Activity for vicky_molokh‭

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Question	—	Making 4D Radiators Good Enough for Stealth, Unremarkable for Power I am trying to find a solution for a specific subset of the Stealth in Space Problem: dealing with waste heat without tipping off properly positioned observers. This question is scoped specifically this one way of tackling the problem, not to the problem's other aspects (such as trapping said waste h... (more)	—	almost 5 years ago
Question	—	Choosing a World's/Region's/etc. Interest Rates In several RPG campaigns, I've seen player characters try to either make investments or borrow significant amounts of money. This made me wonder: which sorts of worlds should have interest rates that significantly differ from the ranges found on modern Terra? For example: Should the moneylenders of... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Where to Put Self-Reliant, Rugged Individualists? In fiction that tries to provide a wide diversity of cultural stances on the collectivism-individualism stances, there is often a trope that self-reliant, no-nonsense, rugged individualists (as a dominant demographics) are found either in the equivalent of the Wild West, or in space (Moon or Asteroid... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Rogue Planet Illuminated by Galactic Centre The black hole question reminded me of an idea I wanted to implement at some point in a space campaign, but didn't go forward with because I was unsure whether it's merely statistically very implausible, or outright physically impossible: Can a 'rogue' planet (in the sense of not orbiting a specific... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	How Efficient Could Anaerobic Megafauna Be? Obviously, if available, atmospheric oxygen is a great source of energy. However, I'm surely not the first worldbuilder who wants an alien species which doesn't depend on it (whether due to having evolved on a largely oxygenless planet, or because of bioengineering that happened once the civilisation... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	External ATP Synthesiser Plausibility Assume a civilisation with futuristically advanced knowledge of biochemistry. Assume it wants to develop a cybernetic device meant to facilitate the organism's ability to perform high-power activities (anaerobic or borderline anaerobic) for longer than normal. Would it be plausible for such a devi... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Order of Limb Pair Types for Amphibious Creature (Hexanewt) I need to add a bit of descriptive detail on a species from a brief description. Essentially add a bit of finer detail to someone else's broad-strokes worldbuilding. An amphibious species' body layout is described as having one pair of hands, one pair of legs, and a pair of intermediate limbs tha... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Justifying Affordable Bespoke Spaceships Any story about an independent, self-owned tramp spaceship crew tends to implicitly or explicitly raise the question of how the crew got a spaceship, how it afforded it, and why it doesn't just sell the ship and retire rich, especially if it otherwise doesn't seem to own much in the way of expensive ... (more)	—	over 5 years ago