[PA Pride]

Welcome aboard model ZX-1, which is an interplanetary Class-A StarCruiser. The year is 2115. As humans continue to search the MilkyWay Galaxy for Titanium enriched comets, meteors and planetary bodies, the Federation of Resource Location committee meets again aboard the vessel docked at a space station in Sector 7 of the landmass in the United Trade Area of the Americas (U.T.A.A.). Let me show you around before we depart:




Firstly, I arrive on the main boarding deck of the StarCruiser via a Vertical Transport:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5965.jpg




The ship was docked in Sector 7, known as one of the smaller Earth ports, however the history of Sector 7 in the creation and manufacturing of original alloys & composites along with the centuries old technique of mineral alchemy has earned this Sector a deep respect among modern day Universal Resource Engineers:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5966.jpg



In the headquarters of the Earth-Mars Hydrogen Alliance (shown here slightly off center), researchers work tirelessly and around the clock to avoid the type of mining tragedy that obliterated the landmass formerly known as Jamaica:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5962.jpg



A walk past the Cruisers primary Sub-Vehicle Garage-Bay:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5957.jpg



Upon closer inspection, we see the start of arrangements for the arrival of 2,000+ mining droids that will be deployed to the north face of Venus for valuable titanium extraction:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5988.jpg



Staff members cross the primary Garage-Bay skybridge, heading from residential sections 15-20 towards the ships control tower on level 18:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5987.jpg



The thoroughfare leading to the operations center remains clear of traffic as the crew members meet in a lower level conference room for the standard pre-flight systems check:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5989.jpg



Interplanetary Resource Co. higher ups socialize among themselves, no doubt very happy about the large profits soon to be made pending this missions success:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5978.jpg



But unrest is close at hand. Many of Sector 7's civilian population stand against the latest round of humans conquest of our galaxy and a vote is in the works to limit the power of Earth based Resource Mining companies:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/PlanetPlans.jpg



Along the ancient streets of Sector 7, the mood is generally happy though as up to 2 million research and engineering jobs have been created by the latest titanium & methane finds on nearby planets. Human being ingenuity continues to be our most valuable asset:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5974.jpg




Final boarding call & coordinate referrals are transcribed optically from the Cruiser to Sector7 Authorities. The algorithms are broadcast in both human and off-planet species languages for maximum safety to the ship traffic currently in Earths orbit:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5967.jpg



Final signals. Preparing for takeoff!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5968.jpg




See you soon, Space Cowboy........

[HomeInMyShoes]

Hilarious.

Why am I drawn to this (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/IMG_5989.jpg) desolate corridor?

[ColDayMan]

It's like EPCOT Center meets the Mills.

[denveraztec]

Time to get out the skateboard, or maybe snowboard!

[Evergrey]

brilliant idea for a thread... the weather, lighting and architecture creates such an otherworldly mood... hopefully we get some more photographic treats from you in the near future!

[PA Pride]

Thanks guys! I wanted to do something creative and unusual to keep things interesting around here. I love the idea of futurism. I look forward to when cities actually look like the show Futurama.

[logicskier]

fantastic narrative.

[arbeiter]

it's nice to see that US Steel has survived into the 2100's!

[Evergrey]

PA Pride, is it true that the blue lights atop the convention center scroll poetry?

[flar]

I want to go to space, where can I order tickets?

[PA Pride]

I want to go to space, where can I order tickets?

Expedia.com


Evergrey: PA Pride, is it true that the blue lights atop the convention center scroll poetry?

I don't know. I'm illiterate.

[BG918]

Very cool. I am working for a company that is doing prelim. design work for a new convention center in Oklahoma City. Pittsburgh's center, along with Denver's, are our two models for what great convention centers can be. We especially like all of the sustainable features the Pittsburgh convention center employs, and all the daylighting!

[PA Pride]

BG18: Thats great to hear... If you haven't seen this center in Pgh in person yet, you've got to; It is extremely impressive and way better in person even.

[JackStraw]

Great tour. Now only if we can convince the Great American Beer Festival to come to ours.

[Evergrey]

Great American Beer Festival???

[Flash]

Great thread PA Pride.

I'm pretty sure those lights do scroll poetry, or at least some words about something. I think it was supposed to be temporary, but that has been there several years now.

[Stephenapolis]

How depressing. The Pittsburgh skyline won't change in the next century+.

[Wheelingman04]

Pittsburgh is the city of the future.:cheers:

[PA Pride]

Wheelingman: Don't get TOO ambitious. Remember, according to the latest Foreign Direct Investment Mag rankings, Pittsburgh is only #3 in North American cities of the future:

http://www.fdimagazine.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1974/North_American_Cities_of_the_Future_2007_08.html
Rank City State Country

1 Chicago Illinois United States
2 Toronto Ontario Canada
3 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States
4 Atlanta Georgia United States
5 Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico
6 Baltimore Maryland United States
7 Montreal Quebec Canada
8 Mexico City Federal District Mexico
9 Boston Massachusetts United States
10 Miami Florida United States

[AaronPGH]

Fucking hilarious Austin. BTW - sorry I missed your text the other night when you were in Cincy.

[mrherodotus]

Very creative.

[JackStraw]

Great American Beer Festival???

Yes, the only reason Denver's convention center is better. Who cares about futuristic buildings and conventions when you can get drunk on the best beers ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Beer_Festival

[JackStraw]

How depressing. The Pittsburgh skyline won't change in the next century+.

Maybe, but our downtown will be very different in a few years. We already have a nice skyline, but need to improve it no ground level. That is more important, and that is being done.

[AaronPGH]

Maybe, but our downtown will be very different in a few years. We already have a nice skyline, but need to improve it no ground level. That is more important, and that is being done.

I think he was joking since the title of the thread says "Year 2115".

[the pope]

if I've learned one thing, its that you're a nerd!

[PA Pride]

Thanks pope, but actually I'm not even much of a nerd; I am not into Sci-Fi stuff for the most part but I am kinda a self proclaimed Futurist... I love modernism and seeing new technology that continues to propel the human race forward.

[PA Pride]

Well, well well.... Only days after my awesome futuristic Pgh convention center photo thread look what popcity media has as the photo on their frontpage:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/austindaniel/popcityfrontpage.jpg

They know a good SSP photothread when they see one....

[urbanlife]

if I've learned one thing, its that you're a nerd!

That is a comment that could be said about everyone who visits this website. Oh and more great shots, this is the most I have seen of the convention center.