We are largely inspired by a variety of science fiction and fantasy series but here are some of our stronger influences.

• Doc E. E. Smith's Lensmen Series
• Frank Herbert's Dune
• Arthur Clarke's Childhood's End
• Isaac Asimov's Foundation series
• Douglas Adam's The Hitcher's Guide to the Galaxy
• Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers

• Super Dimension Fortress Macross
• Gundam
• Bubblegum Crisis
• Masumune Shirow's works (Ghost in the shell, Appleseed, Orion)
• Dirty Pair
• Patlabor
• Berserk
• Claymore
• Martian Successor Nadesico
• Vision of Escaflowne
• The Irresponsible Captain Tylor

• Classic mythology and folklore
• J. R. R. Tolkien's Tales of Middle Earth
• Stephen Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
• Various Works by Terry Prachett
• Terry Brooks' Shannara Series
• George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.

• Babylon 5
• Alien franchise
• Star Wars
• Star Trek
• Farscape
• Stargate
• Firefly

Hard Sci-Fi, IRL Lore, Meatspace, you may want to check out our list of hard-sci sites and articles too!

Many of our community are active military or former military, and tend to pull from their life experiences.

• White Donkey by Maximilian Uriarte
• Memory Alpha
• Memory Beta
• Ex Astris Scientia