STRATUM 10: INDUSTRIAL SECTOR - 2020

(Altheá Generation Starship)
// Manufactory Plant 07
Location: 118.47 - 122.62 KM (From Stern)
Vertical Height: 4150 M

Pipes moan and groan as metal expands and cools. Steam of drinkable water billows from hydro exhausts while helium reactors hum. Fusion cores shiver and cryptic hardware deciphers the theoretical flow of the engines. Mechanical matrixes churn through recycled ores, reusing elements and atoms to reconstruct vital alloys. The scent of simulated ozone is strong. Here, work is shared between automaton and human alike based on their physical capabilities; not for personal greed but for the survival of the colony…

This image formed part of my Honours Project for Uni; the depiction of a neo-futuristic civilisation of humans and A.I. living together as equals in harmony. Exploring the depths of deep space aboard a 151 KM long generation starship, they seek to research, learn and evolve together while searching to find wonders that no-one has ever seen. In the thousand years since leaving Earth, the pinnacle of their findings include the successful identification of 8 alien organisms, forming an ecosystem that reaches far beyond the stars…