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[Gravity: 0.5G internal, Pressure: 1.0ATM internal, Distance: 6AU, Replaces Northern Air Temple]

Structurally and culturally similar to the Lower and Western Void Temples. The Eastern Temple was less nomadic, and built in a high polar orbit around the system’s largest gas giant. Near the start of the hundred years war, it was destroyed by the Fire Nation in the same way as the others. Some time later, refugees from the Earth nation located and boarded the station, and managed to fix and repair most of its damage. As they explored the ruins, they discovered remains of the Void Nomad technology and culture, and began to integrate elements of it into their own. For instance, the gravity skates were reverse-engineered and recreated, and used to make non-powered gliders in the same way that the Void Nomads had. And the refugees’ head engineer discovered a way to power the skates by casting them inside piezoelectric crystals instead of glass, and so build a prototype for the first working gravity drive. This technology could change the world and the war, since it could allow extremely heavy ships to move at great speeds or hover within gravity wells.

LINK TO FULL GALLERY

Questions you may have:
What am I looking at here?
This is the world of Avatar the Last Airbender, except instead of being set in an industrial-revolution-era earth-like Asiatic fantasy world, I have removed all those industrial-revolution-era earth-like aciatic fantasy bits, and have reinterpreted all the show’s characters, events, and locations into the far depths of
O U T E R S P A C E
Why would you do this?
I recently watched ATLA for the first time, and fell in love with the characters and the world, and wanted to do something special for it. However, the fandom is about a billion years old and a billion fans strong, so any fanart has likely already been done, and the show’s writing and plot are so solid that fanfiction could do more disservice than good, so I figured hey, I’m a huge sci-fi nerd, why don’t I just give it the ol’ Treasure Planet treatment?
This could be an awesome writing prompt for other people.
Why should I care?
Momo as a cute space alien
Azula in power armor
Learn cool science concepts such as ‘entomophagous’, ‘ekranoplan’, ‘tidal locking’, ‘V.A.S.I.M.R.’, and ‘Lagrange Points’
Ponder interesting tidbits about how a hard magic system could influence technological options among spacefaring nations
Sokka’s first girlfriend turned into a black hole.
Isn’t it supposed to be ‘Airbender’? Why ‘Voidbender’?
This is the only large change I had to make to the magic system. Airbender powers would be unable to embody the philosophies of freedom and fun in space. Voidbending takes its place; it relates less to a physical material, and more closely to the manipulation of gravity and spacetime, which fits better thematically and is necessary to the plot, as will be explained in the voidbender link.
Could you elaborate in excruciating detail?
Yes.
Can you draw [insert favorite character/scene/ship here] in this AU’s style?
Yes, I’ll draw whatever the heck. Name it.

Description

[Gravity: 0.5G internal, Pressure: 1.0ATM internal, Distance: 6AU, Replaces Northern Air Temple]

Structurally and culturally similar to the Lower and Western Void Temples. The Eastern Temple was less nomadic, and built in a high polar orbit around the system’s largest gas giant. Near the start of the hundred years war, it was destroyed by the Fire Nation in the same way as the others. Some time later, refugees from the Earth nation located and boarded the station, and managed to fix and repair most of its damage. As they explored the ruins, they discovered remains of the Void Nomad technology and culture, and began to integrate elements of it into their own. For instance, the gravity skates were reverse-engineered and recreated, and used to make non-powered gliders in the same way that the Void Nomads had. And the refugees’ head engineer discovered a way to power the skates by casting them inside piezoelectric crystals instead of glass, and so build a prototype for the first working gravity drive. This technology could change the world and the war, since it could allow extremely heavy ships to move at great speeds or hover within gravity wells.

LINK TO FULL GALLERY

Questions you may have:
What am I looking at here?
This is the world of Avatar the Last Airbender, except instead of being set in an industrial-revolution-era earth-like Asiatic fantasy world, I have removed all those industrial-revolution-era earth-like aciatic fantasy bits, and have reinterpreted all the show’s characters, events, and locations into the far depths of
O U T E R S P A C E
Why would you do this?
I recently watched ATLA for the first time, and fell in love with the characters and the world, and wanted to do something special for it. However, the fandom is about a billion years old and a billion fans strong, so any fanart has likely already been done, and the show’s writing and plot are so solid that fanfiction could do more disservice than good, so I figured hey, I’m a huge sci-fi nerd, why don’t I just give it the ol’ Treasure Planet treatment?
This could be an awesome writing prompt for other people.
Why should I care?
Momo as a cute space alien
Azula in power armor
Learn cool science concepts such as ‘entomophagous’, ‘ekranoplan’, ‘tidal locking’, ‘V.A.S.I.M.R.’, and ‘Lagrange Points’
Ponder interesting tidbits about how a hard magic system could influence technological options among spacefaring nations
Sokka’s first girlfriend turned into a black hole.
Isn’t it supposed to be ‘Airbender’? Why ‘Voidbender’?
This is the only large change I had to make to the magic system. Airbender powers would be unable to embody the philosophies of freedom and fun in space. Voidbending takes its place; it relates less to a physical material, and more closely to the manipulation of gravity and spacetime, which fits better thematically and is necessary to the plot, as will be explained in the voidbender link.
Could you elaborate in excruciating detail?
Yes.
Can you draw [insert favorite character/scene/ship here] in this AU’s style?
Yes, I’ll draw whatever the heck. Name it.