12-11-2018, 10:33 AM
What about using a non-Sun-like star? A K or M type star would have a significant longer lifetime than a G-class star and would presumably take longer to become bright enough to cause problems in terms of stripping H2 off the planet.
Beyond tweaking the star, what if the planet is farther out from the local star such that it takes longer for increasing luminosity (regardless of stellar type) to become an issue? We do say both the Muuh and Soft Ones operate in very cold conditions after all. This might be offset by the rate of evolution moving correspondingly slower as well. On the gripping hand, the Soft Ones are described as having been provolved rather than evolving to sophonce naturally. So we might just need things to last long enough to get to some degree of 'complex' life rather than full on sophonce. Given how many types of lifeforms Terragens have provolved (and presuming the Muuh are roughly as capable, in their way), the starting lifeform might not even need to be all that complex.
Thoughts?
Todd
Beyond tweaking the star, what if the planet is farther out from the local star such that it takes longer for increasing luminosity (regardless of stellar type) to become an issue? We do say both the Muuh and Soft Ones operate in very cold conditions after all. This might be offset by the rate of evolution moving correspondingly slower as well. On the gripping hand, the Soft Ones are described as having been provolved rather than evolving to sophonce naturally. So we might just need things to last long enough to get to some degree of 'complex' life rather than full on sophonce. Given how many types of lifeforms Terragens have provolved (and presuming the Muuh are roughly as capable, in their way), the starting lifeform might not even need to be all that complex.
Thoughts?
Todd