Activity for Trismegistus‭

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Question	—	Detection systems and trigger mechanism in a pre-electronic world? I am building a setting that is essentially steampunk,being exact it would be pneumatic punk. What electronics and electronic equivalent exists, are primitive and extremely expensive. Thus the majority of the technology in use is mechanical. While I could just handwave all the tech as impossible clo... (more)	—	almost 4 years ago
Question	—	Is it realistic that mountain cultures use a different calendar than the low landers? My fantasy setting is on a wet and humid world of innumerable islands; many of which are quite mountainous. With conditions ranging from Mediterranean to Tropical. The culture here experience only two seasons Wet/Rainy and Dry. Their Calendar divides the year into two seasons. Which in turn divi... (more)	—	about 4 years ago
Question	—	How to get earth like conditions with a Hollow-World? For my space-fantasy setting I'm considering using the concept of Hollow-Worlds. I devised in-universe reasons for the presence of a day night and season cycle. The Hollow-world's "Inner-sun" cycles on and off creating day for one hemisphere and night for the other and heat output cycles over mont... (more)	—	about 7 years ago
Question	—	What is the appropriate pigmentation for a stealthy, nocturnal race? I am building a nocturnal humanoid race for my science-fantasy setting. They are slight, quick, sneaky and very good at being unobtrusive. They are pretty much the goblins of my setting; though not as small as goblins are often depicted or viewed as vermin. With truth being stranger than fiction, I'... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Would sharing a common written language reduce the severity of linguistic drift? In my setting the known worlds have recently begun coming out of a medieval stasis after about two thousand years; the lucky worlds at least. Prior to the event that destroyed their technology and all the knowledge pertaining to it, the peoples possessed a common spoken and written language. With sh... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Could a photonic engine actually work? I have a very specific aesthetic in mind for my science-fantasy setting, technology is largely pneumatipunk supplemented with weired phonotic devices;for "reason" there are few electrical devices in use. An engine that uses focused light for thrust fits my aesthetic perfectly. However I was wonderin... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	How much memory is needed to record a human thought? Mind-Machine interfacing is fairly common across the width and breadth of sci-fi, from Science-fantasy to Hard Science-Fiction. The idea of connecting a human mind to a computer system especially the ability to record human thought and experience got me thinking. How much information is contained i... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	Are there optical specific alternatives to microchips and circuit boards? I'm working on a Dieselpunkish Science-Fantasy setting and I am trying to find an alternative to conventional electrical systems used in computers. Computer and telecommunication systems in the setting are optically based, technology developed along this route do to the radiation from the omnipresen... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	Possible explanations for a world with hard to access metal deposites? The concept of a metal poor world is one that I find deeply fascinating. In part because I fell in love with the setting that first exposed me to the concept, Dark Sun. So I want incorporate a very limited access to metal into the back story of my setting. However I don't just want the planet to be ... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	What mental trait or combination of traits could make a race well suited to warfare? For my space-fantasy setting I created that I will refer to as Dragon-Folk here. The Dragon-Folk look more like humans with reptilian features than humanoind dragons. The Dragon-Folk like the other races on their world were uplifted from animals, the Old-Gods granted them "clever mind and noble form... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Where do I place the heat radiators on my Aether-ships? The flight craft in my Dieselpunk-ish Science Fantasy setting are heavily inspired by the Hovercraft of The Matrix series. I think that those ships have a very interesting look, and they are the first levitating craft that I saw with actual visible engines. Though unlike the hovercraft from the Ma... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	How would Weather and Regional climate work on a Flat world? For my WIP's setting I'm using a variation of the Sky World concept. The cosmos looks very similar to the Astral Sea. The shape of the cosmos akin to a torus and filled with a silvery ether a thin, cool, omnipresent plasma. The cosmos has seven nested layers/dimensions of which only the fourth has h... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	How to go from a free person to a slave This question is a little nebulous unfortunately and perhaps a bit disturbing. The evil-empire in my WIP captures Mages and breaks them down into loyal and obedient servants. The Mages aren't as dehumanized as the Sul'dam, no their breaking is much slower and insidious working on both mundane and ma... (more)	—	almost 9 years ago
Question	—	How would extremely rugged terrain and small seas affect a planet's climate? While world building, I came up with a planet that had the combined traits of very rough and rugged terrain and small seas. The planets surface is covered with mountains and hills are common place, along with ravines, valleys and plateaus; my inspiration came from looking at tree bark. The planet o... (more)	—	about 9 years ago
Question	—	What are some of the ramifications and consequences of this world's'"exoticness"? For my Science-Fantasy WIP I am considering using a single artificial planet (roughly the size of a Dyson Sphere) and its moons (of which only three are large enough to exert any real influence) as my setting. While I loved the star-hopping feel of space opera, the logistics just proved to be a heada... (more)	—	about 9 years ago
Question	—	What would the reaction times and or cognition speed of an alien with a photonic or partialy photonic nervous system be? In my reading of sci-fi I came across a fascinating concept: an alien race called the Chromatics that had a partially photonic nervous system. They were described as having very fast reflexes. Now I am planning on introducing a plant-like race of aliens. (They are actually planimals) Because I find t... (more)	—	over 9 years ago
Question	—	What would be the implications of the cosmos actually being filled with ether? I'm working on a space-fantasy setting and one of the cosmological quirks is that the cosmos, instead of being a vacuum, is actually filled with a gaseous substance. As a result, the entire cosmos is essentially an infinitely large nebula. The ether, which is silvery in hue, in addition to being aest... (more)	—	over 9 years ago