welcome to posting on the forums 
1. You mean "Does anyone know or remember why Drexlerian nanotech was written to be developed as late in the OA timeline as it is?", right? someone else will likely answer more extensively but , as far as i understand, essentially Drexlerian nanotech is very complicated and the people who are very familiar with nanotechnology here think that kind of technology will take much longer too develop than say, more optimistic people like ray kurzwiel would say. Also, narratively, making Drexlerian nanotech take longer to develop makes the early setting feel slightly more conservative and so the wildest transhumanist dreams don't happen all at once and the events of the technology timeline are more evened out.
2. I was searching for images of silicon-based life on the internet back in 2010 , and found OA, from what i remember. I wrote one article soon after then only made a few illustrations for a few years and just joined in on discussions.
3. what do you define as "similar to OA"?
look under
Homepage- EXPLORE > Links and Extras >
or
Homepage- READ >Stories by Author > Spreadsheet of stories > Fiction Inspired by/ Associated with the Orion' Arm Universe Project
(at the bottom) most of this fiction is simply by people who participated in OA over the years though
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Community-built, shared settings focused on transhuman space opera ?
Homepage- Explore > Links and Extras > Other Space Operas and similar projects
Community-built, online Encyclopedia Galacticas?
Settings that are similar , or which inspired OA (hundreds), or were inspired BY this group, regardless of whether they are authored by one person or many, or whether they have been commercialized or not?
or just Community-built, Encyclopedia-centered shared settings with a non-commercial purpose, like the SCP foundation ?
1. You mean "Does anyone know or remember why Drexlerian nanotech was written to be developed as late in the OA timeline as it is?", right? someone else will likely answer more extensively but , as far as i understand, essentially Drexlerian nanotech is very complicated and the people who are very familiar with nanotechnology here think that kind of technology will take much longer too develop than say, more optimistic people like ray kurzwiel would say. Also, narratively, making Drexlerian nanotech take longer to develop makes the early setting feel slightly more conservative and so the wildest transhumanist dreams don't happen all at once and the events of the technology timeline are more evened out.
2. I was searching for images of silicon-based life on the internet back in 2010 , and found OA, from what i remember. I wrote one article soon after then only made a few illustrations for a few years and just joined in on discussions.
3. what do you define as "similar to OA"?
look under
Homepage- EXPLORE > Links and Extras >
or
Homepage- READ >Stories by Author > Spreadsheet of stories > Fiction Inspired by/ Associated with the Orion' Arm Universe Project
(at the bottom) most of this fiction is simply by people who participated in OA over the years though
----
Community-built, shared settings focused on transhuman space opera ?
Homepage- Explore > Links and Extras > Other Space Operas and similar projects
Community-built, online Encyclopedia Galacticas?
Settings that are similar , or which inspired OA (hundreds), or were inspired BY this group, regardless of whether they are authored by one person or many, or whether they have been commercialized or not?
or just Community-built, Encyclopedia-centered shared settings with a non-commercial purpose, like the SCP foundation ?
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