Sunder Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Perfect future that our ancestors were waiting hasn’t come. High technologies couldn’t give happiness to everyone. Endless space was too cold and empty. Timid attempts of travelling to nearest stars have shown that there is no planet like Earth in the nearest space. And Earth was overpopulated. And even space colonies on Mars and Moon couldn’t help. There was giant lack of food and clean water. Nowadays it’s impossible to find the truth about those days. Anyway this truth will change nothing. The fact is billiards of people died. Some say the reasons were wars, famine and climate changes. Some say it was well planned genocide. New world order wasn’t perfect. Only few people could stay on Earth. All facilities were transported to space in order to clean the planet. Most of people had to go there too. Moreover progress in automation and robotechnologies made most of them unemployment. Argues between Earth and colonies turned into wars. That moment it has become obvious that humanity will disappear if it doesn’t find new home. Project “The Ark”. 30 giant space ships. There were 100 billions of cryocells on every ship. They had to start the journey to the far space in order to find a planet, where the colony could be set up. Those days navigation was too bad to find a way back. So it was one way ticket. Potential colonists were very different: there were enthusiasts, refugees, criminals, scientists, beggars, homeless, businessmen and politics. Some of them were looking for better life, some wanted to save the humanity and some searched new opportunities. And the project failed. After decades of quest only 8 ships have found a suitable planet. The others had to survive in severe conditions. And 10 ships were lost. However this poor steps become the base of true human expansion to space. SHIPtember 2015: The Ark by Sunder_59, on Flickr Quote
easytiger Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Gobsmacked....utterly gobsmacked!! Quote
SpacerSteve Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Absolutely wonderful! It will take me a while to absorb all the details on this thing! Quote
Space Police XVIII Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Daaaaaaaaaaaamn. VERY nicely done. I take it the center bits are to rotate to mimic gravity? Quote
sandtrooper Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Really stunning build. The detail is phenomenal. Quote
Sunder Posted September 18, 2015 Author Posted September 18, 2015 Thanks. I'm glad you like it. Quote
LegoPercyJ Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Woaoooah.... that is stunning! I just can't get over the size! Quote
___ Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) Oh, what a ship! It kinds of remind me that Nostromo from the 1st Alien film. Edited September 18, 2015 by bublible Quote
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