ds442-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-4-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

Today #DiceyStories continues a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. Our Chronicles of Chiron characters have been ported to my very own #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This third episode is heavy dew season.

Mariah and Fritz independently begin thinking more seriously about their future together, such as whether it involves marriage or children.

https://diceystories.com/ds441-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-3-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

Today #DiceyStories continues a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. Our Chronicles of Chiron characters have been ported to my very own #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This second episode is bushfruit season.

Mariah and Fritz get their first products to market, a new set of natural dyes.

https://diceystories.com/ds440-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-2-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley #ActualPlay #sessionreport #storyGame

Today #DiceyStories starts a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. This time we take our Chronicles of Chiron characters to my very own #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

Seeking a simpler life away from Dome politics, Fritz and Mariah settle down at an abandoned farmstead along the edge of the Monsoon Jungle.

https://diceystories.com/ds439-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-1-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley #ActualPlay #sessionreport #storyGame

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Today #DiceyStories has a second addendum to our recently completed #ActualPlay #AlphaCentauri: Chronicles of Chiron. Leaving Genesys, we take NPCs from that campaign to #GMless #ttrpg #AWeekendInTheCountryside.

Murder in the Chiron Countryside - Spend a weekend relaxing at Nwabudike Morgan’s private dome in the remote Chiron wilderness with fellow members of the board of directors. Until… a murderer strikes!

https://diceystories.com/ds438-alpha-centauri-murder-in-the-chiron-countryside/

#IndieRPG
#MurderMystery
#SessionReport
#StoryGame

A professional Cartographer has made a beautiful printable map of Planet/Chiron from Sid Meier's #AlphaCentauri #AC #SMAC #SMAX . The author has also commented that he's working on a physical 3D globe version too! He describes how he's made this map here https://somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/planetfall/ , and it is quite an elaborate process, with a lot of work involved! If you want to talk about this map, then join us here https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-map-of-chiron-in-armadillo-projection-drawn-by-somethingaboutmaps.699901/ .

Proxima b this, Proxima b that. It's well-described in my sci-fi stories, but what about the rest of this fascinating system?

Let's dive in at my blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2025/07/18/worldbuilding-alpha-centauri/

This post's featured image is M. Kornmesser's rendition of the dust belts around Proxima Centauri for the ESO.

#worldbuilding #scifi #sciencefiction #spaceopera #ProximaCentauri #AlphaCentauri #planets #exoplanets

#NASA Selects Bold Proposal to "Swarm" #ProximaCentauri with Tiny Probes
In order to reach #AlphaCentauri this century we need to utilize gram-scale #spacecraft that rely on directed-energy propulsion. NASA selected Swarming Proxima Centauri project for Phase I development as part of this year's NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (#NIAC). Swarming Proxima Centauri is "a collaborative effort between Space Initiatives Inc. and the Initiative for Interstellar Studies (i4is)"
https://www.universetoday.com/165116/nasa-selects-bold-proposal-to-swarm-proxima-centauri-with-tiny-probes/