Keklas Rekobah
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The Santorini event is too early to tie-in with Vilani history, and too late for Ancient involvement.
Goodness knows I've tried...
Goodness knows I've tried...
End of the world Scenario
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G. Kashkanun Anderson
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Speaking of possible civilization-killers, there's apparently a two-mile crater smack in the middle of Mesopotamia that appears to have been carved out at about the same time that several Bronze Age civilizations suffered severe setbacks.
And for those of you who might prefer something a bit grander on the cosmic scale...
And for those of you who might prefer something a bit grander on the cosmic scale...
Sifu Blackirish
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Speculation is great, but...
I like this!
One thing I have been wondering about...is there any source for hard, or even soft numbers?
IMTU I have an asteroid intervention, and the fiction is there, but it would be nice to have numbers to confirm.
I like this!
One thing I have been wondering about...is there any source for hard, or even soft numbers?
IMTU I have an asteroid intervention, and the fiction is there, but it would be nice to have numbers to confirm.
A new twist;
Said planetoid was "jumped in" by some advanced technology. There are no fleet assets available to pulverize this thing. There appears to be some sort of technology at the heart of the behemoth guiding it to its collision course.
In the sky it appears as if the world in question now has two moons, only one being rather deadly. One of the adventurers has an "Ancient Post Doctorate" from a university, and is considered the leading expert in his field. Another is a gravitics technologist. Do they take on the assignment?
Said planetoid was "jumped in" by some advanced technology. There are no fleet assets available to pulverize this thing. There appears to be some sort of technology at the heart of the behemoth guiding it to its collision course.
In the sky it appears as if the world in question now has two moons, only one being rather deadly. One of the adventurers has an "Ancient Post Doctorate" from a university, and is considered the leading expert in his field. Another is a gravitics technologist. Do they take on the assignment?
Icosahedron
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Not sure your new twist holds water, BG, on two counts:
1) If someone jumped the thing in and it is 'guided' on a collision course, that suggests the collision is deliberate, and surely a planetoid planet-killer ship would be guided to do its job very quickly - being jumped in quite close and accelerated to target in a matter of hours/days?
2) If the planetoid was close enough to look like a moon, and was travelling at typical planetoid speed, I would imagine (I haven't done the calcs) it would impact in a matter of hours - by the time your heroes had made their decision, readied their ship and flown up there, the planetoid would have covered half its remaining trajectory.
I would suggest that if it's a ship:
a) it's no longer under control, perhaps with a decayed orbit that has sent it on an accidental collision course.
b) it's not visible from the planet - by the time it is, it'll probably be too close for any human-achievable nudge to deflect it away (the closer it is, the greater the deflection angle needed - even a drive thrust vector may not be enough).
1) If someone jumped the thing in and it is 'guided' on a collision course, that suggests the collision is deliberate, and surely a planetoid planet-killer ship would be guided to do its job very quickly - being jumped in quite close and accelerated to target in a matter of hours/days?
2) If the planetoid was close enough to look like a moon, and was travelling at typical planetoid speed, I would imagine (I haven't done the calcs) it would impact in a matter of hours - by the time your heroes had made their decision, readied their ship and flown up there, the planetoid would have covered half its remaining trajectory.
I would suggest that if it's a ship:
a) it's no longer under control, perhaps with a decayed orbit that has sent it on an accidental collision course.
b) it's not visible from the planet - by the time it is, it'll probably be too close for any human-achievable nudge to deflect it away (the closer it is, the greater the deflection angle needed - even a drive thrust vector may not be enough).
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Points taken. I guess I was thinking more of a cinematic adventure. That is the players find the magic gizmo that kicks in the magic mega-graviton drive to throw the planet in reverse, but not before gunning it out with robotic "ancient look alike" guards and what not.
A harder science fiction setting would be harder to digest.
A harder science fiction setting would be harder to digest.
