Since I will be taking the Nautilus into space, I will also be changing the time era/universe in which it takes place. I don’t want to go for modern sci-fi, as seen in films like Interstellar and Ender’s Game as I find it to pristine and plain for my liking, although it holds potential to be combined with something else. Instead I looked at sci-fi sub-genres which take historic settings and advance their technology by a few centuries.

One such sub-genre was Dieselpunk, which takes aesthetic inspiration from WW1 and WW2:

Similar in design is Decopunk, which takes its aesthetic from the Art Deco found between 1920 and 1950:

And finally I looked at Retrofuturism, which was very popular in the 1980’s:

None of these really capture how I imagine the Nautilus however and I really want to keep a strong Victorian theme in the rooms, whilst merging it with the clean walls and advanced technology of some modern sci-fi. Unfortunately there is not much to go on in this aesthetic as it tends to lead to Steampunk, which is a genre I have every intention of avoiding.

I will have to experiment myself and see what combinations work and what I can pick from each, but I think it should be possible without slowing me down too much.