AI Prompts: Space 1999

As a fiction writer and solo TRPG gamer,  I often need to have critical information close at hand to keep my stories moving along smoothly, or else I have to stop my creative flow and go find the answers I need in books or online.

With that in mind, I used Bard AI to gather a lot of the information for me, asking as many questions as I could think of early on, that I might need answers for later. Once I had the results, I organized them and found I had over 200 pages worth of content.

This can be a great resource for creative types in writing fiction, playing narrative journal RPGs, solo RPGs, or for world-building in any space-themed project. The basic premise is near future space exploration, featuring a colony of humans in a habitat or ship, moving away from Earth and with little or no contact with the home world, similar to Space 1999, the popular TV series from the 1970s, and expanding forward.

This resource includes:

* As homage to the TV show, an intro of theme songs and catch-phrases to sell PCs into signing up for the voyage.

* Crew - from real-world ethnic distribution, to breakdowns for command personnel, medical, security, military and more, based on a population of around 2000.

* Space Station - guidelines for what a free-floating habitat will look like, what it's made of, how it runs, all based on known science.

* Spaceships - including a primary ship and ancillary vessels such as personnel transport, material transport, space fighters, ambulances, and a sub-section on propulsion methods and speeds.

* Uniforms - some ideas on what futuristic clothing will look like, how it functions and what it will be made of.

* Culture - home away from home, including personal mementos, hobbies and music

* Time Off - where colonists go on their time off, including shopping, entertainment, and suggestions on how they get along.

* Currency - because the new frontier needs a new money system.

* Food And Drink - meals, snacks and drinks

* Alien Races - good aliens, bad ones, even some funny ones

* Alien Planets - what to expect on exotic worlds with different habitability conditions

* Adventure Ideas - suggestions for making your adventures more family-friendly, more horrific, or more memorable (great for writers!)

* Episodes - for one shots, when your space colony meets up with another human race inspired by Battlestar Galactica or Star Trek, or when your captain meets and falls for Druuna!

* Seasons - for a campaign, when your space colony is ready for a series of themed adventures, including inspiration from nearly 20 top sci-fi authors

Note: the Currency, Weapons and Pantheon sections came out a little skimpy, and may be expanded in the future.