Talk:Zambarau Concord/@comment-4730598-20130411204217/@comment-5135903-20130412191225

Thanks for the compliment, it's much appreciated; as such I will reply with a detailed explanation.

When people are writing they tend to write about what they know because it makes their creations more convincing and believable, due to the fact that there are real life parallels. In science fiction this usually involves making a setting or story first, then finding the science to make it all work.

However, I am trying to do things differently. Over time I have done a lot of research into emerging technologies; until recently this was just out of interest. Now I have joined the wiki, I am working out how a society with access to these technologies might operate, this involves considering all of the implications these technologies and social systems would have on a society.

In short, I am creating a setting backwards. Instead of thinking up a desired setting then adding in technology to make it all work, I am finding out what technologies could be available to an advanced civilization then thinking what kind of society this would result in.

The Zambarau Concord has therefore ended up completely different to how I intended, so it is as much like exploring a new world for me as it is for other users. Kind of exciting, really.