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Is aether for power generation only a restricted tech?
- Thread starter Zack
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If it is, Xenedine would be building illegal fighters. So I don't think so. But we're probably not supposed to use it anymore.
It would have to be a galactic thing, with all governments agreeing ... but blowing up the aether generator on a ship wouldn't exactly be a small bomb, I'd think.
As long as an aether reactor is properly designed, I can't imagine that rigging it to explode would be an easy task. After all, you'd need to do it in such a way that it maintains the tap rather than simply disconnecting from the great white flow, and even then, do it in such a way that it blew up when and where you wanted.
While I can imagine purposeful overloads as a self-destruct, it largely depends on how much capacity the reactor is able to produce before the tap is disconnected. While the explosion would never be small, there's a big difference in the 'voltage', so to speak, of a capital ship's reactor and the one in an electric car.
While I can imagine purposeful overloads as a self-destruct, it largely depends on how much capacity the reactor is able to produce before the tap is disconnected. While the explosion would never be small, there's a big difference in the 'voltage', so to speak, of a capital ship's reactor and the one in an electric car.
Agreed. But it can be done, which I think is what Xerena was getting at, and nothing really stops a determined terrorist or attacker from doing that.
Even so, that doesn't mean it should be any more restricted than the current arrangement, which has served us well for a while. ICly, a high-profile aether explosion might change a few people's minds on the safety of it, but OOCly there's no reason to change it based on what may or may not happen.
That's just how I see it, anyway. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
That's just how I see it, anyway. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Totally agree. It shouldn't be more restricted, from my perspective, but from that of the governments across the galaxy, that's a good argument — the idea someone could blow the everliving shit out of something.
So perhaps aether generator technology might suddenly become a lot more restricted - or at least a lot more regulated - if and when someone detonates one?
I would imagine that once this happens, the bigger the generator, the tighter the regulations. So a small generator might require little more than a license an registration (so the authorities will notice if someone not in the retail business buys thousands of them), but larger systems with more potential destructive capacity would require background checks. However, I think we should wait on implementing any new IC restrictions until something happens ICly - such as a terrorist aether generator bomb attack - to prompt such restrictions.
On most YSE planets, PANTHEON and the nodal system MIGHT be able to intervene fast enough upon detecting an overload in progress, but I doubt it would be a sure thing.
I would imagine that once this happens, the bigger the generator, the tighter the regulations. So a small generator might require little more than a license an registration (so the authorities will notice if someone not in the retail business buys thousands of them), but larger systems with more potential destructive capacity would require background checks. However, I think we should wait on implementing any new IC restrictions until something happens ICly - such as a terrorist aether generator bomb attack - to prompt such restrictions.
On most YSE planets, PANTHEON and the nodal system MIGHT be able to intervene fast enough upon detecting an overload in progress, but I doubt it would be a sure thing.
