Activity for Celestial Dragon Emperor‭

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Question	—	What element, if any, would justify mining stars (financially)? Alright so in my sci-fi a prominent corporation dominated by the Borlak species (Mantis-like Hexapods). The Borlak make their money by mining "dead systems", solar systems without any habitable planets or any planets worth terraforming or colonizing. Which they, after taking the best materials for th... (more)	—	about 5 years ago
Question	—	How could a race of jellyfish like aliens convert the hydgroen atmosphere of their home world into fuel? The Ozoa are a peculiar race. They are native to a large gas giant similar to Saturn and physically look similar to what we would call "jellyfish". Within their "head" the Ozoa contain a lifting gas their body naturally produces and regulates to keep the Ozoa afloat. The tentacles are used for propul... (more)	—	about 5 years ago
Question	—	How could a society be able to function over the time span of millions of years? One of the races in my sci-fi universe is the Ceratons a race of bipedal (more hunched build) that look similar to triceratops. Their race is well known as skilled geneticists having a hand in disease prevention and creation as well as gene splicing. A segment of Ceraton society is dedicated to the ... (more)	—	about 5 years ago
Question	—	Are "living" organ banks practical? I was inspired by Dead Space which had cloned organ banks for transplants due to mining accidents. I honestly found this idea intriguing so what I'm wondering would it be practical or do better alternatives exist? The "clone" would be a rapidly growing organism that takes the appearance of a bloated... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	What would a Dragon have to exhale to cause rain? In a fantasy world I've been working on Dragons are venerated by many for their ability to seemingly summon rain where ever they roam. It's common for the peasantry of the south to leave offerings of both animals and incense to not only attract dragons to a region, but also as thanks for the blessing... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	What food production methods would allow a metropolis like New York to become self sufficient In my overcrowded future setting the Hegemony (government of the Earth) wants to make the metropolises of the world self sufficient when it comes to food production. What farming/food production methods would allow a metropolis like New York to be able to feed itself or even become exporters of food.... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	What farming practices would allow the Earth to support a population as high as 200 billion Welcome to the year 2170, the predictions of our grandparents were so wrong: The human population didn't cap at 20 billion, it went far past that. The global population is now roughly 200 billion. What kind of farming practices of food creation would need to be employed to feed a population this mas... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	What adaptations would allow standard fantasy dwarves to survive in the desert? Recently I was talking with a friend of mine on fantasy stuffens. I brought up that its interesting that dwarves are rarely in the desert and he immediately listed reasons why the dwarf build is bad for the desert: Short stumpy legs are bad for the desert and horrible heat dispersion made worse by t... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	What would be the ideal power source for a cybernetic eye? After nearly a decade of development and public prototypes, the Mizaru company is ready to unveil the cybereye. A fully cybernetic eye that provides its user/host with high definition vision, enhanced zoom for the more expensive models, and ability to take photos with a special blink. Originally the... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	What advantages would a "night watch" of Androids have compared to just the ship's onboard systems? The industrial company Astor since 2124 has equipped all "Long Hauls" (voyages beyond 3 months) with cryopofs in accordance with a new company bylaw and cost cutting measure (less resources the crew consumes). During their sleep the crew and ship is maintained by a "night shift" of androids (usually ... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	What kind of sports would be possible in zero to low gravity? The Hegemony wishes to organise not only terrestrial games within the inner colonies, but has also wished to establish major sporting events for the other colonies in low gravity environments on top of this they even play a Olympics like event for the "Spacers". Examples of colonies that wpuld host t... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	What technology could cause a global black out? In 2051 a Neo-Luddite movement known as "Amos"/"The Adherents of Amos" detonated some sort of weapon in LEO (low earth orbit) causing a global black out shutting down technology and to a extent modern society. To Amos the snuffing out the sin and vice of technology that "corrupted" our souls is the o... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Could you engineer a baby for a same sex couple? Kikazaru and Protogon have been fierce rivals in the designer baby industry/artificial wombs since time and memorial, but Kikazaru is looking to finally best its rival by introducing a new scheme: designing babies so same sex couples (biologically speaking since identity makes this a bit murky) can h... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Anatomically correct Triceraton The Triceratons are a imperialistic race of, well, space triceratops' from TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). From what I can gather they breathe nitrogen and judging by their build come from a high gravity world. What could cause a triceratops like life form to evolve to be both bipedal and hav... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	How would you build a realistic Le Palm D'Orbit? I was watching futurama yesterday and the Le Palm D'Orbit struck me as a fun concept. How would you go about building a orbital restaurant like the Le Palm? What kinda shape would allow the space needle like shape to have gravity in the dinning room and the apartments, but for my own twist, zero grav... (more)	—	over 5 years ago
Question	—	Fuel for a commercial space shuttle The Aurora company has unveiled the new Interplanetary Airliner (usually simplified to space shuttle) offering both affordable and comfortable space travel to the middle and upper classes of the Hegemony. The Aurora shuttles would be capable of taking passengers from earth all the way to space and be... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	What drive/engine would allow Medrunners to make it to Venus from Oberon in one to two weeks Medrunner Lao Dorn and his team have been given a mission. A young woman has contracted some sort of parasite that is slowly eating away at her vital organs. The doctors on Oberon are unable to do much to help her and have decided to put her into cryosleep to delay the parasite. They have contact a m... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	What would be the ideal crew number for this space ambulance? Medical stations and qualified doctors are few and far between within the outer colonies while most patients can be serviced at the usual medical facility (every station is required to have one), but for more severe cases the patient's would need to be rushed to medical facilities within the inner pl... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	Brain Tick, how could it take over a host's brain? There was once 12 kingdoms in the ancient days until the kingdom of Eo was devoured by the very forests it called home. The people of Eo have been turned into beasts wandering the woods and preying upon all who enter the forest. That's how the legend goes anyways. The people of Eo where actually inf... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	Terraforming via rapidly growing organisms, is it a good idea? Terraforming and maintaining a biosphere suitable for humans is tough, but no worries, Protogon is here! Collaborating with Providence, our scientists have created Hygiea, a series of rapidly growing organisms used to turn the slightly not so dead husk into a Earth-like environment. Hygiea itself i... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	Mining Metallic Hydrogen The Hegemony is in need of superconductors for their fleets of stratospheric craft (stratocraft for short) as well as many, many, many other applications. I recently read metallic hydrogen is a theoretical superconductor and the Hegemony already mines the upper atmosphere of Jupiter. How would you e... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	Creating a gas/substance that prevents or inhibits aggression? Deep within the labs of Nox (the company that brought Soma to the masses) a group of radicals lost in the company bureaucracy are trying to make a substance that either prevents or mitigates aggression. In their minds it would lead to utopia. They believe a chemical planted either in the air or foo... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	How to mitigate high infant mortality rates in a space colony Judging by the majority of answers from this question: What would be a logical reason to explain space based families having more children than an earth based one the spacers are going to have lots of kids, but also high infant mortality, due to low gravity development issues. For simplicity let's sa... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	What would be a logical reason to explain space based families having more children than an earth based one In my yet to be named sci-fi universe humanity has begun to expand into space and has established large scale space stations near Earth and on places like Eros and Luna. I wanted the stereotypical "spacer" to have more children than is usual on earth (1 or 2). Are there any logical reasons or advanta... (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	Is this sudden global cooling scenario plausible? In the year 2071 the Dysnomia incident happened. The Dysnomia (a mining ship) suffered a catastrophic failure and violently exploded sending its payload, an aged comet, hurtling towards earth. The comet proceeded to rip apart in the atmosphere distributing a massive amount of dust in the stratosphere... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	In what scenario would exosuited workers be more economic than automation? In Warlords, my own sci-fi project, I wanted to tap into exosuits, but didn't want them to be one off rich boy toys or just make little to no practical sense. So I'm wondering what industry, if any, could make use of exosuits and have them be cheaper then robotic counterparts (right now I'm thinking ... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	Strip Mining Deimos, is it worth it? In Warlords Mars was once home to a thriving mining business, until Prometheus cracked open Deimos that is. Now the mines have either been closed or have scaled down dramatically leading to mass layoffs or transition of miners from surface to space. But I've run into a problem with this scenario: is... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	How large of a bombard would 16th-17th century metallurgy allow? Connected too this question: Possible propellants more potent then gunpowder (16th-17th century) The Sanguine King wishes to build a Grand Bombard unlike any other. For this purpose he needs his finest metal workers to build not only the largest cannon, but also a stable one citing the death of his ... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	Possible propellants more potent then gunpowder (16th-17th century) In a fantasy world I'm developing the kingdom of Andalus is seeking a more potent propellant for a grand bombard planned by the sanguine king. The size and composition of the bombard is saved for a later question, but it and the cannon ball itself would be so huge gunpowder isn't potent enough or wo... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	What practical use would turning Herschel crater (Mimas) into a massive satellite dish have? Saturn and it's moons, minus a few rogue colonies, are under the control of the Saturnine Syndicate. Long have they wanted to turn Mimas into a communication, technology, and data hub. But I've run into a problem: I don't honestly know if a massive satellite dish on Mimas (taking up the Hetrschels cr... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Cryosleep antifreeze, what possible materials could be used? In warlords the Hegemony already has practical usage for cryosleep (no clue how it would be enduced just yet) in the medical field and in long voyages, ex: freighter travelling from Uranus to Ceres. As well as planned voyages to exo-planets. One issue I've seen brought up in multiple cryosleep quest... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Increasing structural integrity on Phobos, is it possible? In Warlords, Phobos is comparable to Ellis Island for Mars with its surface being home to many decent sized colonies and space ports (making use of the close proximity of Phobos to Mars) that facilitate migrants, travelers, and citizens, to and from Mars. One issue though: Phobos is falling apart. F... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Climate controlled Domed over island, is it feasible? In Warlords Ganymede has been terraformed to a state like the artic circle with it's tropics being like Iceland (this is assuming that Ganymede would have tropics) The rich and affluent (as well as vacationers) of Ganymede don't want to spend a small fortune just to vacation in the inner planets. Th... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Terraforming Ganymede, is it possible? The Hegemony has long looked upon Ganymede as a prime terraforming project for humanity. The Hegemony has the tech for large scale space production so large mirrors or sun shades are able to be built if necessary. They also have gases and materials from the inner planets to aid the project (ex: Venu... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Space shipping lanes that use external systems, is it practical? I've seen some cool art and scenes from the Cowboy Bebop which had trade lanes made up of what looks like large rings that accelerate and deccelerate a ship. I wanted to replicate a system like this for Warlords making use of the ITN (interplanetary transportation network). Now the actual idea I had... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Economy gain if any for mining moons like Titania? In Warlords I envisioned the "outermost colonies" around Neptune and Uranus to be a political faction of their own. Separate from the inner planets (Hegemony) and the Jovian and Saturnian leagues. To explain this I believe that some sort of economic gain must exist for a decent population to settle t... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Would braces help a human born in micro gravity "walk" on a station with gravity In Warlords poorer families in the belt or some of the colonies are not able (for whatever reason) to pay for 'gravity treatments' or possibly helpful drugs and are forced to live and raise their children in micro gravity. Now I think a freakishly tall human with his legs and spine having a visible ... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Hanging city on Europa, is it feasible? In Warlords Europa is a semi-independent world who's surface is dominated by ice mining companies or colonies dug into the ice, but below the ice thrives the "Hanging Cities" affectionately named Atlantis. I'm my head the city would look like a massive dome built encasing the opening to a mile diame... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	What is a logical reason to keep Earth a recruiting ground? The Hegemony rules over the inner planets with a firm, but benevolent grip. To keep the far flung colonies defended and to keep the outer planets in check the Hegemony needs , and has, developed a massive navy (the ground forces are really just deployed marines in the Hegemony military) The Hegemony... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	How plausible is a "Lightning Amentum" I have a race of mountain giants (who stand roughly 10-15 feet tall) and have long worship the storms and more importantly the lightning that is cast from them. Long have they sought after a way to "create" lightning of their own. Their current idea is a Amentum that a warrior would spin at great sp... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	How large does an object have to be to cause global extinction? I've been trying to explain the origins of a fantasy world I've been constructing. So far, I have the idea of a Promethean (advanced race of aliens) Penal ship crashing (probably from an internal uprising) into the planet. I need two things to still remain on the planet: Habitable atmosphere so th... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Could Organic systems ever power circuits? I have a race of mainly insectoid aliens known as the Erepo who have virtually bioengineered a ecosystem around themselves. Now I currently have them using either organic systems they can "grow" or materials those constructs create(ex: metal created spheres secreted by slugs). Would it be possible ... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	How can a ship dock in space? Due to the outcome of this question (Is there any way to Terraform Ceres?) I am now working on the concept of shell worlds. Docking would be done by large spires with adjoining rings where once the ships initially dock they are brought into some form of lot (this part is done by moving platforms and... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Is there any way to Terraform Ceres? In the "Warlords" Universe Ceres is the diplomatic and economic hub of the asteroid belt dominated by the rule of the 'Governor' and the 'Intercessor' (The Speaker for the Hegemon herself). Now I'm stuck on is terraforming Ceres actually possible? I so far haven't addressed the issue only writing lo... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	How would you heat colonies in the outer solar system (by using natural systems)? By Colonies 'in' the outer solar system I mean the various moons and space stations past the asteroid belt. Currently the Hegemony has established bio domes, mining stations, and a few large scale space colonies either on the moons of the outer planets or in close proximity (as well as some Centaurs... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	How would you realistically 'bump' a ship off of an Asteroid? In my sci-fi universe (The same as my first question) it is common throughout the asteroid belt to 'Bump' (somehow cut off and then shove a ship off of an asteroid) miners. Usually this is only done to small scale mining operations that haven't established much on the surface of the asteroid (so they... (more)	—	over 6 years ago