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08-21-2014, 09:48 AM

Thread: OA timeline widget
Post: OA timeline widget

I was admiring OA's timeline [http://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oa-timeline] and am hoping someone can explain how I can go about creating one myself. I've found the widget's official "getting start...

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08-20-2014, 06:37 AM

Thread: Electric metabolism
Post: Electric metabolism

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/nature/bacteria-can-survive-electricity-alone/ This is the first I'm hearing of bacteria that can survive on electricity alone. Perhaps, this can be used as a basi...

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08-08-2014, 07:22 AM

Thread: Simulated gravity
Post: RE: Simulated gravity

I accidentally created two threads with the same topic. Very sorry. Can someone please delete either one? :/

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08-04-2014, 01:01 AM

Thread: Simulated gravity
Post: Simulated gravity

Just another thought on finding a way to produce artificial, or more accurately, simulated, gravity. Before someone tries to inform me of how OA already beats around the bush with needing artificial ...

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08-04-2014, 12:57 AM

Thread: Eclipse Phase
Post: RE: Eclipse Phase

stevebowers Wrote: (07-14-2014, 03:42 AM) -- I don't see why we shouldn't include a planet (or habitat) which has a culture influenced by mens rights; I intend to write up at least one Clade Parthene...

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07-18-2014, 11:41 AM

Thread: Eclipse Phase
Post: RE: Eclipse Phase

Eclipse Phase is fairly comprehensive (I skimmed a huge encyclopedic document of theirs, so I'd have to say probably more so than OA), but doesn't really cover any topics that OA doesn't cover to some...

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07-12-2014, 07:36 AM

Thread: Traditional "starship" inspiration conceptboard
Post: RE: Traditional "starship" inspiration conceptboar...

Drashner1 Wrote: (07-06-2014, 11:26 AM) -- Ahem - I don't want to nip the discussion of starship hardware in the bud, but the plan has always been to include discussions on starship hardware on the e...

07-06-2014, 12:43 PM

Thread: Traditional "starship" inspiration conceptboard
Post: Traditional "starship" inspiration conceptboard

I've noticed the recent interest in creating an iconic "starship" for the OA-verse, one that would be conforming to many of the preconceptions of traditional science fiction starships (the example I'v...

07-06-2014, 05:53 AM

Thread: Mapping the OA Milky Way
Post: RE: Mapping the OA Milky Way

This is my newest version of the map. I thinned out the other two Meistersinger routes a little, and nudged a few of the outer civs inwards back into the Galactic Habitable Zone. The individual civ...

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07-05-2014, 08:06 AM

Thread: NoCoZo update
Post: RE: NoCoZo update

FrodoGoofball Wrote: (07-04-2014, 05:40 AM) -- There could be certain cultural attitudes toward transaps dealing with modos that transapients or modos wouldn't have when dealing with each other. If ...

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07-04-2014, 06:15 AM

Thread: NoCoZo update
Post: RE: NoCoZo update

Rynn Wrote: (07-04-2014, 02:50 AM) -- I think parts of the NoCoZo are likely to be quite dangerous to modos. Transacting with a transap is a risky thing if they don't care particularly about your wel...

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07-04-2014, 04:29 AM

Thread: Mapping the OA Milky Way
Post: RE: Mapping the OA Milky Way

Okay, I actually don't think I aught to add in any more, seeing as most of the MEECs would be too small anyhow. I suppose my map is ready in its current form.

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07-04-2014, 02:01 AM

Thread: NoCoZo update
Post: RE: NoCoZo update

kch49er Wrote: (07-03-2014, 09:20 PM) -- Regarding inter-s level trade. The rancher might be considerd to trade food, water and shelter for wool, which can then be traded with other people. Or we 't...

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07-04-2014, 01:24 AM

Thread: NoCoZo update
Post: RE: NoCoZo update

Hey, I think I have some valuable ideas to contribute here that you may not already be considering. Rynn Wrote: (07-02-2014, 07:33 PM) -- Steel Accord Wrote: (07-02-2014, 07:23 PM) -- That's the bi...

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07-03-2014, 01:03 PM

Thread: Mapping the OA Milky Way
Post: RE: Mapping the OA Milky Way

Thanks for all of these! Actually, I think I remember reading that the Chtonids were an LEEC.

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07-03-2014, 12:16 PM

Thread: Storium: the online storytelling game
Post: RE: Storium: the online storytelling game

I'd be down to participate, if we get this started. :)

OA Role Playing Games

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07-02-2014, 03:10 AM

Thread: Libertarianism in OA
Post: RE: Libertarianism in OA

Hey, I'm actually a libertarian/classical liberal, so I found this topic interesting, worth tackling while there's already a thread for it. I'm going to stay unbiased, and I'd like to avoid a debate b...

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07-02-2014, 02:56 AM

Thread: Mapping the OA Milky Way
Post: RE: Mapping the OA Milky Way

Drashner1 Wrote: (07-01-2014, 11:38 AM) -- CCostello Wrote: (07-01-2014, 03:23 AM) -- I plan on dotting it with the MEECs in later. The Muuh and Soft Ones are MEECs, despite being interstellar (alth...

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07-02-2014, 12:58 AM

Thread: Mapping the OA Milky Way
Post: RE: Mapping the OA Milky Way

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140630164818/pikapi/images/5/55/Milky-Way-OA.png At 2400px2, it's too large to post directly. This is my newest version of the Milky Way map. It now contains all ...