Bunnies XIII: The Bad Hutch

[robkelk]

So... I've been re-watching The Starlost in order to recap the episodes for All The Tropes. (It seemed like a good idea at the time, and "the time" was during a heat dome when I wasn't firing on all cylinders. But I finish what I start. Anyway.) There's a throwaway line in the fourth episode -- the one where a scoutship returns to the Ark but because of time dilation 409 years have passed since their launch a durational decade ago -- about something called "The Dome Wars". Since the scoutship's crew knew about it, it wasn't the disaster that killed the crew and crippled the Ark.

"The Dome Wars" sounds like something to hang a story series or a roleplaying campaign on. I seriously doubt that Glen-Warren Productions, Limited or the estate of Harlan Ellison would care if this became a noncommercial property somewhere, and even if they did we can point to the mutiny in the backstory of Heinlein's Orphans of the Sky as prior art.

Again, I'm suggesting this in the middle of another heat dome, so I'm probably not firing on all cylinders again. especially considering I have both KanriKyara and Isekai by Moonlight to work on. But if it is a good idea, well...