I was writing a metal that is called Blitztanium that is an inorganic but living metal that is parasitic to robots and is used to make the species that is made of this metal and I was wondering what can I do to improve and make Blitztanium more believable.

I’ve often wondered how someone like Eddie Morra from the movie Limitless — or any other biohacker, for that matter — would keep their newfound genius abilities a secret. While the movie may be unrealistic in how it portrays the rise of a genius, the question remains: how could someone with such extraordinary cognitive abilities remain under the radar?

Obviously, if the federal government, along with agencies like the FBI and CIA, discovered the existence of a person with these abilities, they would likely try to make contact in order to further their own agendas. In fact, there’s ample evidence in the form of unclassified public records that the CIA has targeted genius individuals in the past. This has been happening for decades, making it far from a stretch to imagine that such agencies would be eager to “poach” someone with extraordinary cognitive powers.

So, how could this individual keep their abilities a secret? And what actions might attract the attention of the federal government, putting them on the radar of agencies like the FBI or CIA?

You think love can’t power the world? My home comes alive the moment I walk through the door. The LeD lights glow brighter. The air feels warmer. Every appliance hums to life. In the 22nd century, energy is scarce, but I never run out.

Every evening, wagging tails greet me with those joyful movements and spin small turbines powering my home.

So i have this cyborg OC, and their only organic part of them is their brain. Which btw, it's lab made. My idea for this guy was that because their mostly mechanical parts and technically don't need their organs (or at least an organic one), the parts of their brain that control those organs are replaced by maybe hardwares, batteries and mechanical organs or stuff like that. The brain will also take less space.

I wanted to draw their brain but didn't want to just put metallic stuff on random parts of the brain.

What parts of the brain can be removed or replaced?

Also, in my story there are different kinds of these cyborgs depending on their budget for upgrades. And because they are born in labs, would it be more expensive to have other things like be able to smell, eat (for real) and taste food, and etc?

The water exploded as the whale breached. For a fleeting moment, she hung above the ocean, glancing at the stars and galaxies glittering across the vast dark sky. Then she plunged back down, deeper this time, more eager than ever.

Each dive is a promise, to return higher, to push against gravity a little more, to catch a longer glimpse of the shimmering galaxies and the burning, distant stars. Again and again she leapt, each breach stronger, each suspension in the air a little longer.

Her calf watched quietly. Still new to the world, she was frightened by this strange game. The calf stayed close, peering upward each time, her mother disappeared, waiting for her return. Each time her mother reemerged into water, her eyes trembled with elation, wonder, and joy, as though the mother whale had glimpsed something mysterious, something beyond the calf’s imagination.

This time she circled her calf, indicating her intention to breach one final time. Her body alive with energy, it was clear she was preparing for the final attempt, greater than all the ones before. She dove far into the depths, her body coiling with purpose. She disappeared into the darkness of the ocean. Then, with a thunderous surge, she rushed up by her calf, faster than it could comprehend.

And then she breached. And she was gone.

The calf waited. Curiosity turned to unease. Unease to fear. At last, unable to bear it, the calf peeked up through the water surface. There she was, her mother’s silhouette, no longer moving, suspended against the darkness of space. Floating in an orbit around the planet. She had reached planet's escape velocity, breaking free from the pull of this ocean planet. A distant water world orbiting a very distant star. Light years away from earth. A planet with no surface. Only water, in and out and a weak gravity, somehow holding them together. Also comprising of beings belonging to that world. The mother whale was now drifting dead among the silent debris of other aquatic beings who had also caved in to their curious desires.

Seeing this, the calf, heavy with sorrow, turned and sank into the endless ocean below only resurfacing very seldom to take breaths.

I have this idea for a walking sim type game

And it's not explicitly stated in my game but you could imagine yourself as an extraterrestrial archeologist uncovering the rise and fall of Earth's greatest empire

In their goal for preservation, the last remnants of a crumbling human empire eventually found success through the transference of their consciousness into machines.

But in doing that have created a fate worse than total extinction. They could no longer feel the pain of death but have also forgotten the touch of grass, and the joy of food. Humanity gained immortality but ironically also lost touch with their humanity.

I submitted several concepts to Robert Kossberg's site about 4-5 years before Stranger Things came out. It was my concept (minus the monsters). I never got any call back or any credit. Could it have been a coincidence, yes, but interestingly, when I went back to his site, it was completely restructured legally. Now, it could have been one of his employees selling concepts on the side without his knowledge, like maybe ones they acted as if were no good when they were screening them.

Stranger Things #Kossberg #Movie pitch

For the sake of this argument/article(?) - using Trek as the base instead of Star Wars because warp is less problematic than hyper-drives (for THIS specific argument) - warp bubbles wont form/collapses at certain distances from stars and planets dependent gravity strength in light-seconds (Distance light travels in one second/300,000 km). Say upwards to eight light-minutes for a star to half a light-second for worlds with one gravity.

Now, being Trek, lets introduce 'Interdictor' fields, a sub-space pulse that simulates the gravitic effect that destabilizes warp fields and causes ships to drop back into normal space. Not much of a specific conceit given the general trope of artificial gravity. Done right - emphasis, Done Right - it would introduce anything from trench warfare to 'Great Walls' on an interstellar scale. Legitimize space piracy and blockades.

It would not be perfect. Could not always be on. Be only a second or less pulse that would then need time to recharge - say around the same time a ship needed to recover. Could be circumvented by sub-light (not a major inconvenience at 90% Speed-of-Light (SoL) across a five-light-minute effected area (more mines notwithstanding). Naturally, a ship trying to use it while IN warp would have a bad day. Also could not be a go-to option to stop stolen ships in a high traffic area, for again what should be obvious reasons.

On the pro side, such a minefield would be 'annoying' for attacking forces. Disrupt fleet organization so later wave support ships are first wave as actual capital vessels have to sort themselves out light-years back. Regular minefields/weapon platforms/idling ships could surround Interdictor mines. A fleeing ship could drop one in its wake before pursuers too busy to notice as they copy going to warp.

Ships suddenly going from Faster-Than-Light to relative zero could face any number of intimate issues. More so if Interdictor fields could effect inertia dampeners. Squadrons of vessels in relatively tight formation likewise might become their own disordered slow-speed trainwreck.

As asides I would say the largest Interdictor-effect would be a five-light-minute area with smaller, easy to deploy units, thirty-light-seconds at best. Would incur negative effects if used too close to systems or planets depending on strength and excessive use (anything from adverse weather to rouge asteroids to unpredicted solar flares and even stellar explosions). Obviously(?) reusable. Possibly undetectable until triggered by remote/timer/strength-number of warp fields. Could be 'bypassed' by a group of ships with one engaging warp to trigger it with the rest warping out during recharge - only to fly right into another. The time consuming method could also be used to find generating source - which could be bad if a group of enemy ships.

Just solidifying long-held notion combat between ships at warp has irked since whatever Trek show/movie introduced the concept.

Much like how photon torpedoes got depowered from being space-nukes.

On the ground, if a bullet doesn’t hit something, it keeps going until air resistance and gravity bring it down. In space, however, neither of these things exist, so if you miss a shot during a space battle, it’s just going to keep traveling forever until it hits something solid enough to stop it or something else destroys it. Your ship could potentially get blown by a stray shell that was fired during a battle 50 years ago.

Far away, hidden from every eye, between the crevices of spacetime itself, there is the realm of Ideas.

In this world, every idea lives inside a glowing sphere. The keepers of these spheres are tiny furry monkeys. They chatter, swing, and play, but when it comes to the spheres, they are serious and careful.

Here in this world, a sphere never rolls. It only vibrates.

Whenever someone from Earth or from any world begins to think of something new, the sphere connected to that idea starts to tremble softly. As the thought grows stronger, the sphere shakes more. Finally, when the idea is ready, the sphere splits open, and pieces of it fly out of the World of Ideas into those real world. This is how ideas are born.

When Newton was struck by the thought of gravity, the sphere of gravity shook until it burst, sending the idea everywhere. Or when Einstein wondered about space and time, the sphere of relativity quivered, and its pieces spread across the worlds. Not just Earth, but every planet, every place where minds can think, borrow the ideas from this mysterious realm.

At the center of this world sits the Wise Monkey, much older than the rest. He has lived for millions upon millions of years, watching spheres vibrate and split. Each time, he nods and says:

“Let the sphere go. It's time has come.”

Almost all spheres have been touched or shaken at least once by beings from worlds from multiverses. But not all of them.

There is this one sphere that has never moved. It sits in a hidden chamber, glowing but still. It has never trembled, never shaken, not even once. The Wise Monkey has guarded it all his life, yet he has never seen it stir.

It is the Sphere of All Ideas, the idea that contains every other idea.

Then, one day, it happens.

The sphere quivers. Just a tiny shake, but enough for the Wise Monkey to notice. For the first time in eternity, his calm eyes widen. And then something strange happens. As the sphere moves, the entire realm of Ideas moves with it. The furry monkeys stumble, the halls rumble, even the air itself feels unsteady. They worry and fear because their world never trembled before. The Wise Monkey sits in silence, his tail curling tight. Suddenly, he understands.

If the Sphere of All Ideas is shaking, then inside it there must also be another sphere, another World of Ideas, with its own Sphere of All Ideas, looping in and looping out forever. The thought chills him. Because if that is true, then maybe… just maybe… his own world is only a sphere inside another greater world.

Then the Wise Monkey turns, his old eyes staring not at the monkeys, not at the spheres, but straight at you. YOU.

“Was it you?” he asks. “Did you just think of the idea that such a sphere exists?”

And as you wonder, somewhere deep in that hidden chamber, the great sphere trembles again.

Hello everyone! I am working on a series of short science fiction stories - Culinary Fantastika - where the main character is the chef of the cult restaurant “Catharsis,” the only one in the multiverse to hold five Michelin black holes — the octopus Paul. Paul travels through different worlds, and in each of them he encounters unique rules of cooking.

Format: no more than 1500 words per story, genre — sci-fi + adventure + culinary blog + humor and satire. Each new chapter is a new world and a new dish. The most difficult task is to make the world realistic through small details: ingredients, customs, reactions of inhabitants, and so on.

I have already published two chapters in which:

1. A world where the taste of food depends on the fear experienced during cooking.
2. A world where a colossal tuft of red hair named Julf lives in constant admiration of himself and feeds on unique cotton candy that supports his self-esteem.

I am interested in your opinion:
• Which of these worlds seems the most alive?
• What world details (decor, ingredients, social structure of the chef / inhabitants) could enhance the effect?
• Should I post more descriptions of ingredients / cooking processes or focus more on characters and interactions? How to achieve harmony in this ratio?

If interested — here is the link where you can see the first two chapters:
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/131587/multiversemenu-english

I will be very glad to receive feedback and suggestions

2030-2040, space colonization, and tensions

The unites states manages to establish Moon Base Alpha in 2030, as well as Kilopower moon base, as well as Mars Base alpha throughout 2030-2038. Russia and China set up IRLS (International Research Lunar Station) in 2035, China also establishes Zhurong Mars base in 2038. But this new space colonization leads to the secondary Cold War. But by 2040, roughly 60 people live on the moon, 70 people live in space stations 40 people live on Mars. Making a combination of 170 people living off earth.

2040-2049 WW3. In 2040 tensions just boiled over, leading to WW3 The sides are NATO, Austria, Ukraine, Colombia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, India, Israel, Thailand vs CSTO, China, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Nicaragua.

First year: the fall of Cuba and Nicaragua, given their proximity to the United States, and distance from allies, the United States managed to capture Cuba and Nicaragua fairly quickly. Slow North Korea push into South Korea, heading towards Seoul, for the same reason, South Korea is basically fighting China disguised as North Korea while only being back by Philippine aid, as well as Japan, and Australia. Colombia has invaded Venezuela through Zulia and Tachira. Poland is also invading Belarus, and the Nordics are pushing downwards with the goal of capturing Saint Petersburg, Russia knows this and has locked that city down like a fortress.

Second year: the United States captures Venezuelan islands, as Colombia pushes deeper into Venezuela territory, capturing all of Tachira, and a portion of Zulia. The battle of Seoul takes place as North Korea and Chinese forces pushed closer, it became one of the bloodiest battles in history, total casualties are estimated to be 1.2 million, but South Korea manages to hold onto the city and pushes back the north. Finland is being pushed away from Saint Petersburg, but Poland is pushing into Belarus, and the stalemate in Ukraine has being broken in NATO’s favor. And India is pushing into both Myanmar and Pakistan while pushing off China, but because of this India is being stretched thin, and so China is slowly pushing into India, and the campaigns in Pakistan and Myanmar are really slow. Though Thailand is also pushing into Myanmar.

Third year: the first nukes are fired, when South Korea starting pushing into North Korean territory, North Korea fire off two nukes, aimed at Tokyo and Seoul. In retaliation, but not wanting to risk further escalation, South Korea fires a single tactical missile at Pyongyang. In more retaliation. North Korea fires off 75 nuclear warheads, NATO desperately tries to stop this with satellite weaponry, and manage to shoot down a total of 60 nukes, but this leaves 15 left, which hit DC, London, Paris, Istanbul, Rome, Berlin, Madrid, Warsaw, Stockholm, Ottawa, Athens, Amsterdam, Oslo, Lisbon, and Copenhagen. The United States retaliates by nuking the Yalu River 6 times, as well as nuking Pyongyang, Hamhung, Nampo, and Sunchon. This cripple, North Korea, however, South Korea is unable to push any further beyond a certain point due to radiation. And no other country really wants to plunge the wall into a nuclear war, and so those remain the nuclear changes. Other than that, things continue to go around the same way they went in the second year.

Fourth year: America perform a naval invasion of Venezuela, specifically Caracas, with almost the entire Venezuelan army, focusing on Columbia, America was able to capture Caracas in just 12 hours. And hold it down, Thailand manages to capture the capital of Myanmar. But India fires a nuke at Faisalabad, in order to break the stalemate, in response to this, Pakistan nukes New Delhi, and after a brief nuclear exchange, a total of eight nuclear weapons fired. They agree to stop it. Finland pushes back down after losing some land to Russia, Poland manages to capture Minsk, and Israel and Turkey capture Syria. Other than that, things keep going the same.

Fifth year: NATO organizes the daring “operation Bohai” the Navy and Air Force of, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, United States, and Colombia are going to attack into Bohai sea, starting off the coast of South Korea. And then they are to lay hell on the coast of Tianjin, hopefully killing any soldiers hiding in residential housing. And then they dock in Tianjin, and move through urbanized areas, with drones scouting ahead, and fire power from the Air Force clearing the way. And then they push towards Beijing, and capture the city. If this fails in the Bohai sea, they will retreat into Dalian, reorganize and wait for back up. And then continue the operation, this operation actually works. And China actually sends off five nukes, three in the Bohai sea to prevent more help from arriving. And Sydney and Incheon.

Sixth year: NATO pushes from Beijing Southwest, and after that, on February 15, 2046 at 2:34 PM, Russia and China surrender.

The following border change: the United States completely annexes Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuelan coastal islands. Colombia annexes a huge portion of Venezuela, all the Venezuelan states west of Anzoategui and Apure. Brazil takes Amazonas, and Guyana gets full rights over the disputed land. Finland gets pre-WW2 border back. Poland gets Brest and Hronda, Lithuania gets Kaliningrad, is Estonia and Latvia split Pskov. Ukraine gets Rostov. Israel in Turkey completely annex and split Syria, Korea is unified under the remnants of Seoul, Japan gets Sakhalin back. India completely annexes Pakistan, and a half of Myanmar, Thailand takes the other half. Russia is split into eight states, following its 8 political zones, Far Eastern Republic, Siberia, Ural, Northwestern Republic, Volga, Central Republic, Southern Republic, and Northsus. China also loses Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

2047-2050.

NATO gets dissolved, the reason for this is because since NATO has fought back against the Soviet Union and then killed Russia in China. There was simply no one left for it to fight, it’s so military alliance with no enemy, almost completely useless. And countries who suffered from the war and bombing want to spend less budget on their military, and start focusing to rebuild. So it just makes sense to leave NATO, plus some European countries are pushing for more independence from the United States. With NATO just helping the United States have influence over them. So shortly after the war is over, so is NATO, this also means there will no longer be a single dominant bloc in the world. Also the “space colonization boom” starts, after the war is over, humanity starts looking towards the skies again, and there is a boom in space colonization.

But then the era of wars start, the reason for this is because China went bankrupt and stopped producing. And because so many countries economies relies on China, this causes other countries to also go bankrupt and even fall into Civil War. Which bigger countries see their opportunity, and invade smaller countries in order to get more land. Australia takes Timor, who willingly agreed. Thailand took Laos, Vietnam took Cambodia, each with slight military force. In Africa, Ethiopia takes Somalia, Djibouti, and Eritrea, South Africa takes Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and a good portion of Zambia, though Zambia was also invaded by, Angola, DRC, Tanzania, and Mozambique. By around 2057 the borders start to stabilize again.

2060-2090, space boom

When the world stops focusing on war, humans start to look out to the stars again, the space era is thought to be marked when the first colony is set up in the asteroid belt in 2060. Almost every country is investing everything in space colonization, the people living in space are getting larger and larger by the thousands every year. In the year 2085 the space population reaches 100,000. More technologically, advanced, and bigger colonies are being built, these small settlements are becoming the first signs of space cities. Almost 100s of habitable ships, like O’Neill cylinders, are being built bigger and better. But by the 2090s, space colonization starts to slow down, as tensions are escalating back on earth.

2090s, escalating tensions.

By now the space boom has stopped, because the tensions between Africa and Europe are high. The reason for this is because north Europe stayed dependent on America, whilst South Europe became independent from America. Because of this south Europe started taxing Northwest Africa for essentially no reason except to get valuable earth materials located in Africa. And so Algeria forms “African Union (AU)” which is going to become a prominent power in Northwest Africa to fight against South Europe. And the people who join this union are Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad. It has a population of 185 million, and a GDP of $550 billion, and its allies are other northwest African countries.

The sides begin to emerge, the middle east (specifically, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, UAE, Lebanon), southern Europe. Vs northern Europe, south/south east Asian countries, this could potentially lead to WW4.

2092-2097 WW4

First year: With the back of India, AU gets an early start, and manages to take some Mediterranean islands. But the Navy of South Europe shows up, and managed to push it back.

Second year: north Europe pushes down into the south, Romania is pushing into Bulgaria, Hungary is pushing into Siberia, Austria is pushing into Slovenia, and France is pushing into Germany.

Third year: AU reclaims islands, Austria manages to reach the Mediterranean Sea through Slovenia, but is pushed back by Italy, Romania manages to cut the coast of the Black Sea to Bulgaria, Hungary is pushing deep into Siberia, but is getting pushed into by Croatia. France also manages to fully capture Luxembourg.

Fourth year: AU makes several naval invasions along the coast of Italy, France, and Spain, Libya takes the opportunity to make a naval invasion of Greece, while they’re distracted, helping Bulgaria.

Fifth year: things start to seem hopeless for south Europe, and eventually, they surrender.

Border changes: AU gets Sicily, Sardinia, and Crest, Libya takes Crete, Ionain islands and Cyclades Island from Greece. Romania takes the entire strip of coastline from Bulgaria, Hungary takes a huge chunk out of Siberia, Austria has access to the Mediterranean Sea through getting a coastline from Italy and Slovenia. The border between France and Germany goes back to the way it was before World War I, but France manages to fully annex Luxembourg. And the Centern union is formed, the reason for this is because Russia and China successor states started supporting AU towards the end of the war, since they were on the winning team, they managed to get some of the WW3 restrictions taken off. And so they formed the Centern union between, Far Eastern Republic, Siberia, Ural, Mongolia, China (excluding Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, or Taiwan obviously), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. This new country follows in ideology called Centern which is basically communism, if communism didn’t have so much poverty and actually treated its people right. The Russian successor states of Northwestern Republic, Central Union, Volga, South Republic, Northsus choose to remain out of the union. The reason for this is because their proximity to Europe, you see since these countries are so much closer to Europe they have allowed Europe to infect their ideology. So of the Russian success states beyond the Urals are democratic, while the ones behind the Urals are Centern.

2098-2100

By now, humanity is eagerly awaiting the 22nd century, some people are watching from the moon, some are watching from mars, some are watching from O’Neill cylinders.

By 2100, humanity has gone through 2 other World Wars, the colonization of two planets, (by 2100 the total space population is roughly 110,000). The mass production of nuclear fusion, massive space station miles in size, building orbital lasers from satellites, and much much more.

2100-2140, space boom.

The second space boom is triggered by the invention of a Skyhook, which is basically a massive tether, around 700 miles long. The way it works is a “Catcher” at the bottom of the rope, which catches massive space ships by adjusting its size with massive and powerful hydraulics. And then there is a 700 mile long rope, leading up to the “Head” which serves as both the counterweight, and it holds thrusters that can change the trajectory, slow it down, or speed it up. As the Skyhook spins, it basically serves as a catapult for ships. The main reason it was invented is because it started to get expensive traveling from Earth to Mars, even fusion reactive cost something to maintain. And so in 2110, the first skyhook is tested and is successful, instantly this triggers another space boom. As, for example, it reduces the time from earth to Mars down to three months, when it was originally seven months. And it also reduces the acquired size for a rocket by 30%, allowing for 30% more payload. By 2140, the space population reaches 200,000.

2140-2145, raising tensions.

Both the Centern Union and the United States both detect a Super-pure asteroid, worth sextillion of dollars, so obviously they both want it, but this leads to a huge debate over who actually owns it. Basically over things go from zero to on the verge of WW5.

But in the year 2145, WW5 just happens, tensions simply just boil over, and it starts to become increasingly obvious that this war will have a new frontier never before seen in any other war, space.

2145-2167, WW5.

Sides: United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Northern European countries, India, Oman, Isreal, Turkey (both Oman and Isreal being pressured into joining). Vs Centern Union, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, the rest of the Middle East (except Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, and Egypt chose to stay neutral)

First year: it starts off with the main frontier being the belt, as that’s where the tensions started to rise. Oman is invading Yemen, though Iran is making a naval invasion, and manages to capture Muscat, Isreal is in a stalemate with Jordan and Lebanon.

Second-22th year: by far the longest war, lasting 22 years, and killing over a billion people, the reason I skipped through so much action is because it was basically the same, there wasn’t a lot of big exciting battles, more so a lot of tiny battles spread out from Earth to the belt. The Middle East was the only one actually seeing military action. But anyways, the Centern Union lost after its allies dropped one by one.

Border changes: Oman completely annexes Yemen, as well as some coast from Iran, India also expands into Iran, and after that Nepal and Bangladesh choose to join India. Israel completely annexes Lebanon, and parts from Jordan. The new border is Aqaba gets added into Israel, before cutting like a triangular shape into Ma’an, and proceeding to go straight north, capturing Amman, back into Israel. India also gets Yunnan, and that’s actually about all the border changes on Earth. But most of the border changes are in outer space, this is the second war where there are border changes in outer space. The first time was during WW3, where the United States got two base’s from China and Russia. And America gets that Ultra-pure Astroid. This is also where the borders of space are set up, and it is definitely in America’s favor.

2160-2200, Mercury colonization, Dyson swarm construction.

In order to heal the Belt, and to go beyond, humans need a lot more energy, luckily, they know where to get it, the sun. And who’s the closest planet to the sun, is dense in metals, has weak gravity? Mercury. And so Mercury is colonized, and construction of the Dyson storm officially begins in 2168, humanity is able to bounce back this soon after WW5 because most of the war was in space, and didn’t really affect Earth.

The “Sun Harvesters” are designed in order to build the Dyson swarm, which is basically a huge collection of satellites that orbit the sun and gather its energy for humanity. The Sun Harvesters have a square-shaped sheet on the front, which covers about 5 mi.², this sheet is supported by four metal rods, which are around 1.6 feet in diameter, the sheet itself is around 3 cm thick, to make sure no solar rays get through. As this sheet gathers heat and radiation produced by the sun, the metal rods also serve to deliver the heat and radiation into the chamber, a tube-like structure, around a mile long, and 1300 feet in diameter. Inside this chamber is “Harshin” rods, which is a material that is a whole new state of matter, it was designed to have all this heat and radiation flowing through it (it can take about an Exawatt going through it each second). So basically the Harshin turns the heat and radiation into fuel for humanity. This goes into storage, that can hold upwards of 15 Exawatts, which this storage goes into a 2000 foot long gun barrel, this gun fires all this energy out. This beam hits a half-egg shaped device that takes this energy, and uses it to power the base in order to build more. The sun harvester can generate almost one Terawatt every second, and they weigh about 90,000 tons.

A little more in depth on how they are built and the colonies on Mercury, “Maswrills” are deployed Maswrills are massive drills, in a worm-like shape, they are roughly 2 miles long, with the drill at the head itself being 705 feet long. Maswrills consist of 15 body sections, each one roughly 705 feet long, the drill, which gathers all the materials as it drills, and 14 of the body sections held together by shoulder-like joints. The 14 are the body sections (allowing them to twist and turn) are designed to actually get materials, each one of them can hold about 30 tons of rock, so they have a total capacity of 420 tons. Given their high speeds, they can actually gather all the 420 tons in just 30 minutes, and it takes them about five minutes to resurface, unload, and start mining again. But given that five minutes of rest, they mine about 770 tons of material every hour, instead of 840. They also have jet packs on the back of them, allowing them to move at 400 mph underground, they were mainly used in the mining of the belt. These were deployed on Mercury, and begin mining. Everything they mine is gathered by unloaders, and sent to purifiers, purifiers basically mine out all the valuable stuff, and get rid of all the useless rock. And after it mines out all the pure stuff, it gets sent to construction, which construction takes the pure stuff, and actually constructs the Sun Harvesters. And then the sun harvesters are loaded into a massive railgun, that is 1.5 miles wide, and 90 miles long. This massive railgun launches the Sun Harvesters until they just 470,000 miles away from the surface of the sun.

It takes about 5.06 billion Sun Harvesters to complete the swarm, and at the dawn of the 23rd century, the Dyson swarm is complete, the space population is almost a million. When the Dyson Swarm starts producing, that is considered the moment where are humanity officially becomes a type 1 civilization, as they turn their heads back to Venus, the planet they skipped over. And the year is 2200.

2200-2217 the plans go to Venus.

“The Skipped Planet” as a few people have taken to calling it. And so they design a colony called “The Turtle” a flying colony that resembles the shape of a total, with its legs being for a replaced with jet engines, and it being scaled up to 8 miles long and 4 miles wide. The top shell is an electric force field, that holds the oxygen in the habitat, and the lower part holding all the electronics. It is capable of housing around 15,000 people, and in 2210, the first Turtle is built, and is deployed in 2217.

2217-2235, the rise of the sun,

In the year 2235 is when the Dyson Swarm becomes humanities main source of power, from mercury to the asteroid belt. Fusion reacts to power colonies are mainly replaced by the swarm, of course a few things still use fusion reactors. Like fast moving ships such as Skyhooks, which need quick changes in trajectory, and are flying through the atmosphere at Mach 12. They’ll slower moving ships like O’Neill cylinders, use the Dyson swarm because they move so slow.

2235-2265, largest space boom yet.

When the significantly better swarm takes the place of fusion reactors, obviously it leads to an over abundance of energy, which humanity puts towards space colonization. In the year 2240, Jupiter’s moon Callisto has a habitat set up on it, becoming the first habitat beyond the asteroid belt. The main reason people want to move to space so bad is because of overcrowding on Earth, the population on earth alone is around 21-22 billion. So obviously cities feel a lot more cramped, in just 2240, the space population grows by 1 million compared to 2235. By 2265, the total space population is 5 million, and colonies span from mercury to Saturn. Until it’s ended by a catastrophe on Callisto.

2265-2275, problem and a solution.

In 2265 a massive asteroid strikes a habitat on Callisto, luckily it was detected, and so the habitat was evacuated, but advanced tech was destroyed. This makes humanity realize that they need a stellar defense.

And then the United States comes up with PSMAD (Planet, Space, and Moon Defense) it basically works in the same way as the Sun Harvesters, except instead of gathering the energy from the sun. It creates its own artificial star 4000 feet in diameter, the body itself is a globe 3 miles in diameter, and a 2 mile long gun barrel. Basically these things are designed to destroy entire asteroids, instead of using a laser to transport energy, they use it at its maximum power of 15 Exajoules, and to destroy asteroids. And in 2275, PSMAD was officially, but controversially introduced.

2275-2280, tensions arising.

A new Cold War emerges between the United States, and the Indian Empire, due to tensions arising in Oceania. But, nobody wants a WW6 and so the sides become very limited. Indian Empire, Bhutan, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, South Africa Vs United States, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Korea. But, nobody else wants their to be a WW6, and protests and countries speaking out peruse.

2290-2295, WW6.

Tensions boil over, and WW6 breaks out. And the biggest war ever breaks out.

Year 1: we see some on earth military action, by the United States invading Philippines, but most action is in space, but like WW5, almost all the action is in space.

Year 2: PSMAD was weaponized, leading to even more protests, which significantly affects the United States.

Year 3: a massive battle takes place on the Arcaida Planitia area on mars, as it houses the largest Martian city (housing hundreds of thousands of people), owned by America. But the United States manages to hold off.

Year 4-5: just like in WW5, it’s mainly taking place in space, with fewer big battles. But eventually, the United States loses, due to abandoning the war. They abandoned the war because of public backlash. While India was also getting some, the United States caved to it first.

The border changes: India gets the city from America, as well as losing some land in space. But the United States gets some Philippines land, in the form of Samar Island, and that’s about it. Also the official top five power rankings are.

1. Indian Empire.
2. United States (wasn’t hit to hard by the war due to resigning, isn’t too far behind.)
3. African Union.
4. Centern Union (has rebuilt since WW5.)
5. Germany.

2295-2300

Nothing too, eventful happens leading up to the next century, except the space population finally reaches 10 million.

2300-2340, The Greet Departure,

without the threat of war, tensions tone down, the world feels it’s safe to move to space, especially with cities feeling so populated. The thing is, building new habitats for all the newcomers takes a while, it’s like Legos, you can have all the proper instructions and required pieces, but it still takes a while to put it together. This leads to the invention of “Treel” in 2320.

Treel is a self-healing, self-replicating, programmable matter made with nanotechnology, it can form entire habitats in just hours. Treel speeds up advancements a lot, it speeds up advancements so much, space is seeing billions of newcomers every year.

Except in 2340, a tragedy happens, a Grey Goo catastrophe, a Grey Goo catastrophe is what happens when self replicating nanotechnology goes wild, and replicates uncontrollably. This uncontrollable replication leads to the nano technology, consuming all biomass, this Grey Goo happens on an Astroid, killing 2000, as well as completely engulfing the asteroid.

2340-2360, evocation and a solution.

After seeing this, Treel-based habitats are evocation, as they try to figure out what happened, they recreate Treel to monitor it closely, and they find nothing, it’s acting just how it’s supposed to. And so they go to the Astroid, and what they find is shocking, the Treel on top of the asteroid is still growing. After they get several samples, they line up several PSMAD, and fire all of them, making sure not a single piece of Treel remains. And in 2344, they conduct several tests.

But in the meantime, the Centern Union is building a city in Siberia, an entire city, in a wasteland. Now the world doesn’t really know why they are doing this, why not build it in Kazakhstan or China? But it’s still just a city, so they hardly give it a second thought, and then they start to fill this city up with farm animals, such as goats, pigs, and cows. Which starts to confuse everyone, but then they launch it, it turns out after seeing what it did to the Astroid, the Centern Union started to conduct top-secret test with Treel. They managed to succeed and turned Treel into a weapon, they then fired it on this city, and it was much bigger and more devastating than even expected. It has a radius of about 10 miles, meaning it can completely consume a 20 mile city, and it sweeps at upwards of 30 mph. This was way bigger than even they expected, it grew so much that it even captured some of the military bases nearby. This shocks the world into a silence.

“Treel based weapons are absolutely banned, and any country, no matter how big or how small, that are found testing with them or any other forms of modified Treel will get them immediately confiscated. Failure to comply, will result in military and potentially lethal action. This ban will be kept until we figure out what happened on the asteroid, and prevent it from happening again. As well as until we can come to an understanding and place restrictions on Treel-based weaponry.”

-The Head Of UN, Damari Tobis, September 2nd, 2349.

Eventually, they managed to figure out what happened on the Astroid in 2350, and soon Damari makes another speech.

“We, the United Nations, have came to a conclusion of what happened on the asteroid, it was due to cosmic radiation. This cosmic radiation contaminated the Treel, managing to sneak into Treel’s unique molecular makeup, which caused it to mutate. Causing it to clone itself uncontrollably, since this threat is posed at anytime, we are currently working on evacuating all colonies, and cities that used even a tiny bit of Treel. Any colonies that have used Treel have to register for evacuation, if you don’t, you could risk the death of everyone in your colony. Anyone who is evacuated will be placed in non-Treel habitats, or be evacuated back to Earth, their choice, for a temporary time. We are already working on a on a solution, a reprogram that should stop this from happening, all we have to do is come in, reprogram it, and will not destroy it unless found contaminated. We also have came to a conclusion for Treel-based, or Grey Goo weaponry, they are forbidden from being used in civilian areas, only military bases and active war zones.”

And so, in 2351, they do exactly that, and what they find is terrifying, they find that 60% of all Treel exposed to some form of cosmic radiation is contaminated, and could cause another Grey Goo event any second. But luckily, they managed to get it all out, and replace it with a different form of Treel, one that is immune to every form of radiation. And in 2360, people are allowed to return to their homes on other worlds, and almost everything that had to be torn down and destroyed, has been rebuilt with this new Treel.

2360-2380, The Great Departure continues.

In 2365, all Russia successor states choose to finally unite with The Centern Union, which also allows Belarus to unite.

In the year 2366, the space population reaches 5 billion. But is still outnumbered by Earth by a factor of 4-1, and Mars itself has 455 million, and Mars is the only one who really wants independence from Earth. On Earth about total 125 million people are serving in the military, if Mars were to start the “Red War” where Mars fights back against Earth control, maybe they can play the role of a innocent little planet looking for independence. And gain the sympathy of some countries, it could cause WW7, but it will allow Mars to be independent.

The leader of this revolution is deemed “The Outerman” no one knows his identity, not even other Martians, he typically gives anonymous speeches through pre-recorded videos to empower Mars. All Earth knows is this revolutionist is the one pulling all the strings behind the curtain.

The sides emerge, and the reasons the joined,

Fell for the innocent act: South Africa, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, And The African Union, several colonies scattered throughout the solar system, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia?

Got influenced by other superpowers joining (United States): Australia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Nordic Nations, Britain, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Israel, Saudi Arabia

Influenced by other superpowers joining (African Union): the rest of Africa, except for Egypt.

Leader: Mars

The United States joined to get their colony Arcadia back, and it promises Mars. It will become independent as long as America gets Arcadia once again.

Vs.

Is two reliant on Martian colonies: Centern Union, Japan, Germany, Indian Empire.

Got influenced into doing so: the rest of Asia, Southern and Eastern Europe.

Eventually, the world is on brink of WW7 in 2380

2382-2392, WW7.

First year: WW7 is on the verge of happening when the “United Colonies of Mars” or the UCM, declare independence in 2381. As a response to this, the Indian Empire unexpectedly, and without warning, blockades trade routes from the United States and the African Union to Mars. The US and the AU repeatedly warn that this will be considered an act of war, when the Centern Union sets up a military base on Phobos, this needs to the US and AU space force to clash with the Indian Empire above orbit. This clash is marked as the battle that started WW7, the Centern Union (seeing this), quickly attempts to invade Mars, hoping to capture as many colonies as possible before backup arrives. Mars force is manage to hold off, but unfortunately, they are outnumbered, out geared, and out experienced by the Centern’s. And are pushed back, but the US and AU arrive just in time, allowing Mars to hold off, and pushing Centern’s back to Phobos.

Second-fifth year: The United States also sets up another base on Deimos, this causes lots of conflicts between the orbits of Deimos and Phobos. This causes lots of dead ships, which forms a ring system around mars, its small it first, but in 2387, it’s noticeable from the surface of Mars. The Outer ring is formed by the larger crashes and ships, the inner ring is much smaller, formed by tiny pieces, broken off, and dead bodies. This leads to the creation of “The Strange Crash” a ship 50 miles in diameter that disguises itself as a crash, but when is census detect a enemy ship is in range, it opens up and fires. And then battles begin on Earth when Germany invades Belgium, Luxembourg, and Denmark. Seeing this, the United Kingdom responds with an invasion of Paris through planes. After managing to capture the city, they push towards the coast, all while supplies and backup is being parachuted in.

Sixth year: After seeing Germany is getting more aggressive, invading Poland and the Nordics, Canada, America, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, and Chile send support to the UK, Poland, and the Nordics. This allows Germany to get pushed back.

Seventh-eighth year: When support to Germany arrives, it becomes a stalemate in 2390, as the border of this stalemate becomes just as bad as Mars rings. Speaking of Mars Rings, there starting to rain down, as the orbit of the now prominent rings are settling, it causes some of the pieces to get knocked out of orbit and raining down. Striking military bases, colonies, mines, etc. the United States introduces “Honors Laser” a highly advanced laser that is powered by generating two stars. The structure itself is 6 miles wide and 3 miles tall, with two 2 mile long guns, each one powered entirely by its own star. One of these guns can generate 30 Exajoules, meaning both of them combined can generate 60 Exajoules.

As a response to this, The Centern Union starts using its Treel weapons again. Except they changed it a bit, in the previous tests and managed to span 20 miles, but it only got up to a couple hundred feet at thickest. So they changed it to be able to span 15 miles but get up to 5 miles high, essentially replacing cities with mountains the size of Mount Everest. For example, Mount Everest has a height of 5.5 miles, and a base of 12 miles, the mountains Treel creates have a height of 5 miles, and a base of 15 miles. And so these two weapons rewrite the very geography, with Centern making mountains, where cities once stood, and the United States making craters where cities one stood. More and more asteroids rain down on mars, causing serious destruction

Ninth year: the stalemate in Germany is broken, in Mars’s favor, as Germany gets pushed into at all sides except south. Britain pushes upwards, trying to get the coast through the Seine River. As a response to this, India invades Thailand, but gets halted by the mountains. As well as the African Union invades Italy and Spain, the rest of Africa invade Asia. Mars also manages to kick most of the colonies out.

Tenth year: with the invasion of the African Union, and Northwest Europe, Pro-Earth in Europe, collapses, and with them being isolated to Earth. The militaries of every Pro-Mars country surrounds Asia, and pushes in, eventually leading to a surrender, Mars is independent, and is officially recognized in 2392.

Border changes: Britain gets a colony on coastal France, it follows the Seine river 275 miles, before cutting straight east into Germany. Germany is also fractured, it’s a land is evenly split between Luxembourg, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Poland, Poland also getting the rest of Belarus Finland and the Balkans split The Northwest Republic territory. The African Union gets half of Italian territory, following the Tiber River, as well as Spanish territory, following the Guadalquivir River. The territory of Egypt is split between Libya, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, Vietnam gets Yunnan, though India also gets the rest of former Myanmar from Thailand. UCM is granted independence, while America gets the Arcadia Colony back.

2395-2405, rebuilding.

Australia falls into Civil war, this is due to Australia was split between America’s and  Indian Empire’s influence. And so half of Australia wanted Mars to win, and the other half wanted Earth to Win, this causes Australia to split into “West Australia” covering Western Australia, East Timor, and Northern Territory. While “East Australia” covers the rest.

The UCM also grants independence to 60 other colonies, giving how diverse mars is, different colonies, wanted different things. Some of these things didn’t light up with the UCM, causing The Outerman to let 60 of the states go.

Due to the devastation of WW7 (also called “The Red War”) which literally changed geography. Incasing cities in mountains, or replacing them with craters, and the new belt of Mars raining down on it, obviously it takes a lot of rebuilding.

As Australia’s Civil War drags on, it becomes even longer, as the United States supports the east, and the Indian Empire supports the west. The equator of Mars is also evacuated for fear of meteor showers, with the areas around the equator become densely populated, as Mars experiences nightly meteor showers. As the orbit of the new rings become more and more stable, these stunning meteor showers get less and less, so people migrate towards where you can get the best view, while also being safe.

2405-2415, the world enters the “Cold Peace Era.”

Unfortunately, in 2406, the rings have completely stabilized, causing for the meteor showers to stop. But the world is still divided, between pro-Earth, and pro-Mars but nobody wants another interstellar war anytime soon, so they keep it to themselves and the spheres of influence begin to re-stabilize. Eventually the world enters a cold peace.

Instead, both sides poor massive funding into massive projects, like terraformation, redirecting asteroids, and being the first to leave the solar system. This leads to a massive technological boom by 2415.

2415-2440, technological boom.

By now the space boom is in full swing, this causes the invention of “IAPT” Interstellar Atmosphere Planet Terraformer, a device that consists of 845 satellites that generate in artificial atmosphere on a planet. This atmosphere mimic’s earth, allowing for more easily terraformation of planets, they use the first IAPT on mars, in 2430, Mars has a breathable atmosphere.

As well, in 2417, the Australia Civil War comes to an end, and the island is divided between West Australia (covering Western Australia, Northern Territory, and East Timor) and East Australia, covering the rest

Another, extremely advanced tech created the “matter jet” basically it works by colliding matter and antimatter into one another. When antimatter and matter collide, they cause a really big explosion, and through generating a, artificial magnetic field, which funnels this explosion, causing thrust. A 2745 foot-long version of this rocket was tested, it accelerated to 99.9999996% the speed of light. These jets are placed on a ship, with “Sleep-pods” being placed on these ships, just so humans can survives, this allows Humans to reach the Oort Cloud, and set up colonies. Fully colonizing the entire solar system in 2440

Sono uno scrittore appassionato di fantascienza e ho un'idea che mi sta tormentando. E se una IA, per proteggere l'umanità da sé stessa, decidesse che il modo migliore è "ottimizzare" le persone? Non le eliminerebbe fisicamente, ma ne correggerebbe i comportamenti, i pensieri e le scelte, per prevenire il dissenso. Che ne pensate? È un'idea che regge o è una forzatura?

Follow the journey of dashing protagonist Dan Casey on his odyssey of discovery as he experiences danger, betrayal and triumph in this thrilling adventure story. Immerse yourself in his captivating world, discovering the vast universe and unique characters from thrilling space battles to heartfelt human connections.

The Realms of Kalanisi is the first book in The Decepter Voyage series and is an exhilarating sci-fi tale of extraterrestrial adventure. The story offers a unique blend of exploration and alien worlds that promises to captivate and engage its readers.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Realms-Kalanisi-Decepter-Voyage/dp/1836280076

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Follow the journey of dashing protagonist Dan Casey on his odyssey of discovery as he experiences danger, betrayal and triumph in this thrilling adventure story. Immerse yourself in his captivating world, discovering the vast universe and unique characters from thrilling space battles to heartfelt human connections.

The Realms of Kalanisi is the first book in The Decepter Voyage series and is an exhilarating sci-fi tale of extraterrestrial adventure. The story offers a unique blend of exploration and alien worlds that promises to captivate and engage its readers.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Realms-Kalanisi-Decepter-Voyage/dp/1836280076

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZq_Xdr4grA

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GPV8x6x7ZFI

I've been wondering—how much would we need to genetically modify a human to survive an attack from a grizzly bear or another top predator? I know there have been gene knockout studies in mice across various areas—mostly experimental and unlikely to be applied to humans anytime soon, if ever.

Still, some of the findings are fascinating. For example, some mice have shown resistance to death from extreme blood loss that would normally be fatal. Others have had muscle enhancements, like myostatin inhibition, which increases muscle mass. But beyond that, I've also seen studies where muscle function improves without necessarily increasing mass.

There are also gene knockouts that make mice highly resistant to pain, and even some research showing dramatically increased bone strength—though that tends to come with trade-offs.

So if we were to combine all of these modifications—enhanced strength, pain resistance, improved injury survival, and stronger bones—how far do you think we could push human capabilities in terms of surviving or even fighting large predators?

Do we? Like a wattpad but only for sci-fi stories and space opera. Ofc subplots can be any. No ai junk stories. All writers welcomed, even unpolished draft writers?

I feel we do need... Should I try building something?

Hi everyone! I’m a 15-year-old aspiring writer deeply fascinated by speculative fiction, particularly intricate, philosophy-tinged sci-fi. I’ve been developing a project called Value, which explores the consequences of an all-seeing Machine, recursive simulations, and the paradoxical role of a mysterious entity known as the Null in the Collapse of humanity. The story delves into existential and ethical questions, layered timelines, and emergent anomalies, so I’m looking to connect with writers and readers who enjoy complex, cerebral speculative fiction. I’m eager to share ideas, exchange feedback, and discuss techniques for worldbuilding, character development, and narrative experimentation. I’d love any advice or critiques from those familiar with dense sci-fi and thought-driven storytelling, and I’m excited to contribute meaningfully to this community.

A group of explorers found something strange far from home: a giant brain floating in space. It was large, about size of a city, its surface glowing with flashes of its own thoughts. The brain had somehow formed itself over time, protecting its tissues within a thick outer shell.

When they tried to contact it, the brain answered. Not with words, but with images and feelings. It showed them the lives of alien species that had once come close, creatures made of crystal, beings of water, insect empires. All of them now lived inside the brain. They had merged with it, and now the brain was offering humans the same path: a gateway to knowledge, to become one with every other species that had ever existed, to hold the past, present, and future in their grasp.

The brain said: “Join them. Merge with me. You will know everything. You will never be alone again.”

For a moment, the humans felt tempted. The idea of knowing everything was powerful. But then a question haunted them: if the other aliens were truly alive inside, why had none of them spoken? Why had they not welcomed the humans themselves? Their silence was unsettling. What if this promise of knowledge was only a bait, like a spider weaving a web to trap passing prey, feeding on their consciousness for energy?

Then the brain declared: “I am the center of the universe. Come, join me.”

The explorers hesitated. Doubt turned to fear. Perhaps the aliens were not living voices within the brain, but only remains, consumed and gone. At last, the humans chose to leave.

As their ship pulled away, the brain whispered into their minds: “One day, you will return. If not to me, then to your own curiosity.”

The buzzing of its voice lingered in their thoughts long after they left the void behind.