Ramifications of a Black Hole in Charted Space

[Magnus von Thornwood]

Challenge?

Yes. I think the "without catching the attention of the rest of the universe" comment is really insightful. The background radiation absorption would depend on the proximity and orbit. This is an object that would also survive the test of time. The biggest challenge is a plan should the BH start the feeding process again which it would eventually do.

That is not a challenge, that is called spinning up the drives for Jump.

 

[77topaz]

STP = 1e19 molecules per CC, mostly nitrogen.

Nothing directly to do with the topic - but, Aramis, the glosstext code I've quoted appears broken on my computer. I think there's supposed to be another " behind Interstellar Medium, before the ]?

 

[flykiller]

The biggest challenge is a plan should the BH start the feeding process again which it would eventually do.

That is not a challenge, that is called spinning up the drives for Jump.

sounds like a colony ship ....

 

[tjoneslo]

I read that paper. The most interesting thing (to me, anyway) was when they went all speculative on the concept of building Dyson Spheres around black holes.

Instead of taking energy from a central star, you could design a Dyson Sphere to leech background radiation, and then use the black hole as a great big waste heat dumpster.

Not nearly as much energy to harvest with that method, but if you really want to build a megastructure without catching the attention of the rest of the universe, that would be one way to do it.

The thing I would think about is that a black hole is stable over the long term (billions of year), whereas any star isn't. It will be causing flares (making the internal surface uninhabitable), expanding in to a red giant star (destroying the interior), or collapsing into a white dwarf (freezing the interior).

If you are engaged in a megastructure project like building a Dyson sphere, you must have a vision on a timescale of hundreds of thousands to millions of years. And if you want a stable and controllable energy source at the center, it's hard to beat a black hole.

 

[maksimsmelchak]

The thing I would think about is that a black hole is stable over the long term (billions of year), whereas any star isn't. It will be causing flares (making the internal surface uninhabitable), expanding in to a red giant star (destroying the interior), or collapsing into a white dwarf (freezing the interior).

If you are engaged in a megastructure project like building a Dyson sphere, you must have a vision on a timescale of hundreds of thousands to millions of years. And if you want a stable and controllable energy source at the center, it's hard to beat a black hole.

Excellent point. And that's only with what we conjecture to be true now. Who knows what might be discovered in the future...

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

 

[savage]

... controllable energy source at the center, it's hard to beat a black hole.

Not sure I'd say controllable. Perhaps predictable is more precise. Our knowledge here is limited having seen a star's behavior "up close and personal" for the entire history of the Human race, but its a solid option.

 

[phorner]

Shadowsand    2526 C000416-B    As Ni Va           510 Na BH

I like the BH stellar code.

I thought the classification for a black hole is X and a neutron star is Q.

 

[77topaz]

I thought the classification for a black hole is X and a neutron star is Q.

I don't think black holes have a proper stellar classification (BH is just an abbreviation).