Activity for Shokhet‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	How strong would a steam-powered prosthetic arm be? Partly due to WB's great response to my steampunk questions, I think the world I'll work on next will have to be steampunk :) If I had a steampunk cyborg running around, what could he do with his arm? I'll take care of maintenance myself; don't worry about that. I'm more interested in the possibilit... (more)	—	over 9 years ago
Question	—	How could we do steampunk space travel, with minimal magic? Steampunk!! In a world without the fine electronics that we have today, would space travel be possible? ....I'm not averse to small amounts of magic in my steampunk worlds, but I'd like to keep it to a minimum, if I can. So possible answers are allowed to stretch practical reality a bit, but not to... (more)	—	over 9 years ago
Question	—	Is a "sun belt" realistic? In a few science-fiction books I've read, the world that the story takes place on doesn't have a sun, but does have a "sun belt," where (instead of a regular sun) the world is lit by a stretch of sky that's always there, and turns darker at "night time," and lights up more strongly at "day time." Th... (more)	—	almost 10 years ago
Question	—	What would a pair of Death Stars do to Earth? Y'all should know by now that I want to build a Death Star ;-) Let's assume that we did that already -- and against the odds, we've built two of them, and they're currently in orbit around a planet; let's say planet Earth. What would happen to our planet if two extra [metal] moons joined our orbit?... (more)	—	almost 10 years ago
Question	—	What can we do to Mars to give it a survivable atmosphere? Some science-fiction books I've read (including more than a few by Ray Bradbury) have men from Earth living on Mars, walking around outside of enclosures. I know that this is currently not realistic, because Mars' atmosphere is too thin to support human life1. Let's ignore temperature in this ques... (more)	—	almost 10 years ago
Question	—	Building the Death Star with today's tech I found an interesting Wikipedia article, quoted in an answer here. I'm looking into writing a story where someone has built a Death Star. The purpose of this craft is important to the story (and the world) because it's used to keep the populace of the planet in check (it's easy to get world leaders... (more)	—	about 10 years ago
Question	—	Is metal-based, or other non-carbon-based, life realistic? One science fiction short story I read (I don't remember the title or author, sorry!) featured some small creatures (unnamed) that were formed from metal, with the argument that "just like life developed on Earth with a carbon base, why shouldn't life be able to form elsewhere, with a metal base?" I... (more)	—	about 10 years ago
Question	—	Can a planet realistically have multiple suns? Several science fiction books I have read (including, IINM, Nightfall by Asimov) have featured planets with several suns. Some worlds where this happened wrought interesting effects on the inhabitants of said planet; for example, in a world that was perpetually experiencing daylight, people might be ... (more)	—	about 10 years ago