Elemental Taboo
A partly completed interstellar ship assembled under Elemental Taboo restrictions.
This craft is being constructed using materials collected from the absorption nebula Barnard 68 (visible in the background)
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Elemental TabooA partly completed interstellar ship assembled under Elemental Taboo restrictions. This craft is being constructed using materials collected from the absorption nebula Barnard 68 (visible in the background) (click for larger image) |
Elemental Taboo is a game that is similar to Technological Taboo. Instead of placing limitations on a particular method or technology it restricts the abundance of the various elements from which technology and living organisms may be built.
The first instance of this game being played seriously was during the second millennium A.T. when it was used in an attempt to create technology that would allow a long-duration starship for use by Leavers to be built using nothing but the mix of elements and compounds found in the interstellar medium. Since then others have attempted to use Elemental Taboo to create technologies suitable for other environments with limiting elemental mixes, such as that in a very young universe.
Related Pages:
Technological Taboo - The object of the game (whether real or virtual) is to achieve the highest general level of technology possible, while avoiding one or more specific taboo techs.
