Inspiration: Horse power

Trojan Horse III by Willie Bester at the Robert Bowman Gallery, London

{photo by Trey Ratcliff}

Inspiration: Gliese 581g

Astronomers find Earth-like planet

The habitable planet is 20 light years away, orbiting a  red dwarf star called Gliese 581. It's "tidally locked" which means the same side always faces the sun, with the habitable area being in the "terminator" - basically the division between light and dark areas.

So colonists are going to find themselves living in a permanent twilight (good for sparkly vampires, then) and a wee bit chilly - temperatures are estimated to range from -31 to -12 degrees Celsius.

15 Degrees of Inspiration

Inspired by posts from Lydia Sharp and K.M. Weiland, I thought I'd share my inspiration for To Recover the Satellites.

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Um, yes. Quite simply the entire novel wouldn't exist without this man.

Of the many screencaps I have (and believe me, that's an awful lot) I'm posting this one because it's a) very early on in his arc and he's very much the bastard in this episode, and b) "shoot first, ask questions later" is definitely my MC's philosophy.