Re: [Official!] Project Horizons Comment Crew Chat thread.

[Frost]

Breaking news: groundbreaking new studies reveal that 87% of Americans who mention 'Zen' as being a part of their lives are smug D-bags

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

Breaking news- punch bowl zen. That is all

[Frost]

This story.....inspires me

[Harmony Ltd.]

This story.....inspires me

[RoboRed]

This story.....inspires me

Ye gods, that's brilliant...

[CamoBadger]

This story.....inspires me

[Aonee]

This story.....inspires me

There are no words for this Epic.

[Valikdu]

How about some Dungeon Keeper?:

[StoneSlinger88]

The looks on that guard's face...

[Stringtheory]

This story.....inspires me

Wondered when that would show up here, if I knew you guys didn't know about it, I would've posted it sooner

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

This story.....inspires me

Tried to do it

[Ironmonger]

Lately, every time I walk outside, I look at everything like it's Minecraft.

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

are you going to try and summon your persona next?

edit: woo i split the thread!

[Ironmonger]

are you going to try and summon your persona next?

edit: woo i split the thread!

THREAD SPLIT FOR THE THREAD SPLIT GOD!

Anyway, do you mean my ponysona, or my MC character? 'Persona' is a slightly vague term in this case.

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

Is your MC known as MC IronPants?

[Ironmonger]

"Stop. Hammer time."

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

sO YOU JUST SIT AND STAND?

[Ironmonger]

sO YOU JUST SIT AND STAND?

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

after many bouts of ADD I finished reading Old Man Henderson. I am amazed. I want to cosplay that...

[Frost]

I know who the hell I am for Halloween

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

Disgruntled from the Seven Dwarves?

[Frost]

Me and my two friends are Bitter, Apathetic and Smug. The most famous of all the dwarves

[Admiral Stoic Rum]

Found some wee men

[Stringtheory]

For Frost: Bears In Russia Are Addicted To Jet Fuel, Sniff It To Get High And Pass Out

[Frost]

Maybe they'll inhale so much they become flammable enough to burn to ash with a spark. That'll be fun

[RoboRed]

sad derpy gives robo feels:

[Harmony Ltd.]

I was digging through my archives, and I found the following piece :

Let’s assume that the Higgs Boson (link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson) exist.

For a Sci-Fi setting, I will imagine what technological aptitudes the capability of altering the “density” of the Higgs Field may bring.


First, I will assume that altering the density of the Higgs Field come from the use of an “exotic” (no explanations given) device that only consume energy in the form of electricity. We can also envision, for Sci-Fi flavour, that it could require the use of Antimatter or “Black Matter”, or some form of Unobtainium, in order to function.


Such a device could project a field of varying shapes able to decrease or increase the density of the Higgs Field, in effect respectively decreasing or increasing the mass of the objects inside the field.


Here are some thoughts on how such an effect could be exploited :


Kinetic Energy (KE) Shielding :

The effectiveness as a mean of destruction of a Kinetic Energy Weapon come from the product of the Mass of the projectile time its relative Speed to the object.

By reducing the mass of the object, we reduce its Kinetic Energy, and thus we reduce its effectiveness as a weapon.

The question is : would such a field also work against explosions ?

Depending on the answer, and the chosen availability of such fields generators on the setting, it could justify the generalized use of lasers, and possibly missiles, on the battlefield against armored targets.

The disadvantage of such a field, though, is that depending its shape (say if the vehicle is included in the field itself or not), an entire 60+ Tonnes MBT could see its mass reduced to only a few kilograms - which means that in certain situations it could be literally blown off far away in the airs.


Blackholes generator :

By greatly increasing the density of the Higgs Field in a given region of space, you could by certain means generate a singularity, a miniature blackhole, or even generate wormholes.

It could allow you to create artificial gravity in spaceships (the singularity used to power the drives also being the “piece of equipment” that provide artificial gravity to the ship).


“Cheap” Single-Stage-To-Orbit :

This one sounds trivial :

Reduce the mass of the cargo, of the fuel when it is in the tanks, and of some parts of the structure. The mass of the craft at take-off would be greatly reduced, thus allowing for an easier take off without having to summon more “exotic” solutions (reaction-less drives, antigravity, etc...).

You could however offset those advantages by saying that generating such a field require a great amount of energy and some sort of unobtainium (antimatter, dark matter, quantum-40, Margaret Thatcher's soul...), which would mean that it would be feasible to lift enormous amount of cargo in space in a limited number of flights, but that it however wouldn’t be cheap (thus justifying the existence of less optimal but more cost effective solutions like a space elevator, or things like that).

A vehicle designed with such a mechanism in mind would look like a beached whale when its Higgs Field Manipulator is knocked out/in maintenance (possible plot device).



Blackholes Killer :

The inverse of the Blackhole Generator, the Blackholes Killer would greatly reduce the density of the higgs field around and inside the blackhole (if relativity allows it), thus reducing its mass to the point where the singularity “explode”, pressure/density winning against gravity.

You could also make stars go Nova with such a weaponized field, thinking about it...

[RoboRed]

You could also make stars go Nova with such a weaponized field, thinking about it...

Oh boy, doesn't that sound like a wonderful idea...

[Harmony Ltd.]

Well, I suppose the difference in scale needed to get such a functional weapon relative to the kind of fields used in spaceships to get them to reach orbit would be the same as between Little Boy and the goddamn Death Star. So it wouldn't exactly be trivial, if it's any consolation.

[Harmony Ltd.]

Oh the memories

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