04-25-2024, 10:12 PM
Hi there - Welcome to OA 
As an alternative to a Garden World, we are always in need of new inhabited systems mainly consisting of habitats (where most of the OA population lives) filled with interesting cultures and practices and such. This could include genetically engineered or 'neogen' (biological lifeforms created from scratch) lifeforms that could be every bit as strange as an alien garden world. You could also write about a world(s) of such beings that someone or other in the setting has created for reasons of art, culture, religion, or for fun (or maybe the reason is mysterious). This last would let you write up a planetary ecosystem without having to be quite as rigorous as for a naturally evolved garden world. Another option in the same space would be a 'mechology' - an ecology made up of cybernetic lifeforms.
That all said, if you'd like to take some time to get more familiar/comfortable with the setting and/or just take part in discussions that grab your interest, that's perfectly fine as well.
Hope this helps and once again - Welcome to OA!!
Todd
As an alternative to a Garden World, we are always in need of new inhabited systems mainly consisting of habitats (where most of the OA population lives) filled with interesting cultures and practices and such. This could include genetically engineered or 'neogen' (biological lifeforms created from scratch) lifeforms that could be every bit as strange as an alien garden world. You could also write about a world(s) of such beings that someone or other in the setting has created for reasons of art, culture, religion, or for fun (or maybe the reason is mysterious). This last would let you write up a planetary ecosystem without having to be quite as rigorous as for a naturally evolved garden world. Another option in the same space would be a 'mechology' - an ecology made up of cybernetic lifeforms.
That all said, if you'd like to take some time to get more familiar/comfortable with the setting and/or just take part in discussions that grab your interest, that's perfectly fine as well.
Hope this helps and once again - Welcome to OA!!
Todd
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