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    Thread: What's the likely long-term trajectory of the Terragen Sphere?
Post: RE: What's the likely long-term trajectory of the ...

kingofthemerdz3 Wrote: (03-10-2024, 02:55 PM) --The upper toposophic limit: is S6 the highest possible? How risky would an S7 ascension be? We might end up dealing with a S7 blight that ends up as th...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 13 122 03-12-2024, 07:19 AM
    Thread: What's the likely long-term trajectory of the Terragen Sphere?
Post: RE: What's the likely long-term trajectory of the ...

kingofthemerdz3 Wrote: (03-10-2024, 02:55 PM) --xenosophont civilizations, especially those which are extragalactic: who knows what might come with the Leviathan when it finally reaches the Milky Way...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 13 122 03-12-2024, 07:11 AM
    Thread: What's the likely long-term trajectory of the Terragen Sphere?
Post: RE: What's the likely long-term trajectory of the ...

stevebowers Wrote: (03-11-2024, 07:00 PM) -- Another possibility that I didn't mention is the Aestivation hypothesis; a civilisation might reduce its activity to a bare minimum, waiting until the uni...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 13 122 03-12-2024, 07:07 AM
    Thread: Memories
Post: RE: Memories

Drashner1 Wrote: (03-05-2024, 10:25 PM) -- Note finally that AFAIK there are no 10,000yr old nebs or other biologicals in the setting. -- What about Jonathan "Trip" Daniels? Was he confirmed 10,000...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 12 141 03-07-2024, 08:52 AM
    Thread: New high-energy theoretical physics study that could be used in clarketech lore
Post: RE: New high-energy theoretical physics study that...

Does this process of creation in this paper have any relation at all to the Schwinger Effect? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwinger_effect
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 3 82 02-28-2024, 08:19 AM
    Thread: Artificial Planet from Transmutation
Post: RE: Artificial Planet from Transmutation

Cool....I think I'd like to do a write up for the Bok Globule idea. I would still like to focus on the transmutation angle for creating worlds. If the time for creation is the issue, I can set it as a...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 15 178 02-16-2024, 01:16 PM
    Thread: Artificial Planet from Transmutation
Post: RE: Artificial Planet from Transmutation

Just reading these updates now. Thanks for the feedback everyone. In the days since my OP, I've kicked around this idea a little more. I have been thinking what if, instead of orbiting a star and m...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 15 178 02-15-2024, 01:36 PM
    Thread: Artificial Planet from Transmutation
Post: Artificial Planet from Transmutation

https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/49a3ee435bd98 So in this article, at the last section on the bottom, it talks about how artificial planets can be made from transmutation of elements via someth...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 15 178 02-10-2024, 08:00 AM
    Thread: Rheomorph (Sophont category)
Post: RE: Rheomorph (Sophont category)

Liam Wrote: (01-31-2024, 05:27 AM) -- omega_tyrant Wrote: (01-30-2024, 12:31 PM) -- Resurrecting this one... First, I like this concept a lot. It gives some more detail about how deep and diverse...
omega_tyrant Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 12 166 02-01-2024, 12:57 PM
    Thread: Rheomorph (Sophont category)
Post: RE: Rheomorph (Sophont category)

Resurrecting this one... First, I like this concept a lot. It gives some more detail about how deep and diverse the concept of morphological freedom can truly get in OA. I particularly like the idea ...
omega_tyrant Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 12 166 01-30-2024, 12:31 PM
    Thread: McKendree Cylinder Dyson (With Rungworlds)
Post: RE: McKendree Cylinder Dyson (With Rungworlds)

stevebowers Wrote: (12-08-2023, 10:20 AM) -- Well, in Earth orbit a ring with 21600 rungs would place the rungs a bit less than 7000 km apart. Since the maximum size of such a cylinder would be 2000k...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 3 48 12-09-2023, 08:05 AM
    Thread: McKendree Cylinder Dyson (With Rungworlds)
Post: McKendree Cylinder Dyson (With Rungworlds)

Looking at the article for Rungworlds, the Rungworld in the setting has 360 habitats in a single orbit around its star, so basically one habitat per degree of arc. What if a civ were to up the ante an...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 3 48 12-08-2023, 08:50 AM
    Thread: Solsys McKendree Cylinders
Post: RE: Solsys McKendree Cylinders

Tom Mazanec Wrote: (09-12-2023, 09:56 PM) -- I understand MCs have two cylinders rotating in opposite directions. Could one have four, six, etc? -- Have you checked out the article on Buckyhab and ...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 15 173 10-31-2023, 07:54 AM
    Thread: Thoughts on ISO's
Post: RE: Thoughts on ISO's

Avengium Wrote: (09-20-2023, 08:19 AM) -- Another idea. We could add the synonyms: IPSO: Information processing superobjects. SIO: Superintelligent objects. -- That could work. I'm good with that di...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 10 103 09-20-2023, 08:23 AM
    Thread: Thoughts on ISO's
Post: RE: Thoughts on ISO's

Avengium Wrote: (09-19-2023, 07:51 PM) -- Could there be an ISO that was made with biotech? If so, then either we have to remove the connection to Drytech/Hylotech topic or we have to add the Biotech...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 10 103 09-20-2023, 07:37 AM
    Thread: Thoughts on ISO's
Post: RE: Thoughts on ISO's

Drashner1 Wrote: (09-19-2023, 11:32 AM) -- There really isn't a firm standard or boundary (in OA or RL) for the size of an ISO in the same way that there is a (non-official I'm guessing) 'standard' t...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 10 103 09-20-2023, 07:35 AM
    Thread: Thoughts on ISO's
Post: RE: Thoughts on ISO's

Avengium Wrote: (09-19-2023, 07:51 PM) -- I believe that it is more important for an ISO that there is a superintelligence involved and ultratech or godtech regardless of the dimensions it has. -- I...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 10 103 09-20-2023, 07:34 AM
    Thread: Thoughts on ISO's
Post: Thoughts on ISO's

When it comes to classifying a being as an Intelligent SuperObject, is there a specific size requirement for just how big it has to be in order to be considered one? (You must be this long/wide/massiv...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 10 103 09-19-2023, 11:12 AM
    Thread: EG - Variable Gravity Sports
Post: RE: EG - Variable Gravity Sports

How would vehicular racing play out in variable gravity? I would think that something like Omnicraft racing would be a neat idea, especially if the omnis can be reconfigured to operate in varying grav...
omega_tyrant Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 28 287 06-13-2023, 09:51 AM
    Thread: Worldbuilding Focus for the next 4 months
Post: RE: Worldbuilding Focus for the next 4 months

Psychoware is such a crucial element to OA that I think can be much more fully mapped out. My vote is for that. I also like the possibility of exploring more life around "non traditional" star system...
omega_tyrant General Setting Discussion 6 193 12-05-2022, 11:18 AM