Many Thoughts, Head Full

The ship to Eridani!

i wanted the design to be based off both the Hail Mary and the Hermes, as if earth toke what it already knew worked long term and stuck with it. old and reliable technology as they say.

The crew is very large, so the ship itself is truly massive, since its meant to sustain everyone during the eight-year round trip + the time they stay on Erid. They dont use the coma systems of the mary because of the 1/3 chance of survival and, again, the crew is very big, is much easier to keep a large group in a small apartment complex sane than 3 people in a tin can.

Also, I realized later that the central wheel would need two different gravity modes: an "in-transit" mode, where the ship's acceleration acts as simulated gravity, and a "stationary" mode, for when the ship is in orbit. The wheel is the only part of the ship capable of maintaining gravity 100% of the time during the mission; so, the lab, gym, greenhouse, kitchen, and such are located there. Areas like storage, dormitory, and the mental health room—which do not require gravity—are located in the "Mary" section of the ship.

Some differences between Humans and Eridians!

some of these are fun facts i got straight from the Eridian doc, some of these are my personal headcanons

close ups:

More Erid crew drawings!

i love thinking about rocky meeting with other humans just so he can compare their behaviour with Grace's. He loves Grace, wholeheartely, but he also has no idea how much of what he does are "Grace things" or just. general human things

Are all humans this reckless? Are they all this stubborn? This kind? This leaky?

i tried to sketch out some of the human crew of the (as of now) Salvastra mission for my phm au, where earth send a ship to Eridani with taumeba after the return of the beatles. once again, Olivia was really the only one i had a solid formed idea of, so any names, headcanons, ideas you guys have for these guys or others are all welcome🙏

also a book joke that was funnier in my head:

"i am your favorite teacher's favorite teacher😎" - Mark on his comment section probably

just the image:

"Hello! I'm here to die for Earth! Pretty awesome, yes?!"

grace: obviously rocky and adrian have a deep bond that i can't really fully understand from being married for almost two centuries

side effect of watching james cameron’s avatar and sharing one very smart brain cell.

no touching happened that day bahaHAHA

Mate Grace down bad for rocks, statement

He understands.

They arrive to Erid, and one of the first things Grace does is playing for Adrian a little speech he made in Eridian using his recordings of Rocky's voice. And it's just... instructions. Mostly.

"He has a lot of anxiety about people's health and will probably freak out about yours at some point, don't dismiss it and let him see that you are okay."

"He is terrified of being alone, please make sure someone is physically close to him at all times."

"He is scared of falling asleep and will delay it as long as he can, you need to pay attention to his sleep cycle or he'll be hurting himself."

"He downplays everything bad that is happening to him, mental and physical, please keep an eye on him or he'll be ignoring his health completely."

"He never gave up, but I might die very soon and I'm not sure how he will react to it. Please be with him, even when it's not easy. He loves you. He wanted to return to you so badly. Even though he probably has changed, this is still him. Please keep loving him. He needs it more than ever. He'll need it when I am gone."

...Adrian is very annoyed because a) the fuck do you mean by implying that I'll leave him, b) the fuck do you mean by implying you know him better than I do (Adrian does have to begrudgingly accept this one later: Grace is objectively more familiar with Rocky's trauma responses), and c) the fuck do you mean you're gonna die no one's letting you die shut up and get into the lab we have science to do. They become friends fast, bonding over worrying about Rocky together.

[Image Description: Digital drawings of Dionysus and Hephaestus. Dionysus is a tall young man with brown skin and long curly purple hair. He wears grapevine in his hair, a purple skirt and wrap with a green underlayer. He holds a kylix with a stylized face (known as the Dionysus cup) and a pinecone tipped staff. Hephaestus is a charcoal black skinned man with lines of firery light. His hair is made of fire, cropped short and connected to a beard. He wears a red tunic with singed ends with a gold and brown toolbelt. He has a clubbed foot and the second leg in a gold brace, holding a golden cane. End ID]