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Worldbuilding Non-FTL Realities | Bob Freeman, H2 Lift Ships


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Bob Freeman joins me to talk about the H2 Lift Ships series, a comic science-fiction setting built around solar-sail cargo ships, hydrogen lift, semi-sentient bioGels, and a trading civilisation that has to manage without faster-than-light travel.

We get into the practical side of the world, including ship design, unusual crew roles, and what starts to break when the systems people rely on stop behaving properly. It's a playful conversation, but there is a real worldbuilding idea underneath it, and that is what makes it interesting.

Show notes and more: https://richardsonsrubicon.com/worldbuilding-non-ftl-realities-bob-freeman-h2-lift-ships/

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