08-25-2018, 04:14 PM | #541 | |
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Re: New Sci Fi Setting Seeds
Comets are mostly water ice but do have other stuff. Looking ate spectrographs of the gas cloud gives.
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08-25-2018, 04:26 PM | #542 | |
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08-25-2018, 04:40 PM | #543 | |
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By the way, TL9 seals might ease the problem of nitrogen leakage.
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08-25-2018, 04:41 PM | #544 |
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Catching a comet sounds like a PC kind of job. Maybe they fly to the comet in Sunjammers propelled by Solar Sails.
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08-25-2018, 05:02 PM | #545 |
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Proximity does not matter when you can reduce the cost by ninety percent by doing it another way. If nothing else, people will invest in the most economically efficient method that will allow them to make money.
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08-25-2018, 05:33 PM | #546 |
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The Gift
An alien visitor arrives in the solar system and gifts technology and ultra tech items to some of the residents of earth. The gifts are given to groups or individuals that are considered most worthy by the alien standards of the visitor. Peace The alien values are such that the gifts (space stations, craft and the technology to maintain them) are given to the top 5 most peaceful nations. Iceland, New Zealand, Austria, Portugal and Denmark. Wealth The technological gifts (fusion tech) are this time given to the top 10 most weathly people in the world. Wealth 2 Wealthy nations are selected this time Monaco, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg are gifted exploratory vessels. A bit gonzo but there may be some interesting variations on the theme.
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08-25-2018, 05:35 PM | #547 | |
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08-25-2018, 05:39 PM | #548 |
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Peace keeper
Andorra is given a TL 10 cruiser for peacekeeping purposes.
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08-25-2018, 06:00 PM | #549 |
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Every nation is made up of people. And people are naturally aggressive. Once it becomes a "reasonable" option to go to war, it becomes all but inevitable.
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08-25-2018, 08:20 PM | #550 | |
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