Activity for EveryBitHelps‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	Hiding a handful of immortals on a Generation Ship? I have a handful of immortals that have spent the last 6000 years stuck on planet Earth. They really, want to get out of here. They missed their chance back in Egypt before The Fall of the Pharaohs. This time around they aren't going to miss the next opportunity off this rock. They are planning ahead... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Are there size constraints to Time Bubbles? I'm creating various artificial Time Bubbles in my universe where time flows faster or slower inside a specified area, typically depicted as a semi-transparent bubble. Before developing any more stories with this feature I need to figure out any hypothetical size constraints. The bubbles I am after... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	How large can surface gravity anomalies grow before the planet becomes uninhabitable? Is a planet with varying fields of gravity possible? Yes. Earth has varying gravitational fields at various different times due to various factors, mainly location based. How extreme can I make these varying gravity fields, before the planet becomes uninhabitable? The difference between the obser... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	What sort of habitats could exist Pre-Zanclean Flood which formed the Mediterranean Sea? There is a lot of information on drying up a Mediterranean sized depression. However, there is not a lot of information on drowning such a large area or what sort of habitats could exist before the flood. eg before the Zanclean flood drowned the previously dry Mediterranean region and ended the Messi... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Alternative options to change sex-based characteristics in a non-modern world setting? This question has received a major rewrite and restructuring but is still the same original question. Please see this meta-post, where I asked for advice on how to refocus this question. While I have taken everything mentioned onboard, all edit choices are obviously mine. In the meta-post it was ... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Express Pregnancy: How fast can a mother's body adjust? You all know the story of a women waking up to find herself heavily pregnant with some demon child or somesuch, or the pregnancy spanning a couple of days/weeks rather than the standard 9 months. Commonly referred to as express delivery (warning! tv tropes). Think of the foetus as suddenly magically... (more)	—	about 7 years ago
Question	—	What would the Total Eclipse look like on a planet with rings? The recent total eclipse, got me thinking about how it would look in my world. I have a earth-sized planet with a ring system, a couple of small moons and 1 or 2 bigger moons. How would a planetary ring system affect the viewing of the total eclipse of any one of these moons: as seen from the pl... (more)	—	about 7 years ago
Question	—	How many "years without a summer" can society survive? In 1815 Mount Tambora erupted throwing so much dust into the atmosphere that the year became known as "the year without a summer". There were a few other mitigating factors but Tambora is thought to be the main culprit. From Wikipedia "This climate anomaly has been blamed for the severity of ty... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Where is the best place to park your damaged spaceship, longterm? Your large spaceship is damaged beyond repair. You manage to get it close enough to a planet so that you can release emergency shuttle craft. You have very little control over the ship and won't be able control it much longer. The story demands that the ruined ship still be in orbit or close by (but... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Unplanned Colony: what industrial level could be recreated in the short-term? TL:DR You and 1000-2000 unprepared and untrained settlers are stranded in an uninhabited area that has never had any human development. If you had nothing but the knowledge of how things work and are created, a very few makeshift tools, roughly what industrial level of technology would be able to b... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	How would a moon in geostationary orbit appear to wax and wane? I've been working on my story planet and have come up with an unlikely but possible scenario to help explain some of my stories origins as well as myths and folklore. Over the last day or so, I've been playing around with a small moon in a geostationary orbit around the planet. Now I just need to cla... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	How could immortal children age faster than immortal adults? In plenty of stories you have beings who age incredibly slowly and are technically immortal. I have a handful of similar such beings who have through some means or other attained the benefits of healing blood which lead to their 'immortality'. Now, I've not made these people unable to age at all. Th... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	Explosion contained in the depths of a crystal: how would it work? Far in the future, I have a bomb about to detonate in the skies above my city, a real city/province killer. A hero dramatically manages to enclose the bomb at the moment of detonation in a living crystalline metal matrix, saving the city...or maybe only part of the city, I haven't figured that out ye... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	How fast can a microscopic creature travel? I'm trying to figure out how fast my tiny critters from a previous question, Mistraille, can travel. Why? It's not that I'm detail orientated and want to know the exact decimal point of speed they can reach but rather I want to know how much time my victims with open wounds have to prevent the carniv... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	Plant based lifeforms: brain equivalent? In lots of science fiction works that visit other planets we are often introduced to intelligent plant based lifeforms, be they humanoid looking or potted plant looking. I'm curious as to what part of the plant has to evolve to gain sapient or near sapient intelligence. Eg, all mammals share an orga... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	How would a large arctic mountain range affect the weather? How would just the weather be affected if there was huge mountain range between the Arctic and the mid latitudes of a planet? Roughly 50-60 degrees latitude. A little further south than Earth's Arctic circle at 66 degrees latitude. NOTE I am more than aware that climate questions always depend on ... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	Planetary rings: colour of the rings and sky What colour will planetary rings made up of dust and rock (not ice) appear to be? Would there be a difference looking from space and from the surface? More importantly, how will the rings affect the colour of the sky? Eg during sunrise, sunset, sun behind or reflecting off the rings. I'm asking fo... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	How to create the eternal storm? The Great Red Spot on Jupiter and the numerous Great White Spots on Saturn are storm systems that encircle the globes and last for decades, centuries in Jupiter's case. These are formed on Gas Giants though, with atmospheric compositions that would not support Human life, or pretty much any life that... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	Can an 'unadvanced' species accidently uplift another species? With all this talk of Alien Lifeforms over the past few weeks, I have been pondering a small question. May be a simple yes, no answer. May not. Can a species accidently uplift another species? I say unadvanced in the title, because I'm not looking at advanced alien societies and technology. Only pas... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	How does my critter communicate across the liquid/air barrier? I've been working on this creature some more and have hit another snag. If my critters communicate through the use of pheromones and chemical trails, how do they communicate the message that it is safe to follow across the liquid/air barrier? In my question on 'why my little critters were afraid... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Halfday planetary scan: what do you get? Due to an unforeseen malfunction your intergalactic spaceship suddenly drops out of hyperspace and comes to a near full stop. The ship is damaged, and will need to be evacuated soon...very soon. You have some control of sublight travel and manage to find a habitable planet in the system you have arr... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	What knowledge would you need to survive a fall from low-orbit? I have a humanoid individual who for various reasons finds themselves in low orbit with no ship or shuttle or tech to take them down The society they come from is about renaissance era level (but there are lost and hidden caches of far-future type knowledge - so I can get my individual to acciden... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Does a planet's axial tilt and seasonal progression affect a planetary-ring system, as seen from the planet surface? Ok, so I have determined my world can keep it's planetary ring system. YAY! Now I just need to clarify once and for how it would look like from the planet surface. I think I have it worked out, but definitely need second and third opinions. I curious to the impact of the planet's axial tilt and the ... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	How do underwater societies develop mining? You have an underwater civilisation, be they merpeople, octopus people, partially evolved humans or not. One thing that is always considered as a necessity in the development of any society is mining. The problem is that water deflects and slows down fast, slashing movements by friction. The deeper ... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	How to naturally maintain a Earth-sized Planetary Ring System and the possible periodic bombardment that can ensue? I need some help with a couple of the planet building theories I'm playing around with. I've looked up most of this stuff and can follow the physics if given the time (and instructional tutuorial help book) so if possible can you provide a laymans answer for a quick read and the links to the physics ... (more)	—	over 8 years ago