DEPARTURE 2150Follow the journey

From First Principles Interactive

Building
Departure 2150.

Ships gain their finish. Ports find their character. The flight deck takes shape. A look at the work bringing the Solar System to life.

Port Halden’s three curved terrace levels and outward concourses beside a bridge to a geodesic sphere

Future destinations

Port Halden takes shape

A tiered transit terminal and six immense geodesic spheres give a future gateway its silhouette.

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Graphite and metal cockpit frames around live engineering, flight, and navigation displays

Flight deck

A new seat on the flight deck

The cockpit gains material detail while keeping its instruments at the center of the experience.

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Vesper’s metallic disc hull, glazed central cabin, and deployed landing feet

Fleet additions

A saucer in the hangar

Vesper brings a little classic flying-saucer character to the developing fleet.

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Port Jupiter’s weathered industrial frame, freight berths, and long antenna assembly

Orbital ports

Two stations, two kinds of arrival

Aristyllus and Port Jupiter develop distinct identities as an Earth-orbit habitat and an industrial transfer harbor.

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Port Imbrium with brighter mineral cladding, blue service housings, and a central tower

Lunar facilities

Port Imbrium grows beyond the pad

Luna’s port develops a surrounding district and a more distinct civic character.

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Revised C-58 exterior showing fitted panels, a recessed drive, and more distinct materials

Ship exteriors

Giving the Meridian fleet its finish

The C-58 keeps its familiar shape while its construction and materials become more convincing.

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Early Meridian C-58 ship model

Development journal

Building toward the first departure.

A spacecraft, a moving Solar System, and the work of making the journey worth taking.

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