The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - The Centrum Assembly.

Avalon Archives returns to break down the worlds and systems of the Centrum Assembly. #TheSojourn
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[@Spacedock]

If you're excited for The Sojourn, please share this video around as much as you can on any sites/pages you frequent! Getting attention to original content is extremely difficult and we really need your help to get started!

[@oldhatandscythe]

Done and done. This looks amazing.

[@spookyshadowhawk6776]

When the concept is this Good, the Attention will take care of itself once it begins, it will spread out from person to person, really Good Science Fiction is made to be shared!

[@rolfgrell4783]

I can't wait for it!

[@DreadBirate]

how many gates are there

[@kamilkudzia9839]

The amount of worldbuilding poured into this is amazing! I only have a few questions about this: 1. Why in all the descriptions you wrote '[planet name]-Star. Lagrange 4 (...)' except the Centrum system, where you wrote '[planet name]-Cent.Solaris. Lagrange 4 (...)'? It just seems inconsistent to me. 2. Is there a reason why most of the drift gates are in L4s (except of maybe two or three)? 3. At around 7:57 you said something about the asteroid belts in the Vidara system, but there are none on the picture, nor in the description... I'm not trying to undermine your work or anything, I thing all this is amazing and can't wait to watch the first episodes. You count on me, that I will contribute as soon as the site for The Sojourn on Kickstarter is up (unless it is already, then I need a link ASAP). Anyways, I will keep my fingers crossed, and hope for a huge success of The Sojourn, good luck guys!

[@SwiftGundam]

Love the details here. You know, if this rockets in popularity, you can make an official encyclopedia on this. The Sojourn Atlas. I’d buy it. I love detailed sci-fi worlds.

[@FableWolfe]

Agreed.

[@zombietype0]

The editing on this is topnotch

[@evanroberts2771]

WHAT editing???????

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

Hi, this is Gabriel, Scientific Advisor for The Sojourn. A couple of small errata, for something that slipped past us: Pioneer's star is listed in the graphics as an "O-Type Subdwarf Star". That is incorrect -- as Dan said in the video, Pioneer is a _"Dim yellow star."_ As such, the correct classification of pioneer is *G-Type Subdwarf Star* Firewatch is also listed as a _"Red Hypergiant"_ whereas it is actually supposed to be a *Red Giant*

[@Pieguy223]

🤓

[@maddox0110]

As a technical(hard) Sci Fi fan , I can't avoid this channel. And the voice is also great. Ever tought about doing Audiobooks? But there are glaring flaws in the premisses. But Humans are flawed. I see Solyent Green in the nearby future of the Tantalus Cluster.

[@ancapftw9113]

I'm wondering why you have fusion power, interplanetary/interstellar mining, but food shortages. Is there just a massive backlog on the production of hydroponics or hydroponic chemicals?

[@maddox0110]

And a planet famous for winemaking… I guess a great population explosion² and a foodcrop plague³ would do. ² cheap boosterspice or a genmod anti aging virus? ³ Idea stolen from Interstellar.

[@eps200]

There ought be some reason they don't just dyson swarm every star.

[@ancapftw9113]

eps200 That's why I was thinking that some tech other than propulsion might require Drift. It would limit expansion to the level that can be supported by production.

[@reapr31337]

A-type stars have a shorter main sequence than G-type stars like Sol. Complex life must've evolved on Centrum a lot faster than here on Earth. Or there's going to be some sort of Ancient Aliens twist.

[@benhooper1956]

this is starting to get some Homeworld vibes, I like it

[@wulferikgebhardt5312]

first thing I was reminded of... which is nice

[@FableWolfe]

Can't wait for the full story to come out! I'm a huge fan of the way you've designed the nebula and the history surrounding the people there, it's definitely unique to the traditional sci-fi you normally see. And with all the effort and detail you've put into it, I have no doubt this story is going to become one of my favourites. It's awesome work, you keep me inspired to make my own stories polished and published one day.

[@franklincedillo5460]

Completely in love with this project and this universe. I´m waiting anxiously for the premiere, greetings from Venezuela.

[@rocktrout8773]

"The Wanderer was turned into an orbital museum" Cool "It was destroyed in a terrorist attack" Aww

[@crgkevin6542]

Love the world building you've done here! The premier of The Sojourn cannot come soon enough!

[@hickory6615]

The "Frontier Union" reminds me of the Frontier Militia from Titanfall. I love it! Keep up the hard work

[@Anatolius1010]

Definitely looking forward to this

[@starhawck]

Good luck with your project.

[@sylquinn4075]

The story of the Arashi Sakara and the 4th Battle of Axius reminds me of IJN Yamato and its failed quest to defend Okinawa. PLEASE, Spacedock, if you ever start showing us the Ships of Tantalus, tell me more about the Arashi Sakara!!

[@jordanmcdonald5978]

Please make another one of these videos but for Frontier controlled planets and stations. This video was so fun to watch and the worldbuilding is top class.

[@rmeddy]

Yes man, the hype is real

[@adamfox1669]

Wonderful. Really wonderful. Thanks

[@cypher4783]

It's here! It's finally here!

[@sirnuckingfutz997]

This looks fucking badass broski, always wanted to create my own sci fi universe but never had the initiative or the skills. I’m hella excited for it man keep up the good work!

[@remyschrader9286]

Ahhhhhhh I LOVE what you all are doing

[@fajtak72]

I love this! I am so happy. I can not wait to see what it looks like.If you need some arts or someting like that. I am here and ready to join.

[@karlobermanec1095]

It would be awesome to see the worlds of tantalus in Stellaris :) Try contacting Paradox Interactive. they did a crosspromotion with the guys from Door Monster channel :)

[@Raine-Cat]

Lore and world building... Huzzah!

[@patrickdavis1463]

Damn! I can't wait!

[@ahnonamos]

This is so great!

[@warwolf3005]

This looks great, but what resources are depleted? "Normal" elements are plentifull in asteroids, so what? Are drift deposits running out?

[@greatergamer7357]

don't you think keepers dance shipyards abbreviation being the same as kuat drive yards "kdy" might be a problem.

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

Hi, this is Gabriel, scientific advisor for The Sojourn. nah

[@joshk96]

Fire Watch sounds nice, mostly because of the Whiskey

[@therobotFrom94]

Can't wait to see more about this! I'd love to be able to support but my finances don't give me the luxury right now :c

[@zeeteeekay9470]

I think I’m in love.

[@jacklong1844]

i'm sad because i have to wait along time for another episode

[@REVAN2338]

Would sleeping suspended/strapped to/from the ceiling assist with "going red" on Valeria sibus? I personally have never experienced a noise bleed, would it being positioned allowing the flow of blood assist or hurt? Is bleeding out a concern in this context? or is death caused by the building up of the blood causing affixation?

[@patrickbasin9389]

I do love me some world building

[@patricksonjoseph1475]

hi see and hi love this series keep it of spacedock p.s. take my like

[@dionemoolman]

Are there any figures on population of the various worlds and systems? It would be interesting to see how many people live there. Just from this video it seems the cluster has around a hundred billion, but that’s just a guess.

[@remyschrader9286]

please please PLEASE have a Mark Ruffalo-esque scientist report on Seravis "It's a PHARMACY you Queen's agents, not a god-damned SUPERMARKET! You don't.. GO there to EAT..."

[@remyschrader9286]

And then Pete Postlethwaite (RIP) says "although many have Gone to be Eaten..." puts on his hat and leaves the room 😲

[@harrysmith1711]

"Pioneer orbits a dim yellow star is the only object of any real interest in its solar system". SURE it is ;) There's bound to be something hidden behind the facade of storms and dreariness

[@gavinsmith9871]

At Last!!!

[@andregalaxys2]

SELL THIS TO NETFLIX! I think it is just a fantastic SciFi Idea!!! I would love to see this as live action TV series.

[@XteR00]

Valeria?

[@thebudgieadmiral5140]

Keeper's Dance. The single best name in science fiction. Not even exaggerating.

[@1121sabre]

i do really like that name :)

[@goldenhorde6944]

I think Maiala's Rest is better, especially given the backstory

[@BenRollman]

This is a sci-fi world-builder's dream come true. We've all done this as kids; made ships, come up with stories, designed planets and aliens. It's so good to see something like this being created by fans with such love for the genre.

[@tazerlizardproduction4560]

Relatable

[@Cmb_got2287]

Facts

[@larry.l4477]

I love how you make Valeria Sibus's planetary characteristics part of it's culture. How the bleeding is used to cover murders. GENIUS WORLDBUILDING!!

[@irradiatedslagheap7933]

I like it too, but as a guy who does get frequent nosebleeds, I think it would be hard to die in your sleep from one. Being drunk would definitely increase the likelihood of its occurrence, but not by much. You'd have to lose enough blood to fill your lungs enough to suffocate, and nose bleeds don't leak that fast, not even the really bad ones. Not to mention the biological response to drowning, if your lungs start to fill with liquids it triggers an 'Oh Shit' moment in your brain that makes you take action. It might be possible if your nose bleed forms a sizeable clot, and then you choke on that clot, but not likely. I personally have woken up to a nosebleed more times than I can count. If I'm lying on my back when it starts, I feel the trickle through my nostrils, and if I'm lying on my stomach or side, it just drains out and glues my face to the pillow. Apologies if TMI, but I consider it my solemn duty to poke holes in weak plot-fabric. Although, come to think of it, it could just be a rumor there in place specifically to cover up murders by the mob. Like, it never actually happens on its own, but the mob kill enough people like that to support the rumor.

[@CIoudStriker]

Or maybe the mentioned low humidity actually makes it so any nosebleed is much worse than it would ever be on earth.

[@irradiatedslagheap7933]

Dude, I get some *really* bad nosebleeds. And even those are not bad enough to kill someone. It's not about humidity, the low humidity just increases the likelihood that your nasal tissue will dry out and crack. The blood still has to leak out through the crack, which imposes a limit to the flow rate based on the size of the wound and the thickness of the blood. That flow rate is, in my experience, capped at around 2 drops per second, which, while not insignificant, is not enough to drown a person in any reasonable length of time. The human lung can hold approximately 6 liters of air, at its highest (adult human male). At 2 drops per second, you would need at least half an hour to fill even one liter, which gives us about 3 hours to completely fill the lungs. Therefore, a person would need to be comatose, on their back, for a period of 3 hours of continuous blood flow in order to fill their lungs with blood, without any of the numerous biological responses kicking in to stop it from happening. Except, it literally can't happen, because the amount of blood in a human body assuming identical dimensions is 5.5 liters. Granted, having that much blood in your lungs isn't peachy anyway, but the pressure of the blood would drop enough to stop the flow long before that, and that's with the assumption that the numerous clotting factors all fail to contain the leak. A nose bleed is literally just a crack in the mucus membrane. It's no worse than a scratch. It would clot easily. The scenarios talked about in this comment are beyond the scope of reality, because of the millions of years of natural selection making it harder for us to die because of something like, say, a nosebleed in our sleep. The only plausible way a death could occur in one's sleep due to a nosebleed is that enough blood somehow makes its way into the trachea and clots, but even then we have ways of expelling blockages in our airways, like, say, coughing. The clot would not be solid, it would be more similar in consistency to a clump of phlegm, and we cough those up on a regular basis. Again, sorry for long comment, but I already gave you a potato, and I don't have another.

[@CIoudStriker]

You bring up some good points. Though if the humidity constantly is close to zero percent, the blood might just clot much faster. Just playing devil's advocate here.

[@irradiatedslagheap7933]

That would mean less blood, not more.

[@RowanJColeman]

Oooooooooooooooooh I like it

[@AlexGellel]

There is so much evidence of genuine passion and care for this world, I can't wait for the stories that emerge from it :D

[@tennoshenaniganizer9234]

0:34 I see someone played the original Battlefront

[@therobotFrom94]

my thoughts too :')

[@lucasclark1669]

Tenno Shenaniganizer I thought that as well Can’t blame him, it’s a cool animation

[@boxman9033]

Roger Roger :)

[@aserkill6096]

Ah that animation and sound bring back some good memories

[@captainzac24]

I really missed that in BF2

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

I guess you could say this video is quite...tantalizing.

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

Hi, this is Gabriel, Scientific Advisor for The Sojourn. And I deeply aprove of this.

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

Oh no; it's the Yamato hater -Cosmo

[@pyroknight419]

Will you do a video like this about the Frontier Union

[@Nicholas-kn9eb]

I think at the start it says part one, so it looks like a safe bet

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

Hi, this is Gabriel, Scientific Advisor for The Sojourn. Yes, we intend to do two more videos in "The Worlds of Tantalus" series - One for the Union and one for the Freehold. :)

[@SpaceMonke99]

Jesus Christ does this place feel real. Love the world building and the comparative mundanity of much of the lore of each planets making it feel lived in and genuine and dodging the cliche of everything being wrought with strife. Can’t wait to see this series come to fruition.

[@jedidragonking5070]

0:36 gave me Battlefront 1 flashbacks.

[@middosk5067]

Yes! So true!

[@DarthNicky]

I loved that part of the game so cool

[@annonimity276]

Destroying everything in an lata on geonosis

[@ItzmeFlez]

Definetly worth the wait! The music, the visuals and the editing are marvellous! Can't wait for the first episode. Also: You are really good at finding very nice sounding names for things, be it planets or ships. Keep up the good work ^^

[@kylel.776]

If anyone's curious, the piece of music is: Mind Field - Remember The Future Also loving the lore Spacedock, so looking forward to The Sojourn!

[@AGuy12908]

0:32 is 100% a nod to the original Star Wars Battlefront map loading screens. Similar sounds and everything. Absolutely love you guys and all of your work.

[@mahu1877]

Worldbuilding at its best, Spacedock. This will be great

[@astria4157]

I'm a simple man. I see sojourn content, I click.

[@wickiei4556]

I am so excited for this. You guys put so much effort and detail into the wordlbuilding, its amazing. You are now probably one of my role models for worldbuilding along with the Mass Effect Creators, GRRM and James S.A. Corey. World building is for me one of the best and most fun parts of writing.

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

Hi, this is Gabriel, scientific advisor for The Sojourn. Worldbuilding is my addiction. Precisely what made me so interested in the project and brought me in! :D

[@warwolf3005]

Can't agree with you more. As an RPG GM I quite enjoy worldbuilding, and I must say that work here is fenomenal.

[@IrishPhoenix7]

I can’t wait until the Sojourn begins. You’ve done a fantastic job of building up this universe and I look forward to seeing everything come together.

[@benjaminschroder4074]

Wow this was impressive. The amount of worldbuilding and editing work that was put into this is insane. You earned a sub.

[@yashametlaudna]

For a moment I thought you guys had finished and I was like *"Oh shit it's out! I gotta watch this!"*

[@temiajuwon8893]

Are you kidding! All of this lore is so expertly crafted that I just can't wait for the pilot

[@connorking8503]

I'm up to 15% or more hyped than 5 min ago

[@chaosfire321]

It's always interesting to see more scifi settings with humans, but unconnected to Earth at all. Opens a lotta room for worldbuilding potential.

[@ancapftw9113]

@Spacedock What is causing the economic collapse? Is it just a Drift shortage, which crashes interstellar trade? Because with viable fusion power (assuming it doesn't require Drift) and interplanetary travel and mining, the home system could easily support Trillions or Quadrillions of people if they had the infrastructure for it. With a massive economic shift like a shortage of a rare, valuable resource, though, it would take a while to adjust the economy to a non-drift or low-drift one.

[@kevinshepardson1628]

Something that occurred to me recently - does the lore for the Sojourn account anywhere for how ships in that setting dissipate waste heat? It's something almost no sci-fi setting bothers with, no matter how "hard".

[@Erika-gn1tv]

From what I understand they just use radiator panels.

[@Dawnlighter]

Valeria Sibus sounds like my kind of place. :D Hmm... this would make a fun sci-fi tabletop RPG setting too.

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

Hi, this is Gabriel, scientific advisor for The Sojourn. I am so tempted to make a Sojourn RPG now. MUST... RESIST... TEMPTATION! (Maybe in the future if the series is a hit we can do a KS for it, but no promises.)

[@airplanemaster1]

"A 6 year long voyage, the single longest trip in Human history." ...Yeah, I think that's about to be upstaged by Avalon.

[@igorwojtyna2158]

A quick question about the soujourn will the series be purely about the exploration vessel (such as most Star Trek series) or will it feature political turmoil and status quo shifts (like in Babylon 5) or will it be something in between also can u make a video on the vorlon dreadnought from said Babylon 5

[@Spacedock]

There will absolutely be crucial political threads to the main plot. The Expedition is a microcosm of the Cluster, carrying large contingents from each faction whose motivations are carried with them from the Cluster. And yes there will be serious Status Quo Shifts. Don't expect this show to be about the same place/situation forever.

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

Hi, this is Gabriel, scientific advisor for The Sojourn. All I can say is... you're in for a treat. ;)

[@Onyx-Tau]

If I didn't follow this channel, I would have assumed that you were describing the lore of a high-budget first-party sci-fi show. THAT'S how you know you're on the right track with this.

[@Toshaydude]

I love the idea of a tiny star cluster instead of a huge galaxy. A lot less to focus on and more opportunities to put vast amounts of detail into each system and planet.

[@dreadnought-ai]

Sounds like (it was) a really cool place. Arcologies? Nice.

[@Trex-or6cd]

I stopped spacetime for this. It better be good. Edit: worth it!

[@pudlordtynan919]

Yay! Time to journey into more Sojourn content.

[@pudlordtynan919]

That "going red" thing is awesome! Can't wait for the Sojourn

[@BattleUnit3]

Did anyone notice how the Drift gates were built in Lagrange point 4 and 5. I wouldn't have noticed if i didnt watch the Lagrange point video. Damn Spacedock dont do half ass anything i cant wait for TheSojourn.

[@michaellewis1545]

For your dating system do you date from the time humans arrived in the system or from other important events?

[@TheDjbz]

Additional: How is time measured for them? Because every planet's days/years are going to be variable.... (And that fact is almost always left out of science fiction. Time always seems to aline and/or every planet somehow works on the same timeframe)

[@michaellewis1545]

TheDjbz As for the every plant being on the same year that can be explained by basing thier calendar off the capital.

[@gokbay3057]

Michael Lewis I think the year zero of Sojourn is the unification of planet Centrum (the homeworld of Humanity) because the year in the Firewatch page is called PCU 277 which I assume to be "post Centrum unification"

[@gokbay3057]

TheDjbz well even if local days and years are different (which they definitely are) there could be (and probably is) a standardised calender to make interplenatery communication and trade easier. Which is why even in most soft sci-fi settings the time system is often called "standard". As in "1 standard hour/day/year".

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

Hi, this is Gabriel, Scientific Advisor for The Sojourn. Yes, the PCU stands for Post-Centrum Unification. The days of Centrum are the same as those of Earth. The increments of PCU are equivalent to years, so 1 PCU = 1 year, but reality is a bit more elaborate than that. I can't tell much about it now, though. My intention is that each panet has it's own local calendar dates and time variations, yes, but the Tantalus standard is PCU. :)

[@Rocinante158]

I love this universe, the worldbuilding is superb.

[@fletcherluders415]

The way these Codex entries are done kind of reminds me of Mass Effect in a few ways. Looking forward to when The Sojourn releases!

[@thelegend8570]

yall are living in the L-cluster xD

[@alexsawchuk5371]

Ah, I see you also play stellaris

[@exiavalens6542]

Aren't red stars the coldest form of star and blue is the hottest?

[@temiajuwon8893]

red stars aren't necessarily the coldest type of star, they are quite old though so lack the luster of newer and brighter blue stars.

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

Hi, this is Gabriel, Scientific Advisor for The Sojourn. If we're talking about surface temperatures, yes, you are indeed correct.

[@duitk]

So in this universe is humanity native to centrum like how in star wars humans are native to coruscant in star wars?

[@WMM-td4pk]

5:15 Firewatch? Love the reference guys! Never knew you played that game!

[@Karr4024]

What a magnificent world building! Keep it up!

[@azean84]

Damn Spacedock, I'm awed by your world building in this video, I have to watch it again just to take it all in!

[@brandencodynecula4466]

This is awesome. Great work. Can't wait for more!

[@xiongrey19]

Dat musik tho!

[@pyroknight419]

Yes final,y info on the Centrum Assembly

[@AonghasMcTavish]

Keepers dance fleet yards... KDFY does this perhaps take inspiration from KDY or is it a coincidence? This is fantastic and I'm excited.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

Rialtis seems also to be a great planet to retire to and also to brew wine. Axius is the place that sounds like a scholar's paradise until the battles that overtook them that is and Valeria Sibus seems like the perfect place for outlaws as well as a good place for a bar fight.

[@lilly4380]

So given that they have access to the materials of several whole star systems, why do the humans of the tantalus cluster face such material shortages? Given that you could build a modest dyson swarm from a single body the mass of Mercury it seems unlikely these star systems wouldn’t be similarly exploited, right?

[@Marclivis]

This is so T H I C C with content! Thank you so much this stuff makes me so happy and invested! I can't wait for more!

[@vichodeivis1219]

Sounds like the Tantalus cluster doesn't need explorers. Only mad scientists and a plague *He He He*

[@MaddyBee]

OG battlefront style loading screen gave me chills

[@Klipik12]

Wait a minute you're telling me there's a food crisis, but there's also a planet covered in vineyards instead of useful crops?

[@Fish1701A]

So much history, you put a lot of thoughts in this, great worlds you have created.

[@mihailazar2487]

Sadivar Edric ?? really ? really ? boy, looks like you threw all your good names to the planets and ye ran out, didn't you ?

[@ashipthattriestobotheryou4759]

What is the best space flight rules:semi-newtonian or full-newtonian or combined both?

[@roccaraso1771]

Hmm that jungle planet reminds me of pandora from avatar

[@samdale3937]

All I need to know is when, I actually think I’m more excited for this than episode 9, I simply can not wait to watch.

[@Sov-Ryn15]

And here I am trying to create a sci-fi piece for myself, yet I’m doing it alone. I love this. I’ll have to keep trying to worldbuild more and more.

[@P3x310]

So many fresh and to an extent original ideas, I love it! I'm almost afraid that I won't be able to follow all the lore when the Sojourn finally starts... Will you be compiling a searchable wiki, perhaps?

[@icehelion9788]

If anybody with the skills or connections to a game development studio reads this. You need to make a strategy game out of this.