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    What is a plausible scientific sounding explanation for a work around of the Roche limit?

    in Science & Spaceflight

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    30 minutes ago, Terwin said:

    A non-spinning moon would have a lower Roache limit, as would a more diffuse/lighter planet or a denser/heavier moon

    Might also be a matter of perspective, like how the moon always looks closer to the naked eye than to a camera.

    If a body is held together by something other than it's own gravity, it can ignore the Roache limit as well.

     

    I like that! What could it be held together with besides gravity. 

    What is better than a hyperdrive for intergalactic travel?

    in Science & Spaceflight

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    I’m trying to write a Star Wars story about someone who figures out a way to travel FTL between galaxies. Hyperspace doesn’t work in the Intergalactic Void, and there is a hyperspace disturbance at the edge of the galaxy blocking travel anyway. I was trying to think of an alternative method of traveling the distance. This drive I envision could ONLY be used in the intergalactic void (so it can’t replace hyperdrive). It allows travel through the void very quickly but NOT instantaneously and there is a weird quantum glitch where the inhabitants of the ship need to wait 2 hours before piercing the veil of another galaxy or weird quantum things could happen to their ship.

    Anyway I originally thought of a superfluid vacuum drive but I did a lot of research and it’s unlikely the universe is a superfluid. I know Star Wars science is soft as a marshmallow but I want some fake science that sounds realistic. Can anyone help me? I can’t think of anything.

    Wormholes already exist in Star Wars.

    Which of these (listed below) is the best method for sublight space travel?

    in Science & Spaceflight

    Posted · Edited by Maximum7

    Lets just assume that everything I list below is possible (because some will be based on unknown energies). I have provided some links.

    Take into account when choosing the drive

    1.)How efficient and easy to maintain is it?

    2.) How fast it can go?

    3.) Anything else that can go wrong.


    Here are the options

    1.) Antimatter rocket

    2,) Ion drive

    3) Bussard ramjet

    4.) Dipole drive https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/...ss-space-propulsion-concept-dipole-drive.html

    5.) Fusion rocket

    6.) Halo drive  https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.03423

    7.) Solar sail

    8.) EMdrive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_resonant_cavity_thruster

    9.) Photon rocket

    10.) Magnetic sail

    11.) Vacuum energy sail

    12.) Nano electrokinetic thruster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_electrokinetic_thruster

    13.) Quantum vacuum thruster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_vacuum_thruster

    14.) Plasma drive

    15.) Beam powered propulsion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam-powered_propulsion

    16.) Nuclear photonic rocket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_photonic_rocket

    17.) Pulse detonation engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_detonation_engine

    18.) Mach Effect Drive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_effect

    19.) Unruh radiation propulsion drive https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/7x3ed9/darpa-is-researching-quantized-inertia-a-theory-of-physics-many-think-is-pseudoscience

    Star Trek scientist. What is he thinking about?

    in The Lounge

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    In todays society, we speculate about Faster than light travel, time travel, and teleportation. In Star Trek; these things are completely commonplace. They can easily replicate anything or create a simulated reality. Wormholes, parallel universes and super-sophisticated A.I. would be considered emerging technology. What would be a good science or technology that a scientist could study only in theory in the Star Trek universe. We study the theory of the Alcubierre Drive in 2019 but we are far from creating a warp drive. What would a scientist be studying in Star Trek that is far from being realized?

    What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?

    in The Lounge

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    I know I’ve been going nuts with these posts but I’m very curious about what a scientist could do in SW

    I was asking for ideas on what a scientist could be working on in the Star Wars galaxy. However my list of can nots are more akin to what an engineer would be working on. Then I guess that’s what I really meant. So that being said I ask. What can an engineer in the Star Wars galaxy be working on?. He works for the canon New Republic.

    Things he can’t be working on

    1.) Dyson sphere- Believe it or not it already exists in SWTOR

    2.) Matrioksha Brain- Computers aren’t that advanced. (HOWEVER, if you have a generic Star Wars name for this- I will take it. Matrioksha is Russian nesting dolls and would obviously not be applicable for Star Wars

    3.) A Giant Underground City- Sullust has tons of these.

    4.) Kransnikov Tube- Would be too much of a gamechanger for travel

    5.) Ford-Svaitar mirror- Too much of a gamechanger for travel

    6.) Nicoll-Dyson Laser- We already have the Death Star and Starkiller Base

    7.) Space elevator- They have those

    8.) Shellworld- Waste of time. Plenty of planets to work with

    9) Alderton Disk- Too big

    10.) Ringworld- Exists on Ringo Vinda

    11.) Underwater cities- Plenty of those

    12.) Any type of space habitat.

    Any ideas?

    What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?

    in The Lounge

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    For my story, my scientist is studying sub-Hyperspace, the dimension in which quintessence can be turned into Phantom Energy and then travel to destroy star systems in real time. This is how Starkiller Base fires it’s weapon after draining a sun. (I’m sure Disney will explore it more in due time). However, in the mean time; I wonder what other things my scientist can study about it. Applications I’ve considered would be a sub-hyperdrive which would allow for instantaneous travel like Star Trek: Discovery’s Spore Drive. It also could be used for instant communications. Good stuff but too much of a gamechanger to tinker with. What else could my scientist be studying about sub-hyperspace?

    What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?

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    Im going about this all wrong when it comes to asking what idea I want. Im looking for a science thing that my scientist could study. On Steven Jackson games forum, someone suggested the migration patterns of Purgills. It would have been perfect except for the fact that it might lead someone to Ezra and Thrawn. That story will be told in the future. I want something unique but also a science that my scientist can study as his main work. Not an invention.

    What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?

    in The Lounge

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    I decided to go with a quark star. It’s better than a black hole because we don’t even know if they exist. Perfect for expansion However, I still need something for him to be working on before he deals with the quark star. I’m looking not for a gadget or piece of tech. I’ve decided everything technological that we can think of, can be done. Speeders with deflector shields? Sure. We haven’t seen them but they can easily be done. I’m looking for something that would still be an emerging field of science. Something a Type II/III civilization would do next. 

    What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?

    in The Lounge

    Posted · Edited by Gargamel
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     I was down to 3 ideas. A Guided recirprocating deflector shield from someone on abovetopsecret forums, Synthetic coaxium from FFG forums and The Dynamics of an Asteroid Field on Sjgames. I decided against the shield because it was too wordy and could be a game changer. The coaxium I felt ruined the rarity of hyperfuel and the asteroid belt analyzation was good but their are likely billions of asteroid fields in the galaxy. Who the hell cares about plotting one.

    What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?

    in The Lounge

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    10 hours ago, DDE said:

    @Maximum7, up front it’s a somewhat difficult question. Are we looking at the canon after it was savaged by Disney? Because that jettisons a lot of the established engineering. The old technical manuals even risked foraying into the subject of actual accelerations (thousands of gees for a Star Destroyer) and weapon yeilds (gigatons per turbolaser blast).

    Furthermore, it would be a bit helpful to narrow the field down a little, and ditch the omnidisciplinary scientist trope. Yes, we know you’re awesome, Sam, but you’re too awesome to be real.

    A further problem is that a New Republic scientist probably doesn’t work on military projects. That’s a whole lot of potential avenues going down the drain. ;)  Which raises the question of how much of a budget they have. Given the supposed state of the galaxy? Probably not much, so any theoretical physics research with planet-sized particle accelerators is probably off the list, it’s not like a research institute or an Empire remnant can just churn out a planet-sized installation, right? :sticktongue:

    First off, you seem to be trying to cheat around OP’s moratorium on hyperfuel research.

    Second of all, it’s probably hopeless, given the apparent infinitely superior production and handling qualities of extant hyperfuel. Hell, the old canon had those ships have a propellant mass fraction of 50% or so with no tanks to speak of, implying very funky properties of hyperfuel.

     

    He has a decent budget. But yes I see your point. 

    What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?

    in The Lounge

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    11 hours ago, Shpaget said:

    As soon as I read the title I was going to suggest midifluorians, the more elusive, and agressive cousins of the more popular midiclorians, but no no list..

    Anyway, what about improving their 3d projector comunicator thingamabobs? Those have abysmal image quality?

    Even though I wanted to stay away from midichlorians I am potentially interested. Someone on reddit suggested antichlorians, something that negates midichlorians. What are midiflurions? The same concept. 

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