jedion357 September 4, 2014 - 2:51pm | Reading up on a world with a SO2 sea and by extention a SO2 atmosphere. There would lots of extra sulfer as a sink for oxygen with some of the shores being "beaches" of sulfer. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
iggy September 4, 2014 - 11:05pm | I like the thought of a crash landing ala Enemy Mine but I fear the environment is too harsh in this case. I like the idea if the Enemy Mine characters being NPCs and the players find them. -iggy |
rattraveller September 5, 2014 - 6:16am | Hang on a second. Just cause you aint got no fire no mean you can't move on up to a deluxe civilization. There have been numerous stories of aliens based on aquatic life who have gotten higher tech through various methods. One of the more common means is through bioengineered technology. The real problem would be the very corrosive nature of sulfer and how to keep metals from rotting away. Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go? |
Ascent September 5, 2014 - 6:57pm | You can't shape metal without fire, so any use of metal or inducement of heat-reliant chemical reactions in such a fireless society would be pretty much impossible. All tech would be non-electrical. It would all be organic and lever-based. This, though, would not preclude bio-electric (Not enough electricity to melt anything,) computers. View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
jedion357 September 6, 2014 - 12:06am | The possibilities of a planet with an ammonia sea are interesting as well. It boils down to a cold planet orbiting a red giant which puts out less energy than a main sequence star. Thin atmospher to prevent runaway greenhouse effect I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
dmoffett September 6, 2014 - 9:34pm | With an ammonia sea, they will never run out of Windex. The bombing starts in five minutes. |
KRingway September 7, 2014 - 4:22am | If there's volcanic activity near the surface, you might have areas where there's a sufficient temperature for metal-working. |