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Posts by Demigan‭

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Q&A In space, do "shipping lanes" make sense?

I understand that the answer is already accepted but: albucierre drive lanes. Albucierre drives create a kind of fold in space you can ride and achieve FTL without really going FTL. A disadvantage...

posted 6y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A General airship question: advantages and disadvantages of size?

Airships are cool, and one of the only vehicles that benefits of the square cube law as it can carry more weight if it has more volume of lifting gas. This got me thinking about what other advantag...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Rigorous Science How fast can my humanoid run?

The fluff: I have a humanoid who's about to breach a door. He's got some upgrades to his body and can pump some stimulants through it to boost his strength, resiliance and speed to ridiculous prop...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Space-based black hole weapon effects

For the fluff of my story one of the space-ships is equipped with what I hope is one of the biggest F-you weapons in ship-to-ship combat: a miniature black hole launcher. The launcher fires a whop...

6 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A How much brain power per KG/volume?

When writing a futuristic story I always try to minimise the impact of computerization. Its rather uncomfortable writig a story when technology is advanced enough that humans arent in a position to...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Werewolves and sense of smell, what is reasonable for them to accomplish with it?

I was thinking of a story with a Werewolf as a detective, using mostly conversational skills and his sense of smell to solve crimes similar to many of the UK types of detective stories (Morse, Lewi...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Semi-FTL quantum communications

I'm trying to come up with idea's that have some plausibility of sending information FTL. So we can entangle particles together. When you measure them you influence them. If you measure one up the...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A How to use lighter soldiers

The other side of this question can be found here: How to use heavier soldiers Imagine if tomorrow we find a way to create soldiers that are almost exactly the same in every single way as our curr...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A How to use heavier soldiers

The other side of this question can be found here: How to use lighter soldiers Imagine that tomorrow we invent a way to create soldiers that are almost the exact same in every single way as our cu...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A How powerful does a chainsaw engine need to be to cut cloth and bone?

Chainsaws in games and films are an epitome of gruesome dismemberment. In Zombie attacks they are used to cut through cloth and flesh while in games they can dismember if not cut from skull to groi...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Most optimal hallways with random gravity inside?

Lets say you have a space ship. This ship will do a lot of maneuvers causing a lot of G forces to go in different directions through the ship. During straight acceleration it pushes the people insi...

9 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Drawbacks of my Catastrophe Inhibitor

Warning lots of text ahead. The fluff: The story uses a Catastrophe Inhibitor (CatIn) to stop nukes, orbital bombardment and other such weapons from being the go-to method of defeating everything...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A How do I feed my black hole?

Strange title I know, but you'll understand why quickly. I wanted to use a black hole to create absurd amounts of power for hopefully obvious reasons (kind of useful). The problem with natural lar...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Living nests for insects - Part 1: Optimal Hive shape

I've been playing with the idea of living nests for insects for a while now to help populate my worlds. The idea is that they don't build a static nest out of wood pulp and other material but have ...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system

Part 1 here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton This question is about a complete rebuild of the nervous system. The question as proposed here: Improving human re...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A General airship questions: largest possible size?

Airships are cool, and I would love to use them and see them used outside of steampunk a lot more. One key aspect of Airships is that they seem to have the square cube law reversed. For other thing...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Alcubierre warp-lanes, what is the most stable way to create them?

2 informational references for Alcubierre fields can be found at the end of this question. Warp-lanes aren't a novelty in science-fiction. Space ships can use a specific route to go through a Gala...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 9: Temperature control

Previous questions here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system Creating a scientifically...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 8: Communication

Previous parts here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system Creating a scientifically semi...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 7: Hearing

Previous parts here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system Creating a scientifically sem...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 6: Radiation protection

Previous parts here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system Creating a scientifically semi-...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 5: Heart and circulatory system

Previous parts here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system Creating a scientifically semi-...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 4: respiratory system

Previous parts here: Creating a scientificly semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton Creating a scientificly semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system Creating a scientificly semi-valid ...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Anti Personel Radiation Incendary Long Fallout Orbital Onset Laser Sattelite

For a story I'm working on I'm designing a sattelite to take down infantry from orbit, but without the power to take down tanks or infrastructure. The goal would be to kill off a military base, or ...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A A way to hinder interstellar portalling? FTL travel

So I'm working on a story that at its groundwork has a lot of sciency things, and then has a lot of unsciency things attached to it. The story has an FTL drive which is the good old "fold space, pu...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Demigan‭