Earth is so limiting and magic is limitless.

Has anyone found any stories about Harry Potter and friends colonizing Mars or doing other forms of space exploration?

It would be really cool to read about the full power of HP Magic used in the greater universe.

 

Browncoat, Green Eyes. Kind of.

 

I doubt this can be done well. Well enough to interest DLP, at least.

Nonjon's fic is different. Crossovers already set the stage for HP. You just have to help him "adjust".

 

Pretty much.

If it was a fusion (a complete blend compared to a 'plug and play' crossover), it'd be a lot more complicated, but essentially this.

Also, doesn't electricity get screwed over by magic?

Shuttle, meet a wizard. Wizard, meet a - *boom*

 

To be honest, a wizard could essentially use a warming charm, a bubble-head charm and a broom to fly to the moon. Nothing in canon refutes this except for the fact that we know they haven't.

 

Not really. There's no canon evidence of technology being screwed up by even several wizards in one place, e.g. 14 witches and wizards in the Dursley kitchen at the beginning of DH. This isn't Dresden's magic system, and it was stated that the reason technological things didn't work at Hogwarts was because of the high concentration of magic there. Not likely to be the case in a rocket scenario.

One could argue that once a large contingent of wizards were in place on, say, Mars, their daily lives would eventually saturate that colony with magic, but IMO, that would be such a long process that they'd adapt their technology to avert disruptions along the way.

 

Space haven

Harry and friends are forced to colonize a space haven left by the ancients, and that about covers the crossover part.

It's rather well written if I remember correctly and kept me interested enough to finish it. The colonization itself is pretty well done and covers topics that were intriguing, like establishing a common currency, providing food and lots of other things.

 

Most HP & Stargate crossovers would more or less fit what you asked. Here are a few good ones. An Ancients Journey, Fighting the Gods, and the vintage story by Shezza Harry Potter and the Stargate (always fun reading Shezza's earlier works).

There's Space Haven by esama which could be interesting if you want to read about wizards adjusting to an extra-gallactic city (Atlantis) - otherwise a bit boring; no real conflict in the story.

Dream Red wrote one, which ended up split in two or three different fics, I remember them being somewhat interesting.

Best one would be Nonjon's crossover, you don't even need to know Firefly to read it.

Except crossovers, I doubt you can find much which is related to what you seek.

Edit: Trig beat me to it about Space Haven.

 

Y'know, Pers was rumoured to have the beginnings of a Starship Troopers (book)/HP crossover that sounded promising.

Edit: found the post, and damn Lesswrong for ruining the fun.

 

Self Plug: Harry Potter: Space Wizard. Humour, Stargate crossover.

Culture Shock is a good HP/The Culture crossover.

 

Culture shock is good, but it's very short and hasn't been updated in forever

 

It's 71k words, so it's a substantial read. Many novels are shorter than that. But you're right that not much happens.

 

It's odd that many FF writers can write so much, but actual novels are shorter. OotP was the longest HP book at 257k, but when you have a book like PS at 76k, and yet have year one fanfics even longer and sometimes more interesting...

It's just pretty odd.

 

Here's a link to a proposed opening chapter.

 

Interesting!

Is this going to be strictly based upon the book (eg, politics, Bugs having 'hand-held' weapons, Mobile Infantry Powered Armor, etc), or of that of the movies (even if they themselves are quite shite, the concepts behind them such as the Bugs, etc)? (Examples being cheap, ineffective body armor for the MI, bugs that are portrayed as actual bugs...)

Or are you going to go the 'middle route', such as that of the Roughnecks: The Starship Trooper Chronicles? This animated series essentially used the best of both (book and movie/game related media) worlds.

 

I was shooting for a crossover with the book, which I've read a few times, rather than the movie or animated series, which I never saw (or saw sober, in the case of the film). I threw out the epilogue and had Rico wash out of OCS to turn him into the bitter soul you see in the intro.

 

I had an idea of some seventh years in muggle studies deciding that their project for the year would be putting a wizard on the moon. The story would be very technical as they find ways around all the issues with a trip though space. So alot would happen but not allot would happen if you get my meaning. The real issue with space is that its either an antagonist, like it 2001 or most space epics, or its just a add on to the plot. Any other space opera that could have just as easily been set on the ocean, looking at you Star Trek.

Harry Potter IN SPACE is just the same as Harry Potter on land for the most part as all the action is the characters against each other.

 

He's taken over one of my stories, so I can't help but mention that Darth Marrs has several Harry Potter/space-something-or-other crossovers. The Boy Who Fell is a bit of a Star Wars curbstomp, but he has a couple others, a HP/STtNG and another HP/SW crossover that are sequels to his Four Founders story. He also has a Star Wars/Firefly curbstomp crossover that's readable (Blue Sun Down).

 

Culture Shock is pretty cool. I didn't know Ruskbyte was such a good author. Pissed it hasn't been updated since 08. The Mind scenes are particularly hilarious.
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