SBF - Space Acceleration Ring Gate: In my story, humans travel across the universe through a chain of acceleration gates. When a spaceship goes through it gets catapulted at a high speed into the direction it was pointing at, not the angle at which the object entered. The scale is supposed to be massive and the material a futuristic type of alloy. I had some rough napkin sketches I quickly scribbled down, which I sent to Alex Bobylev to build upon. The ring gate is in outer space, so most shots are wide and in full frame. No real close-ups unless this asset turns out to be so killer that I end up wanting to show it off. The way it's built is by transporting the small bits and pieces in large spaceships to a far distance and then assembling it over years. The idea is that humans only have to do this once and then traveling from one gate to the next takes merely minutes after that but setting up the initial one took like decades. It is maintained by a small crew on shift work but with the Acceleration Gate they have quick access to home, anytime. It's like a futuristic catapult but with the sci-fi feel of something like the original Stargate. The overall diameter is 500m and I prefer it to be a thin structure. Alex suggested that these gates would have to be almost like a mix of airports and large service way-stations that you'd get on highways due to the maintenance requirements. He created a series of concepts inspired by a mix of blade runner type of business and complexity + neon signs but closer to my original idea. The look transitioned a bit more into Mass-Effect type of designs with a more obvious space-port gate. These concepts are currently being built as 3D models by Sajeel Shukla. Stay tuned for more work in progress soon.
