02-06-2021, 02:11 PM
There might be a story idea there, with a theme borrowed from "Mirkheim" by Poul Anderson.
It occurs to me that such a planet might might be a valuable source of heavy elements - including, perhaps, elements in the Island of Stability. Very valuable - and extraordinarily dangerous.
I'm not sure it would fit very well with OA, though. With "current year" technology it would be far easier to simply make the stuff.
BTW, the world in that work was supposed to be the remnant core of a gas giant planet that had been largely evaporated by its primary going supernova, leaving behind its iron core - which had been liberally plated with heavy elements from the supernova. Quite reasonable, given the time the story was written.
It occurs to me that such a planet might might be a valuable source of heavy elements - including, perhaps, elements in the Island of Stability. Very valuable - and extraordinarily dangerous.
I'm not sure it would fit very well with OA, though. With "current year" technology it would be far easier to simply make the stuff.
BTW, the world in that work was supposed to be the remnant core of a gas giant planet that had been largely evaporated by its primary going supernova, leaving behind its iron core - which had been liberally plated with heavy elements from the supernova. Quite reasonable, given the time the story was written.