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    Thread: Opinion of sci-fi
Post: RE: Opinion of sci-fi

I suspect that whatever the colony mission directors might prefer there will nonetheless be some amount of smuggled contraband literature/art. Ciao, Terrafamilia
terrafamilia General Setting Discussion 9 117 01-01-2024, 08:36 AM
    Thread: Foundation of the Keter Dominion
Post: RE: Foundation of the Keter Dominion

Drashner1 Wrote: (10-12-2023, 12:24 PM) -- Rakuen07 Wrote: (10-03-2023, 12:20 PM) -- By the 5200s AT, the Commonwealth of Empires began to deteriorate. Keter wasn't as strongly affected because it w...
terrafamilia Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 208 2,958 10-15-2023, 07:15 AM
    Thread: Las Vegas - wave of the future?
Post: Las Vegas - wave of the future?

Just for a little fun - The Sphere in Las Vegas, a new entertainment venue, showed off its exterior lighting capabilities on July 4. Just a hint of what may be possible if and when we get OPA (https...
terrafamilia Real Life But OA Relevant 0 648 07-08-2023, 12:34 PM
    Thread: Heartland (expansion/rewrite)
Post: RE: Heartland (expansion/rewrite)

Liam Wrote: (06-17-2023, 04:37 AM) -- Introduction Heartland is the capital of the Communion of Worlds. It is not a system, but a megastructure in interstellar space, constructed from mass ferried...
terrafamilia Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 46 771 06-29-2023, 10:57 AM
    Thread: Closer Than We Think!
Post: Closer Than We Think!

Just for a little diversion, some future developments through the eyes of the late 50's/early 60's. https://clickamericana.com/topics/discoveries-inventions/home-future-space-age-inventions-1958-1961...
terrafamilia General Off-topic Discussion 1 2,052 06-27-2022, 06:53 AM
    Thread: Some articles; please criticise
Post: RE: Some articles; please criticise

stevebowers Wrote: (05-25-2022, 06:16 AM) -- I've thought for a long time that the intestinal flora that every human and terrestrial animal carries about in its gut will probably be largely or entire...
terrafamilia Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 43 487 05-29-2022, 08:49 AM
    Thread: Space mining snapshot
Post: RE: Space mining snapshot

Rynn Wrote: (12-17-2021, 03:18 AM) -- The first reaping of a simple sewing sowing. -- Ciao, Terrafamilia
terrafamilia Creative Writing 11 86 12-19-2021, 12:52 PM
    Thread: Earth Impact Calculator
Post: Earth Impact Calculator

If you want to drop a comet or asteroid onto an Earth-like planet, here's a calculator to determine the likely effects. https://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/ImpactEarth/ImpactEffects/ Ciao, Terrafamil...
terrafamilia Worldbuilders Resources 1 2,759 09-21-2021, 10:28 AM
    Thread: Snapshot, Augmentation
Post: RE: Snapshot, Augmentation

One typo I caught - Simulations for my custom mods had ran run for hours Ciao, Terrafamamilia
terrafamilia Creative Writing 9 113 09-19-2021, 07:37 AM
    Thread: Interstellar Colonization Through the Ages
Post: RE: Interstellar Colonization Through the Ages

Vitto Wrote: (02-03-2021, 08:31 PM) -- I'm waiting for the brain in a jar :D -- Here he (https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Harvey_Schlemerman_(Earth-616)) is. Not a naked brain but as close as he choo...
terrafamilia General Setting Discussion 56 458 02-04-2021, 10:57 AM
    Thread: Interstellar Colonization Through the Ages
Post: RE: Interstellar Colonization Through the Ages

sandcastles Wrote: (02-03-2021, 09:16 AM) -- When can we simply remove the head and put the head in cryosleep and attach it to a robot body, and have it explore Draugr, Poltergiest, and Phobetor?  A ...
terrafamilia General Setting Discussion 56 458 02-03-2021, 11:25 AM
    Thread: Robotics Duplication
Post: Robotics Duplication

A bit of an oddity - Under the topic "Robotics" https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45b5756018624 (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45b5756018624) there is a separate article "Robotics" https://w...
terrafamilia Website and Content Issues 3 30 11-08-2020, 12:27 PM
    Thread: Medicyte article
Post: Medicyte article

https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4e9ac6f7295a4 (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4e9ac6f7295a4) The last sentence of the article ends with, "or if available are dismantled by marrocine." Th...
terrafamilia Suggestion Box - OA website 2 4,069 07-20-2020, 07:58 AM
    Thread: Fractal Art Fun
Post: Fractal Art Fun

This visual artist works with fractal software and has come up with a number of interesting, even quite alien, land and cityscapes. http://www.julius-horsthuis.com/ (http://www.julius-horsthuis.c...
terrafamilia General Off-topic Discussion 2 5,547 06-12-2020, 10:49 AM
    Thread: Updating 'Terraforming' terminology?
Post: RE: Updating 'Terraforming' terminology?

When I see "planoforming" I think of Cordwainer Smith's ftl system. Planetary Engineering is a possibility but that could also include the construction of the underlying planetary bodies themselves...
terrafamilia General Setting Discussion 16 159 04-10-2020, 09:33 AM
    Thread: Magmatter Dreadnaughts
Post: RE: Magmatter Dreadnaughts

Rynn Wrote: (11-17-2019, 12:43 AM) -- Consequently Dreadnaughts are really rarely kept near any modosophont settled systems as just being in proximity is extremely dangerous. -- Ciao, Terrafamil...
terrafamilia Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 31 521 11-17-2019, 10:22 AM
    Thread: Biobots are coming - a little at a time
Post: Biobots are coming - a little at a time

Researchers have developed soft robotic devices driven by neuromuscular tissue that triggers when stimulated by light – bringing mechanical engineering one step closer to developing autonomous biobots...
terrafamilia Real Life But OA Relevant 1 3,915 10-21-2019, 05:42 AM
    Thread: Two Planets Sharing an Atmosphere
Post: RE: Two Planets Sharing an Atmosphere

A rather more fantastical version of this scenario can be found in Edgar Rice Burrough's Beyond the Farthest Star. The system of the star Omos, found somewhere in the galactic cluster NGC 7006, has el...
terrafamilia General Setting Discussion 18 209 10-20-2019, 09:02 AM
    Thread: Travel Through Wormholes is Possible, But Slow
Post: Travel Through Wormholes is Possible, But Slow

A Harvard physicist has shown that wormholes can exist: tunnels in curved space-time, connecting two distant places, through which travel is possible.  But don’t pack your bags for a trip to other ...
terrafamilia Real Life But OA Relevant 7 12,818 04-16-2019, 09:44 AM
    Thread: Message to the Project: Future of Copyright
Post: RE: Message to the Project: Future of Copyright

rom65536 Wrote: (03-09-2019, 02:27 PM) -- In the story I wrote for us here at OA, I never explicitly explained it, but I hinted at the economy of the main character's homeworld being based somewhat a...
terrafamilia General Setting Discussion 8 112 03-12-2019, 10:11 AM