The Dire Straits Universe is a worldbuilding project centered on strategic waterways that shaped human history.
Everything before March 1, 2025, is documented reality. Everything after that date is speculative fiction. A vision of what could happen if the nations around the world’s most dangerous waterways chose cooperation over fragmentation.
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Built by one person. Designed to grow with many.
r/DireStraitsUniverse. Argue about where the MEU capital should be. Suggest a strait we missed. Tell us we are crazy. Or dream with us.
ROADMAP
1. The Dream ✓ Define the vision. Nine straits. One universe. Ink & Funk.
2. The World ✓ Build the map. Write the lore. Establish the canon.
3. The Wiki ✓ Document the world. MEU, USI, the Ring, the Bridge.
4. The First Tale | Tell a story. Make it lived-in. Make people smile.
- The Newsletter | Launch it. Build the audience. One reader at a time.
- The Signal | A short introductory video. Funny but serious. The yogurt hits the sea.
- The Sound | Ambient music for the tales. The world starts to breathe.
- The Second Tale | A different strait. A different era. The anthology begins.
- The Storyteller | Set up the mic. Tell the stories for those who don’t want to read.
- The Atlas | Interactive globe. Click a strait. Enter a world.
- The Walk | A place you can enter. Stand in the kitchen. See the coastline.
- The Community | Open source. Open doors. The first contributor joins.
- The Wonder | “But imagine if it happens.”
