One sheet to track them all, one sheet to find them,
One sheet to sort them all, and in the data bind them,
In the depths of space where our worlds lie.
Hello dear visitor. It's been quite a while since I last posted anything on this site (over 9 months), so I thought that I could give you guys a little update on the model I use for all my writing and napkin calculations whenever prompted.
In case some of you haven't noticed yet, HARD SCI-FI has a little link to a page containing all the calculators and spreadsheets I used for posts throughout the blog's history, it's on the right-side on the PAGES block.
It has been somewhat useful for me to revisit some of these tools from time to time in my creative process, but it can be quite overwhelming at times to open a dozen tabs and make copies of those as to not alter previous work. Back in 2022 I have attempted to summarize all the math used in my WIP guideline book (?), but as of them it was rather incomplete, and as of now it does not reflect my current understanding of its aims and the science of it.
Screenshot of the 2022 table, on STARS
So now, until the end 2024 I'll be working on a new table of contents that summarize the math in each of the chapters for ease of use, it will be also be a more consistent model as now the different tables will be able to cross-reference themselves, for a reasonable approximation of reality as I've come to know it.
Though, I'll likely keep the same streamlined look and palette to it.
Also, leaving this disclaimer from the opening text from the guide (before anyone comments on it):
Therefore, this work establishes a set of rules for a simplified model of the universe, which, while similar, is not precisely like our own.
- M.O. Valent, 17/10/2024
