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August 12, 2005
Friday 5: Cool Colonies
Today’s question comes from me:
You've been sent out to scout for potential colony worlds. It turns out taht Earth-like bodies (whether full planets or moons) are surprisingly common, or at least easy to access given the Super-Ion Warpification Doodad. Plus, terraforming has become remarkably easy given the real success of our own Project Genesis. So, most or all of the practical issues of selecting a world (e.g. nitrogen oxygen atmosphere, water, etc.) have been rendered moot. All that's left is aesthetics. What five things are you looking for in your new colony worlds?
You know, sometimes I see some of my own questions come back to me months later, and I can only ask myself one question: what was I smoking when I thought of that one? Hmmm, the magic eight ball is off satisfying the munchies, so no answer there. Meanwhile, back to the whole planet thingy. While I certainly wouldn’t expect to find all of these in one world, here are few things that would definitely get my attention.
- Planetary rings: Maybe it’ll be a moon orbiting a Saturn-like gas giant, but it would be even better, I think, to find a terrestrial planet with its own ring system. Physics has probably stacked the deck against me here, but I can always dream.
- A nebula: I’d like to find something near a big nebula. It would dominate the night sky, well lit by nearby star formation and add an awesome backdrop to the changing of the seasons.
- Galactic view: If the nebula’s not enough, how about something a few thousand light years above the galactic plane? Summer nights filled with the majesty of Milky Way galaxy spread out before you and the winters looking at the dimmer Magellanic Clouds.
- Beaches: Preferably, I’d like a wraparound equatorial ocean, cluttered with an archipelago that spanned the globe, from northern to southern tropic lines. Fifty thousand Fiji’s.
- Warm climate with plenty of ozone: To go along with all of those beaches, I’d want a pleasantly warm climate and a super dense ozone layer to block the UV. Oh, and did I mention the millions of naked beach babes?
Other Friday Fivers can be found picking out their galatic getaways here.
Meme by Dan at August 12, 2005 10:55 PM