What in the world?

So, now I have to attend Corbin's Blue and Gold banquet, read and respond to a complex hypo for Criminal Procedure tomorrow, work out (upper body tonight) and write from 11pm to midnight tonight. This is a good thing that I'll be busy. I've been really out of sorts all day today, and being busy will help me re-focus.
But I probably won't have time to do any real world-building today. I'm a little scared of what I've set myself up for with this writing project (see my last post). I don't want to step on anyone's toes creatively - or legally. So while I think that Freespace 2 or Independence War 2 make GREAT worlds to play or write in, I want to make sure that I'm not actually using their worlds. Which makes it fun for me to try to seperate out what it was that made those games fun for me (probably the sense that I was participating in a much bigger world that actually responded to things I was doing), and try to incorporate those elements into my own world. We'll see how successful I am.
I've always been a huge fan of Freespace 2 - to the point where my practice for Photoshop involved creating my own fan-art. You can see a poster I made HERE. A nice shot of Mars, some added stars, and a GTF Ulysses with a little engine flare added in for good measure. (although technically speaking, the engine flare should be white, not blue).