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    Thread: Issues of continuity with virtual transfers
Post: Issues of continuity with virtual transfers

I've come across the concept of "Lightways", however as far as I know data can't be "transferred" just copied and pasted somewhere else. This isn't a problem for most of the Sophonts of the OA univers...
merkudul General Setting Discussion 12 126 01-06-2023, 12:58 AM
    Thread: Staying hidden in the current era
Post: RE: Staying hidden in the current era

Drashner1 Wrote: (01-01-2023, 01:59 AM) -- You might find this story (https://www.orionsarm.com/page/581)entertaining. It may be that it is actually impossible to truly hide from the archai if they ...
merkudul General Setting Discussion 6 87 01-01-2023, 03:40 AM
    Thread: Staying hidden in the current era
Post: RE: Staying hidden in the current era

Rynn Wrote: (01-01-2023, 01:27 AM) -- Hiding from detection seems like an ultimately losing game. Even though you could bury a habitat in a planetary crust and hide any radiation someone, somewhere, ...
merkudul General Setting Discussion 6 87 01-01-2023, 01:40 AM
    Thread: Staying hidden in the current era
Post: RE: Staying hidden in the current era

stevebowers Wrote: (01-01-2023, 01:25 AM) -- The sentience at Whisper was quite well hidden. It is encoded into a species of grass-like plants that can send messages to-and fro via its roots. This se...
merkudul General Setting Discussion 6 87 01-01-2023, 01:34 AM
    Thread: Staying hidden in the current era
Post: Staying hidden in the current era

Recently I've come across the "hider" concept, and it's fascinating to me. The task of hiding at first seems simple, just run into interstellar space and your good! NOPE. Not good enough anymore! For ...
merkudul General Setting Discussion 6 87 01-01-2023, 01:12 AM
    Thread: Quasi-Stars
Post: Quasi-Stars

Hello everyone! I recently came across the concept of "Quasi-Stars", theorised to have existed in the early universe. What's fascinating about them is that quasi-stars are balanced by radiation pressu...
merkudul General Setting Discussion 4 86 12-20-2022, 12:51 AM
    Thread: Go Edify Yourself
Post: RE: Go Edify Yourself

This thread is a goldmine, thanks all!
merkudul General Setting Discussion 22 1,464 12-16-2022, 08:59 PM
    Thread: Largest telescope built for the baseline eye in OA?
Post: RE: Largest telescope built for the baseline eye i...

totaleclipse1985 Wrote: (12-02-2022, 07:33 AM) -- The 8.2m Subaru Telescope has been used with the naked eye as well. This was to allow Princess Sayako to use the telescope with her own eyes in the c...
merkudul General Setting Discussion 3 46 12-02-2022, 08:43 AM
    Thread: Largest telescope built for the baseline eye in OA?
Post: Largest telescope built for the baseline eye in OA...

as the title states what is the largest telescope built for the baseline eye, where a baseline is meant to look through it, in the OA universe? I know that modern telescopes are mostly meant for somet...
merkudul General Setting Discussion 3 46 12-02-2022, 05:19 AM
    Thread: Question on the Argus Array
Post: RE: Question on the Argus Array

Hello Worldtree, thanks for the answer! I'll give those threads a read!
merkudul The Arrivals Lounge 6 3,162 12-01-2022, 02:16 PM
    Thread: Question on the Argus Array
Post: Question on the Argus Array

Hi everyone, big fan of this universe and have been lurking for years. One of my favourite aspects of astronomy are space telescopes, so understandably I'm a bit obsessed with the Argus Array. I've be...
merkudul The Arrivals Lounge 6 3,162 12-01-2022, 10:34 AM