Story Themes
Celeste 7: A lunar megacity where engineered survival, corporate ambition, and human augmentation shape a stark near-future frontier, drive by strife and defined by choice.
The Universe
The stories written here are meant to take place in a universe inspired by the cyberpunk genre as a whole. Here, cyberpunk evolved alongside humanity’s first sustained steps into a spacefaring society, blending the gritty, dystopian pressures with the forward-leaning ambition of hard science fiction. Lunar life has forced technological pragmatism under the duress of economic pressures, while freedom from Earth’s gravity and politics has accelerated scientific and social experimentation.
The setting stays anchored in near-future plausibility, within the bounds of reusable rockets, pressure habitats, low gravity construction, and cybernetics shaped by the collision of unfettered progress and the demands of survival. This creates a world where a stark hierarchy and corporate ambition must both contend with the environmental constraints binding every district of a growing lunar metropolis.
Cyberpunk
In cyberpunk, melancholic grit meets neon radiance within a stratified dystopia, where the Haves and Have-Nots experience a distinctly divided reality. Cybernetics have stretched the bounds of what humans can achieve, while reshaping the very definition of humanity itself. Consider the works of William Gibson and Phililp K Dick, the aesthetics of Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell, the class divisions of District 9 and Altered Carbon, and the augmentation of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Hard Sci-Fi
In hard science fiction, technological ingenuity drives progress, pushing against physical limitations by way of science and ambition. Rockets, space suits, and special habitats remain a necessity to expand human presence beyond Earth, and the immense rewards of these endeavors carries steep material and human costs. Consider the elements present in For All Mankind, the architectural achievements of The Expanse, the isolation of Europa Report and The Martian, and the exploratory vision of 2001: A Space Odyssey.