Activity for The Weasel Sagas‭

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Question	—	How Would I Believably Wipe Out an Entire Planet's Population and Culture Without Destroying Said Planet? In my story, there is a planet. The planet's name is not really important for the sake of this question, so we're going to refer to it as "dead planet". Background: Dead planet is entirely hot desert, with civilization only able to exist in the vicinity of a mega-oasis around the size of Texas der... (more)	—	about 4 years ago
Question	—	How Would I Make an Oceanless World Feasible? The planet I'm thinking of is of similar size and distance from its star relative to Earth, but it lacks oceans, instead consisting of one massive continent with a huge mountain range (reminiscent of the Andes) running east-to-west around the equator, forming an almost perfect mountainous "ring" arou... (more)	—	about 4 years ago
Question	—	Plausible reasons for a whole planet to have a temperate oceanic climate? In my book series, I'm worldbuilding a planet whose culture is based on Celtic mythology and history, and in order to be consistent with real life I feel like the whole planet's environment needs to mirror that in which the celts (particularly the insular ones) lived in irl: forests and grasslands wi... (more)	—	about 4 years ago
Question	—	Are Geologically Dead Planets Habitable? One of the planets I'm thinking of for my book series has all of its landmass in the northernmost half of the northern hemisphere (it is thus mostly a water world) and is completely geologically dead. However, it has an Earth-like atmosphere, is roughly Earth-sized, and has an Earth-like climate (it ... (more)	—	about 4 years ago
Question	—	What would be a good reason for space colonists to lose their technology? In my universe, humans nuked themselves in a war so thoroughly that the Earth has been rendered uninhabitable. As a result, they have to leave Earth and find a new home. They briefly tried to settle Mars, but were driven off by hostile native Martians they had neither the numbers nor the energy to fi... (more)	—	over 4 years ago
Question	—	How far away from a Sol-class sun could a planet be and still be habitable? In my galaxy, I need a planet that is far enough away from its star to be relatively cold compared to Earth, but not so cold that liquid water cold not exist. The planet has 2 continents, 1 northern and one southern. The southern continent's southern tip is around where the tropic of capricorn is on... (more)	—	about 5 years ago
Question	—	Could a terrestrial planet have water for a core? There's a planet called eaglypt whose surface is 100% barren desert. However, there is a twist: the planet's core consists of liquid water, and there are a few places where this water seeps through the cracks and reaches the surface, where it creates fertile oases where civilizations can spring up, u... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Would carbon-based lifeforms be able to eat silicon-based lifeforms? In the South Galaxy, the overwhelming majority of life lives on planets, breathes air, and is carbon-based. All sentient life is carbon-based. However, in the vast reaches of space, there are some animals that float through the empty void, do not breathe (at least not air) and are silicon-based. Thes... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	How could someone ground a breathable synthetic atmosphere onto a small asteroid? Let's say there are billions of asteroids in the galaxy, varying in size from baseballs to hunks of rock almost big enough to be dwarf planets. If someone wanted to set up a habitable location on one of the larger ones (house-sized or bigger), what kind of device and/or materials would be needed to g... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	How long would it take to revive an extinct race of people via cloning? So there's this planet that, several decades earlier, suffered a massive famine and drought that made habitation impossible. Everyone still alive on this planet died, except for 2 escapees, both of which have just recently died. The planet is around the size of Earth's moon and, at its peak, had a po... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	How would a colossal explosion affect an ocean-based planet? In my book series, a space station called the T-Ray that is capable of causing explosions the size of the Chixculub impact explosion just fired at a planet that is completely covered by a massive ocean, with the exception of a few hundred tiny islands no bigger than Hawaii's big island dotting the su... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	How Would A Group of Undersea Explorers Survive if Their Food Supply Ran Out? In my book series, a group of a few hundred explorers are sent from a planet called Ishgabangaloodoo to explore Sea World. Some things to know about Ishgabangaloodoo: Its citizens are referred to as Ishgas It culturally resembles Victorian Britain but has technology on the level of Star Wars It is... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	How would anthropomorphic, but arm-less, snakes or eels hold things? In my book series (more on that here), the galaxy is inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, humans, and mythical creatures. The anthropomorphic animals are similar to Narnia's talking animals, except they are given an anthropomorphic design (their upper 2 limbs are made into arms with opposable thumbs... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	What if animals evolved from fungi? So in my book series, there is this planet called Axaca. However, it is very different from most of the galaxy in that its flora is almost completely fungal. Here are some things to know: Trees are replaced by giant toadstools Bushes are replaced by medium-sized fungus resembling coral The ground i... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	A meteorite is about to ram into a planet. How long do the main characters have to leave the planet before they die? At the end of Book 6 of my book series, a magic ritual has caused a large meteorite (around 1/4 the size of the one that caused the chicxulub crater) to ram into the small planet (around the size of Earth's moon). However, the main characters are some time away from their ship when the meteorite hits... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	How is petrification by venom scientifically plausible? In my book series (link here), there is a character named Rhys. Rhys is a highly mutated wasp whose mutation gave him the following benefits: His armor is immune to most of the medieval-style weapons being used at the time, with only an arquebus being strong enough to dent it His venom is radically... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Plausible materials/chemicals for a sentient blob creature to be made out of In my book series (link here), there is a blob creature (lime-green in color, has a radioactive glow, is sentient, has a bizarre and uncanny intelligence level (has the emotional intelligence and "street smarts" of the average 6-year-old but is capable of answering quantum physics questions that woul... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Could a medieval planet industrialize/modernize if it was conquered by a more advanced culture for 19 years? In my book series (link here), Aurea (a planet based on Byzantine Anatolia) is conquered by a group called the Tatians, who have access to technology that would not be out of place in Star Wars (faster-than-light space travel, holograms, orbital bombardments, electricity, internet, etc). Could this p... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Is it possible for a naturally occuring star system to have 120 planets? In my book series (link here), there is a star system at the northern edge of the galaxy called the Ryu system. I am planning for this star system to be huge, encompassing 120 planets. The vast majority are too close to the star to be habitable, while all in the habitable zone except 2 (Ryu 97 and ... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Could Ice Age vikings practice large-scale domestication? So in this book series I'm writing (link here if you want to know more about that), there is this planet called Ryu 108. The planet is made up of two continents. The southern continent is heavily forested and resembles Sweden. The northern continent is heavily glaciated and volcanic at the same time,... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Can a character raise a T-Rex from an egg and have it be tame? So I'm writing a book series called The Weasel Sagas (link here if you want to know more about that). Anyway, there's this character named Santa Muerte (her birth name is Beth but that's a story for another time), and she's been assigned to a planet called Aztlan by the evil overlord that she works f... (more)	—	over 5 years ago