NICE TO MEET YOU!

[Pibman]

Hello, friends!

I have been quietly lurking on the Orion’s Arm website for about a month now, randomly stumbling upon the site after doing some research on helium-stripped stars. I was quickly hooked, and quite frankly, astonished by the work the community had created.

Never have I ever seen a worldbuilding project at this scale, and never have I ever seen so many passionately creative folks working together so seamlessly. I found the cohesion of the content to be immensely impressive, but more than that, I found the collaboration behind Orion’s Arm to be immeasurably uplifting and downright inspiring.

Being a science/worldbuilding nerd can often feel quite alienating in my day-to-day life. I have been on an island for far too long! This project has given me hope that there are people out there like me and FLAGNABIT–I am ready to meet you.

In whatever way I can, I’d love to contribute and collaborate.

Here is a little bit about me:
By day, I am a successful marketing creative with skills in marketing strategy, video editing, and graphic design.
By night, I am an aspiring writer working on a hard sci-fi/fantasy worldbuilding effort of my own; Project Kasaar.
I have a curly mustache, my dog’s name is Elvis, and I once ate 33 pancakes in one sitting.

Excited for what’s next,
Pib

[Worldtree]

Ooh fantastic

Welcome you sound fun
I’m glad you’ve been enjoying the site ! Feel free to ask any questions or join in any discussions

[DSPE]

Hi Pib! Nice to meet you What interests you about OA? From your post it seems like it is the astronomy...
Also what is your Project Kasaar about?

[Drashner1]

Welcome to OA!

[MiyuwiAuthor]

Welcome to OA, hope you enjoy your time here! ^.^

[Pibman]

Welcome to OA!

Thank you! Your signature has me dying. "Introverts of the World - Unite! Separately....In our own homes.”  ????

[Pibman]

Welcome to OA, hope you enjoy your time here! ^.^

Thanks, foxgirl!! ?

[Pibman]

Ooh fantastic

Welcome you sound fun
I’m glad you’ve been enjoying the site ! Feel free to ask any questions or join in any discussions

Thank you, Worldtree! I really appreciate your hospitality thus far. I only have one question thus far… what can I do to help? #PutMeToWork ??

[Worldtree]

Ooh fantastic

Welcome you sound fun
I’m glad you’ve been enjoying the site ! Feel free to ask any questions or join in any discussions

Thank you, Worldtree! I really appreciate your hospitality thus far. I only have one question thus far… what can I do to help? #PutMeToWork ??

"By day, I am a successful marketing creative with skills in marketing strategy, video editing, and graphic design."

well, if you feel like contributing ideas to articles, or writing stories or vignettes, you're welcome to do that. 

If you want to write a few sentences for a slightly silly article, for example
https://www.orionsarm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6965

but 

if you are ever interested in making videos, here's the existing ones in a playlist (see link at top of page)
https://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oa-...gen_movies

every polity it OA has flags or logos that can be made, or variants, if that interests you. If a society lasts 2000 years, there might be a logo in the article, but it might have changed over two millenia. Even the sephirotics. i've added links to downloadable vectors at the bottom of the sephirotics articles, but you're welcome to play with them. 

we have a "focus topic" every few months- right now, it's warfare, if that intrests you. 
https://www.orionsarm.com/forum/showthre...ht=warfare

but also scroll through all the EG articles and stories and, no matter how old, you could revive them if that really intrests you. I might wait and absorb a bit more about the setting though, beyond suggesting general ideas. also all us editors are overwhelmed with wordsmithing many articles in progress

i'm also a designer so, the opportunities for graphic design are as wide as you want them to be. i've mostly used the skills for logos and flags and OA's new merchandise 

but if you get it into your head that you really want to make a band poster created by punk sophont octopi, have at it.

[Pibman]

Hi Pib! Nice to meet you What interests you about OA? From your post it seems like it is the astronomy...
Also what is your Project Kasaar about?

Trogia…? IS THAT YOU?! ?

What interests me about OA? Hm. My blanket answer: EVERYTHING. I am a jump-in-the-deep-end-of-the-pool kind of guy, and I can’t help but do that here. No other logical way in my mind than to start at the very beginning of that scrollable timeline on the site. I am a few hundred years into the future, and boy does it feel ohhhh sooooo good.

Astronomy and cosmology are definitely huge interests of mine, but the very basis of ‘worldbuilding’ at this scale really wets my noodle. It’s a match made in heaven. My favorite thing to jump into thus far has to be either the science behind the Exoself uploads or this cool ass AT calendar–it’s just so perfect!

Project Kasaar explores the wonders of everything I have ever loved about magic/fantasy properties, but through the lens of hard physics/science. I used to ponder on the weirdness and beauty of ‘magic’, but after learning more about quantum mechanics, I learned that magic might as well be real  ?

4 years later, here we are. The story takes place on a planet called Kasaar, which orbits a 5 M☉ black hole.