Problem solved.

https://youtu.be/aTPwbVqU6lc

No GSV? Denied 🙁

Figured that the Dyson sphere would be at the end of the video less than 10 seconds in..  #scifigeek

Ringworld beats it in my book. Far more practical…

Ha! Watched that this morning before lunch, with my 3.5yr old boy sat on my lap. Watched the Space Shuttle launch after lunch, followed by portions of a tour around the ISS. Brilliant!

Ringworld beats it in my book. Far more practical…

Not entirely sure practicality is a valid argument when you are talking about a construction that encircles a star at approximately earths orbital distance.!!! 😀 😀 😀

Constant gravity over the whole surface, mountains at the rim wall and you can see the stars.
Works for me.

Surely a culture orbital is the ‘practical’ habitat, no messing with artificial gravity huge masses or sun shades for day/night.

Had trouble watching that (boredom) -was Ringworld the only artifact strictly from a book? (Not counting the Dyson sphere.)

No Alderson disk, or General Products hulls, either.

What about Vogon Constructor ships?

Mine does 😎

Ours won’t…

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Was also disappointed there were no Culture artifacts but it didn’t really seem literary based anyway. Only an Anaconda from Elite as well, would have liked to a see a Cobra and T9 as well for scale.

Ringworld the only artifact strictly from a book?

All the expanse ships were there

Not entirely sure practicality is a valid argument when you are talking about a construction that encircles a star at approximately earths orbital distance.!!! 😀 😀 😀

Well, a Dyson Sphere is a construct that completely encloses its own star, requiring the conversion of the entire solar system into shell material, and possibly several nearby systems as well, so a ringworld is possibly a bit more practical.
Plus you could still see stars…
Not sure if the Puppeteer home system would count, a planetary system orbiting its star which is propelling the system through space like one huge starship.
Actually, a Culture Orbital is a ringworld that can be induced to become a starship as well.

No GSVs probably because they’re famously boring to look at, in their “default” mode just a big slightly shiny bar of soap.

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Surely a culture orbital is the ‘practical’ habitat, no messing with artificial gravity huge masses or sun shades for day/night.

I can’t remember exactly but I’m sure there’s something in one of the novels that says it’s the default option and that most people in the mainland live on orgibtals

Mine does 😎

That’s quite possibly the saddest thing I’ve ever seen.