Toshiro
Inactive Member
Okay, I have a prototype article here for a fundamental unit of technology, which is a small gate-type wormhole generator. https://wiki.stararmy.com/doku.php?id=wip:type_39_link_ring
It's not usually meant as an FTL transport method, but instead has several intended purposes. Here I list assorted purposes. Most are non-combat in nature, though Yaichiro is considering a few hypothetical possibilities.
Siphoning plasma from the cores of stars (energy, propulsion, weapon discharge, scientific research)
Siphoning material from quasars (weapon discharge, scientific research)
Siphoning plasma from assorted layers within a red giant (star mining for materials)
Siphoning magma from planets (mining, scientific analysis)
Accessing mineral deposits deep underground on planets, deposits too deep to conventionally mine
Accessing sea floors
Rapid deployment of escape pods and SS Pod from vessels out away from a combat zone and the relevant Hill Sphere (allow escape pod FTL, increase survival rates)
Rapid deployment or evacuation of Power Armor or small civilian forces on a planet or within a star system (prerequisites include accurate sensor data, dangers include enemies rushing into the ship)
Accessing the core of a black hole (scientific analysis, plot, ???, profit)
Attacking the mantle of a planet to trigger earthquakes and vulcanism (plot, low-risk attacks on enemies)
Attacking the core of a star or a planet (plot, possible super-weapon)
Now, I have the Link Ring including a stabilizer that allows it to work in a Hill Sphere provided the Link Ring (and wormhole) are under 5 meters in diameter, in an attempt to prevent it from becoming able to just send ships and stuff that's too big through without consequence...aside from the last two concepts which are reserved for plot purposes but can be dumped. I'm wondering if that stabilizer is possible in the setting though.
I also have it so that the Link Ring's stabilizer can fight subspace anti-wormhole weapons since the gate wormhole is literally inside the Link Ring and its stabilizer...though the stabilizer doesn't protect the opposing unshielded end of the wormhole from such weapons. As such, only wormholes completely within the craft and those with an end in the cores of massive bodies like stars or quasars (whose radius well exceeds the range of any such weapons) are fully safe.
May I please have input on this and the direction its headed, as well as general input on the article? I want this to be well defined with little room for doubt, as it is intended to be the basis of a new suite of technology.
It's not usually meant as an FTL transport method, but instead has several intended purposes. Here I list assorted purposes. Most are non-combat in nature, though Yaichiro is considering a few hypothetical possibilities.
Siphoning plasma from the cores of stars (energy, propulsion, weapon discharge, scientific research)
Siphoning material from quasars (weapon discharge, scientific research)
Siphoning plasma from assorted layers within a red giant (star mining for materials)
Siphoning magma from planets (mining, scientific analysis)
Accessing mineral deposits deep underground on planets, deposits too deep to conventionally mine
Accessing sea floors
Rapid deployment of escape pods and SS Pod from vessels out away from a combat zone and the relevant Hill Sphere (allow escape pod FTL, increase survival rates)
Rapid deployment or evacuation of Power Armor or small civilian forces on a planet or within a star system (prerequisites include accurate sensor data, dangers include enemies rushing into the ship)
Accessing the core of a black hole (scientific analysis, plot, ???, profit)
Attacking the mantle of a planet to trigger earthquakes and vulcanism (plot, low-risk attacks on enemies)
Attacking the core of a star or a planet (plot, possible super-weapon)
Now, I have the Link Ring including a stabilizer that allows it to work in a Hill Sphere provided the Link Ring (and wormhole) are under 5 meters in diameter, in an attempt to prevent it from becoming able to just send ships and stuff that's too big through without consequence...aside from the last two concepts which are reserved for plot purposes but can be dumped. I'm wondering if that stabilizer is possible in the setting though.
I also have it so that the Link Ring's stabilizer can fight subspace anti-wormhole weapons since the gate wormhole is literally inside the Link Ring and its stabilizer...though the stabilizer doesn't protect the opposing unshielded end of the wormhole from such weapons. As such, only wormholes completely within the craft and those with an end in the cores of massive bodies like stars or quasars (whose radius well exceeds the range of any such weapons) are fully safe.
May I please have input on this and the direction its headed, as well as general input on the article? I want this to be well defined with little room for doubt, as it is intended to be the basis of a new suite of technology.