[Nightfall Phase 3]: Update Stellar Cartography

Description

With the Vaadwaur threat escalating, Starfleet Cartography has issued a request for all ships to submit their latest scans of the regions they encounter. Now, it’s your turn to contribute! Using any graphic creation software (Photoshop, Photopea, Gimp, GitHub, Paint, etc.), design your own LCARS-style map depicting a key moment from your story or someone else’s. Your map could illustrate a newly discovered sector, an unexplored solar system, or even a dramatic battle scene. The design should stay true to the LCARS aesthetic while clearly labeling all relevant details to ensure readability.

Criteria

  • The image must not exceed 2100 x 1500 pixels and should be saved in either .png or .jpg format with a maximum file size of 1MB.
  • The winning design will be selected based on two criteria: LCARS Authenticity & Realism (scored out of 10), Amount of Information Presented (scored out of 10)

Winners

Submissions

User Content Date Entry
Aakon Keacen (#1638)

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2025-05-18 18:54:58
Noli Auru (#18)

The Andor system, Columbia Division regroups above Andor

2025-05-18 11:24:48
Theo Barrington (#2080)
Private Submission
2025-05-17 14:53:41
Cressida Brennan (#2765)
Private Submission
2025-05-17 13:21:26
Rynar Jast (#2796)

Images used of orbit & alien structure created by Grok, image created using PPT.

2025-05-10 13:02:07
Varen Wyll (#2419)

The Battle of Risa - Orbital Defence - Operation Nightfall - 2402

2025-05-09 18:11:41
Trevenan Williams (#1295)

My LCARS shows the Astrometrics readout for the Battle of Riordan's Rock, from my Mission "Against the Dying of the Light".

2025-05-09 12:45:30
Sazra Kobahl (#2545)

Lebria system, far North-East of Klingon space, occupied as workcolony by Vaadwaur and Eclipse hiding.

2025-05-08 15:18:30
Zarroc Thakrass (#2652)

Shows a planetary scan of my member canon world, Pieris IV which is where my story is taking place. Based this off of looking at examples of TNG/DS9/VOY era LCARS examples. Aside from pasting in the planet, all of the LCARS was done by hand in MSPaint. Trick is to utilize those square shapes with the rounded corners, and put another rounded square of solid black inside of those to get the rounded LCARS corner shapes. Filled circle popped at the end of a little rectangle for those rounded end buttons. Font used is Tungsten Medium. I did take the planet from the following source: https://astronomical.fandom.com/wiki/Desert_planet but hot damn, am I ever proud of the LCARS menu shapes. I just may be taking the simple technique I figured up for this thing and rolling with it for some desktop backgrounds or perhaps some story graphics, whatever else.

2025-05-06 01:24:44

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