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Thread: Typos
Post: RE: Typos
| https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/486ea080f0f84
"then extended amagnetic drive sail many tens of kilometres in diameter. " should be "then extended a magnetic drive sail many tens of kilometres ... |
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12-27-2022, 12:50 PM |
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Thread: Typos
Post: RE: Typos
| https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45b40b0c381f4
In the fourth paragraph of the Materials section there is a sentence that says "The most common of these is aluminium silicate, in the form of corun... |
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12-24-2022, 05:09 PM |
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Thread: Typos
Post: RE: Typos
| Another typo I noticed. Exotic Matter (https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/479bc488eab04) mentions “harmonium” which appears nowhere else in Orion’s Arm. Most likely it's a misspelling of charmonium ... |
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11-25-2022, 01:39 AM |
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Thread: Magmatter supports, or why isn't there more floating architecture in OA?
Post: RE: Magmatter supports, or why isn't there more fl...
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Drashner1 Wrote: (07-03-2021, 11:26 PM)
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Yes, magmatter can be anchored within ferromagnets. Nobody is arguing otherwise. However, as stated previously, the current examples of this involve a mesh ... |
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General Setting Discussion
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07-05-2021, 12:55 PM |
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Thread: Magmatter supports, or why isn't there more floating architecture in OA?
Post: RE: Magmatter supports, or why isn't there more fl...
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Note that the only currently described example of such anchoring involves a mesh of magmatter cables not single strands of mag-nanotubes, which are themselves much smaller than convention... |
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07-03-2021, 02:23 PM |
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Thread: Magmatter supports, or why isn't there more floating architecture in OA?
Post: RE: Magmatter supports, or why isn't there more fl...
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Drashner1 Wrote: (07-03-2021, 11:20 AM)
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Various things here:
1) How are you planning to anchor these magmatter cables or struts so they don't just cut or drill through whatever they are holding... |
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Thread: Magmatter supports, or why isn't there more floating architecture in OA?
Post: RE: Magmatter supports, or why isn't there more fl...
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selden Wrote: (07-03-2021, 09:58 AM)
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Because nobody has written about them. Why don’t you? I suspect anyone or more articles about these uses would be very welcome.
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Planning on it when I have... |
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07-03-2021, 10:02 AM |
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Thread: Magmatter supports, or why isn't there more floating architecture in OA?
Post: Magmatter supports, or why isn't there more floati...
| Magmatter is an interesting form of unobtanium in OA. It has an absurd strength to weight ratio, is effectively intangible unless you want it to be, and is (relatively) easily accessible. So why don’t... |
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07-03-2021, 09:46 AM |
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Thread: Thoughts on RKKV warning time
Post: RE: Thoughts on RKKV warning time
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The Astronomer Wrote: (06-30-2021, 03:03 PM)
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By the way, the Wormhole Nexus can give early warning for connected systems to react, so perhaps RKKVs might not be effective as a long-range weapon?
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06-30-2021, 03:31 PM |
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Thread: Thoughts on RKKV warning time
Post: Thoughts on RKKV warning time
| Relativistic projectiles are fearsome weapon and difficult to intercept due to the minimal delay between detection of their lightfront and impact. However they are not completely unstoppable. Their li... |
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06-30-2021, 02:31 PM |
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Thread: Double Linelayers 1st Draft
Post: RE: Double Linelayers 1st Draft
| Partial response only right now due to busyness, apologies.
Drashner1 Wrote: (06-23-2021, 01:54 PM)
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Actually, current wormhole theory - in the OA setting at least- does preclude this. Specifica... |
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Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles
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06-23-2021, 02:52 PM |
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Thread: Double Linelayers 1st Draft
Post: RE: Double Linelayers 1st Draft
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Rynn Wrote: (06-22-2021, 07:21 PM)
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Without checking the working out this all seems plausible, but I'm not sure how often it would realistically be used. While the nexus is limited to expansion at ... |
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06-23-2021, 09:10 AM |
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Thread: Double Linelayers 1st Draft
Post: Double Linelayers 1st Draft
| One unfortunate limitation of the wormhole Nexus is its speed of expansion, due to relativistic effects the maximum velocity a wormhole mouth can travel relative to its counterpart is slightly under 0... |
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06-22-2021, 06:56 PM |
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Thread: Pseudo-reactionless Drives
Post: RE: Pseudo-reactionless Drives
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Hm. How would you catch the electron without inducing momentum in the spacecraft that cancels out the thrust provided by the anti-neutrino? Also, what is the mass of an electron anti-neut... |
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06-19-2021, 10:20 AM |
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Thread: Marshall T. Savage's Dyson Structure
Post: RE: Marshall T. Savage's Dyson Structure
| I wonder if it would be possible to exploit the heat, instead of disassembling it piece by piece to focus all that solar energy on the surface until it begins to boil away and collect the vapor once i... |
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06-19-2021, 06:08 AM |
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Thread: Marshall T. Savage's Dyson Structure
Post: RE: Marshall T. Savage's Dyson Structure
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Drashner1 Wrote: (06-18-2021, 12:23 PM)
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tmazanec1 Wrote: (06-18-2021, 05:16 AM)
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How long would it take to "eat" Mercury from the first bit to the last?
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See the attached docs in Post #3 of... |
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06-18-2021, 02:07 PM |
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Thread: Pseudo-reactionless Drives
Post: RE: Pseudo-reactionless Drives
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Drashner1 Wrote: (06-17-2021, 11:51 PM)
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The actual discussion took place in the old Yahoo groups, I think. Trond (our Webmaster) was actually able to extract the full archives of all the discussio... |
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06-18-2021, 10:26 AM |
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Thread: Pseudo-reactionless Drives
Post: RE: Pseudo-reactionless Drives
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Drashner1 Wrote: (06-16-2021, 11:29 PM)
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Hrm. I see various problems and issues with this idea. In no particular order:
1) The name - It is both incorrect and misleading and seems likely to caus... |
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06-17-2021, 12:47 PM |
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Thread: Pseudo-reactionless Drives
Post: Pseudo-reactionless Drives
| Pseudo-reactionless drives are a class of drive that does not produce detectable exhaust yet do not rely on void bubbles for thrust. While it is generally agreed that they are not truly reactionless d... |
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06-16-2021, 01:49 PM |
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Thread: The Megadyson 1st draft
Post: RE: The Megadyson 1st draft
| No objections here, a basic editing pass sounds great. |
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