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    Thread: Crafting a random solar system, needs help for fleshing out
Post: RE: Crafting a random solar system, needs help for...

I'm afraid I don't know what 'mandated' means in this context. I have never had anything to do with Pokemon beyond occasionally seeing it advertised on TV. I gather it's some kind of children's cartoo...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 3 17 1 hour ago
    Thread: Would Blights go after a planets rotational energy?
Post: RE: Would Blights go after a planets rotational en...

A specific blight or type of blight might be obsessed with making use of all locally available energy resources and so go about extracting rotational energy from local planets among other things. It m...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 2 22 2 hours ago
    Thread: Crafting a random solar system, needs help for fleshing out
Post: RE: Crafting a random solar system, needs help for...

I'm not familiar with the various generators/dice you mention, but given that this is a Cyberian system, I'd suggest reviewing their EG page (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45cbce679007a) for trai...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 3 17 3 hours ago
    Thread: Scanning…
Post: RE: Scanning…

Based on the answers posted so far, it's probably pretty evident that if the goal is to know the overall contours of a system, then much/most of that information would already be known to a starship c...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 6 54 3 hours ago
    Thread: 1st draft Yin-Yang system
Post: RE: 1st draft Yin-Yang system

Gave this a read thru last night. In terms of overall content/compliance with OA Canon, I think this is in pretty good shape. Nothing leapt out at me screaming 'No! No! No1' :P - there are parts th...
Drashner1 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 23 459 4 hours ago
    Thread: CIT vs PIT mini debate.
Post: RE: CIT vs PIT mini debate.

inkoalawetrust Wrote: (Yesterday, 10:33 AM) -- stevebowers Wrote: (04-22-2024, 07:53 PM) -- Most copying in the Current Era in OA is non-destructive, and the original sophont remains unchanged. Howe...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 31 329 Yesterday, 12:00 PM
    Thread: CIT vs PIT mini debate.
Post: RE: CIT vs PIT mini debate.

Limited time this AM but just a quick note to say that I've trimmed Post #26 to remove what appears to have been the full quoted text of my previous post that was used as a source for inkoalawetrust t...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 31 329 04-22-2024, 10:44 PM
    Thread: Idea Seed: Headhunter Scandal
Post: RE: Idea Seed: Headhunter Scandal

I also like the basic idea. :) It would indeed be beyond Pre-T abilities to fabricate living/functional brain tissue/meat brains from scratch. A couple of things to consider while developing th...
Drashner1 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 3 41 04-22-2024, 10:21 PM
    Thread: CIT vs PIT mini debate.
Post: RE: CIT vs PIT mini debate.

Ok, let's see here... Firstly, and on a more general note, in reading and considering this in preparing to respond, I noticed that your arguments involve a certain amount of trying to have it both ...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 31 329 04-22-2024, 01:15 PM
    Thread: CIT vs PIT mini debate.
Post: RE: CIT vs PIT mini debate.

Cogs13 Wrote: (04-20-2024, 10:39 AM) -- Rakuen07 Wrote: (04-18-2024, 09:21 AM) -- If you click on edit it will appear two options: Quick Edit (to edit your post without bothering with details such a...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 31 329 04-22-2024, 02:40 AM
    Thread: Proposal for a story honoring my passed-away friend and romantic interest
Post: RE: Proposal for a story honoring my passed-away f...

I'm so sorry for your loss! I don't see any issues with the basic ideas of what you're proposing. Like Worldtree, I would say certain aspects would need to be handled carefully due to the challeng...
Drashner1 Creative Writing 4 55 04-21-2024, 09:53 PM
    Thread: CIT vs PIT mini debate.
Post: RE: CIT vs PIT mini debate.

Just a quick note to say that I will likely not have time to respond to the latest posts until the weekend. Short morning today because I have to go in and sign closing paperwork for the sale of my ho...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 31 329 04-19-2024, 10:21 PM
    Thread: Newly discovered nearby black hole
Post: RE: Newly discovered nearby black hole

stevebowers Wrote: (04-19-2024, 03:38 AM) -- The nearest black hole in OA at the moment is Threshold, Sco BH-76 https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/47a3e440c01a5 This doesn't seem to be a real object,...
Drashner1 Real Life But OA Relevant 12 256 04-19-2024, 10:19 PM
    Thread: Permission for the Galactic Library to use art
Post: RE: Permission for the Galactic Library to use art

On general principles, the OAUP managing board can grant permission to use most images on the site. Our default approach is to include proper attribution (we are generally pretty flexible about what t...
Drashner1 Art and Visual Media 3 49 04-18-2024, 11:35 PM
    Thread: Terragen Sphere is underpopulated regarding stars
Post: RE: Terragen Sphere is underpopulated regarding st...

stevebowers Wrote: (04-18-2024, 03:02 AM) -- I tend to think that the 400 billion number includes brown dwarfs, whereas the ~1 billion stars in the Terragen Sphere figure refers only to stars capable...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 10 100 04-18-2024, 11:31 PM
    Thread: Could the Big Bang have been a Vacuum decay?
Post: RE: Could the Big Bang have been a Vacuum decay?

I don't have the background to say one way or the other, I'm afraid. I'm not sure that anyone in RL does, including practicing physicists. That said, I have seen an article or book from time to tim...
Drashner1 Worldbuilders Resources 1 76 04-18-2024, 10:01 PM
    Thread: McKendree cylinders and tides
Post: RE: McKendree cylinders and tides

Tom Mazanec Wrote: (04-18-2024, 12:15 AM) -- Sorry I meant earth tides in the MC. Similarly if it is in the orbit of a red dwarf there may be flooding as it revolves? -- So a bit of quick-n-dirty r...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 7 69 04-18-2024, 09:56 PM
    Thread: CIT vs PIT mini debate.
Post: RE: CIT vs PIT mini debate.

Let's see here... inkoalawetrust Wrote: (04-18-2024, 12:09 AM) -- It's not that it's less risky or more palatable to believe that consciousness is continuous, it's that that just is what conscious...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 31 329 04-18-2024, 08:35 AM
    Thread: CIT vs PIT mini debate.
Post: RE: CIT vs PIT mini debate.

Cogs13 Wrote: (04-18-2024, 06:13 AM) -- I just figured out how to clear formatting. Do you know if its possible to edit the original post? Or should I put the transcript in a linked document? -- Ad...
Drashner1 General Setting Discussion 31 329 04-18-2024, 07:43 AM
    Thread: Angel Hair rewrite proposal
Post: RE: Angel Hair rewrite proposal

Zanly Wrote: (04-02-2024, 02:42 AM) -- Quick note for the EG moderators: For some reason, I am unable to further edit my original post, so I'll mention that the mention of the name "Flying Spaghetti ...
Drashner1 Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 13 112 04-17-2024, 10:59 PM