The Hinterworlds Rambler
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What about magnetoshperic effects?
Civil War at TL F
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Radiation shouldn't be a problem either. Jupiter's radiation comes from its Van Allen Belts, these are charged particals trapped from the Solar wind by Jupiter's magnetic field, they whirl around the planet in a vacuum. If any hits Jupiter's atmosphere they get stopped and produce an Aurora Borealis at the planets magnetic poles. People live at Earth's poles and the Aurora Borealis doesn't kill them, the same should hold true for cities in Jupiter's atmosphere near the planet's magnetic poles Juptiter's atmosphere actually protects them from Solar flares. Van Allen belts are lethal to travel through, but they actually protect the planet underneath. It is more dangerous to build cities on Jupiter's moons in this respect than in Jupiter's atmosphere. Saturn would actually be a better place to build a city as its gravity is close to 1-g. You don't even need grav cities, you could use a hot hydrogen balloon to say aloft.
propjockey
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Taking a smidgeon of human social evolution into consideration, as a society evolves technologically, the social structures tend to evolve and mellow as well (or, at least, we would sure hope so!), making civil war less and less likely.
Human nature is, of course, human nature, so such a disaster can't be ruled out altogether.
If it were to occur, I would think the results would be eye-wateringly fast and furious, fought mostly by remote, making the "battlefield" very empty, if it could even be defined at all. Command and Control decapitation would be the first target/targets, followed by ( or concurrently with ) materiel/resource targets.
Erase the leaders and their gear in the first stroke, preferably from a long way off, without letting anyone know where they'd been hit from. Then send in some troops to police up the locals, and we all live happily ever after.
( does this sound familiar for some reason...?)
daryen
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A "decapitation" strike only works if there are two sides. If there are more than two factions, it won't work, because the other factions will not necessarily know who did it, and will likely jump to conclusions, many wrong.
Again, my main question is not if such a civil war can occur. I think, based on what I can see of human nature, it is quite possible. Especially when people are desperate.
My question is, assuming one begins and gets nasty, will (or can) anyone survive? And at what level? Is it pretty much guaranteed to go TLF -> TL1 (as mentioned by flykiller), or are there other levels that can be maintained or quickly recovered to? What percentage die-off would be expected?
Again, my main question is not if such a civil war can occur. I think, based on what I can see of human nature, it is quite possible. Especially when people are desperate.
My question is, assuming one begins and gets nasty, will (or can) anyone survive? And at what level? Is it pretty much guaranteed to go TLF -> TL1 (as mentioned by flykiller), or are there other levels that can be maintained or quickly recovered to? What percentage die-off would be expected?
Are those questions really related to TL Daryen?
More than likely social attitude of the combatants will be a direct impact on the recovery level.
Tom,
Why gas giants? I'm not saying people wouldn't settle above them but... with environmentalists going the way they are today. Nothing would make them happier than a human free earth surface that
we only visited...except perhaps the environmentalists.
Savage
More than likely social attitude of the combatants will be a direct impact on the recovery level.
Tom,
Why gas giants? I'm not saying people wouldn't settle above them but... with environmentalists going the way they are today. Nothing would make them happier than a human free earth surface that
we only visited...except perhaps the environmentalists.
Savage
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