Joe Bloggs
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See all 43 »I have an engine with unlimited $\Delta v$. Don't ask how I got it, it's probably one of my earth changing inventions. Either way: I no longer like Earth and want to get off (I'm headed for a reti...
1 answer · posted 10y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 10y ago by Joe Bloggs
Quick point: An orbit with that level of eccentricity is going to have summers that literally melt everything, so I'm going to assume a circular (or at least much less eccentric) set of orbits. I'm...
posted 11y ago by Joe Bloggs
Being careful with your aim You can't not radiate, so if you want to not be observed then you need to make sure you aren't radiating in the direction of your nearest neighbours. To do this you'll ...
posted 9y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 9y ago by Joe Bloggs
Spinny McSpinface is an ancient generation ship, invented and launched before the creation of Wrap drive and recently arrived at its original destination of A Long Way from Anywhere V. All the crew...
4 answers · posted 9y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 9y ago by Joe Bloggs
Listen. You hear that crunching, cracking noise? That's the marrow adders. They're all around us. Tiny, timid, pretty much harmless. If you break open one of the larger bones left behind by the bo...
3 answers · posted 10y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 9y ago by Joe Bloggs
DISCLAIMER: Any resemblance to other starships (living or dead) is purely coincidental. The starship 'Exciting Undertaking' is a brand new ship about to set off on a five and a bit year mission to...
22 answers · posted 10y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 7y ago by Joe Bloggs
Here on the Space Station 'A long way from anywhere V' (not to be confused with any other space stations) a wide variety of species pass through on their way to the Krasnikov tube terminal. Even th...
9 answers · posted 9y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 9y ago by Joe Bloggs
Santa's reindeer are pretty awesome. They can stand on arbitrary planes (giving the illusion of flight, the reindeer are actually running on n-dimensional hills) and can dilate time in a bubble aro...
2 answers · posted 9y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 8y ago by Joe Bloggs
The Lorting are a very strange race. Not only are there multiple genders (the actual term for which is more like 'castes' or 'classes'), but when any member of their species is 'born' it is born at...
4 answers · posted 9y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 9y ago by Joe Bloggs
A common theme in older novels and some more modern publications is that of body parts (potentially from multiple species) being 'swapped' on to new bodies and recombined in (usually grotesque) way...
4 answers · posted 9y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 9y ago by Joe Bloggs
There is a creature. Let's call it a Blop. Blops are fairly simple creatures: They consist of a tough, flexible outer skin and then an inner structure that is (essentially) organs and tentacles fl...
4 answers · posted 10y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 10y ago by Joe Bloggs
Imagine for a few moments that despite the difficulty a race has evolved in space, away from any atmosphere (perhaps a species of space jellyfish). This race exists in a fairly 'noisy' nebula, but...
1 answer · posted 11y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 11y ago by Joe Bloggs
I've built a device. It can change matter to energy and energy to matter with 100% efficiency. I've built myself a global presence, and populated the ranks of my employees with people such that I c...
1 answer · posted 11y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 11y ago by Joe Bloggs
Orbital construction facilities have a great many advantages over ground based ones: You can use materials from space without having to drag them up the gravity well, you can make vessels that don'...
3 answers · posted 10y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 10y ago by Joe Bloggs
The bonegrass fields are full of other life, despite their dangers. Lots of insects, some birds, and even a handful of reptiles have adapted to the paralytic nature of the air in order to reap the ...
7 answers · posted 10y ago by Joe Bloggs · last activity 8y ago by Joe Bloggs
