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[Question] [ **Closed.** This question is [off-topic](/help/closed-questions). It is not currently accepting answers. --- You are asking questions about a story set in a world instead of about building a world. For more information, see [Why is my question "Too Story Based" and how do I get it opened?](https://w...
[Question] [ What kinds of abstract colors, shapes, and other compositional elements could be used to indicate various emotions? My story features an artificial intelligence that’s embodied in an industrial practical body design, *not* a humaniform body. The head is an ellipsoid with a grey zone for the eye region. I...
[Question] [ First contact with an alien life form often goes badly. In the case of Biothanata, it ***always*** goes badly. The first glimpse of this alien blob is in the form of a falling star, a meteorite. After burning off an ablative layer of rock and juicy outsides, it crash-lands. Once cooled, a red liquid leak...
[Question] [ So, in within my setting, there are half-animal, half-human beings, as well as humans, whom they all share common divine creators. Just a bit of elaboration concerning the creation of life in my setting. Once upon a time, there were a race of godly beings, who themselves looked half-animal, half human, ...
[Question] [ Earlier this morning, I received 4 mummified corpses carbon-dated back to the late 17th century. Let's name these based on their unique traits: Fang, Saw, Bunny and the Boar. On closer examination, *Fang* had a big hole in the chest, suggesting that the vampire was killed by a pointed object like a spear...
[Question] [ In a near future where super-cell storms drop massive amounts of water (300 l/m²) in the blink of an eye, cities - built upon the cities of old - have adapted to these tsunami-like flash floods. But how? How do buildings and cellars look? What happens to subways, cars, and canal systems? What prevents bu...
[Question] [ [Here are some maps for reference](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/lniivb/maps_detailing_the_current_state_of_the_united/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) For some context, in my world, from 2030-2040, an event known as the Great Collapse saw the human race pushed towa...
[Question] [ My story is set in a sort of apocalyptic world, the main characters live in an old house and they’re too afraid to go out as there’re creatures hunting them. They obviously still need to eat so my question is what kind of fruits, vegetables, roots, or just anything edible at all, can they grow inside a h...
[Question] [ So, in my world, there are a group of people, mostly unknown to the rest of the world, who took shelter from the apocalypse 90 years ago in great underground bunkers. Compared to the rest of the Wasteland, they live in a utopia (except for all the xenophobia, fascism, and euthanasia). They have access t...
[Question] [ In the story I am currently working on the plot revolves around this temple that is meant to be lost to time but one day discovered (I’ve made a post about the design of the temple itself before). However now in my story I’m toying with having the main character, a sort of knock-off Indiana Jones explor...
[Question] [ A sequel to [Could a Time Traveller Prevent the Black Plague?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/44055/could-a-time-traveler-prevent-the-black-plague) Todd the time traveler's a cool dude and has decided to use his powers for good, more specifically he wants to stop the American Civil War...
[Question] [ I’m in a pinch to finish up my story’s cover art and I don’t know if my train has a smokestack, logically. This train [runs in the planet Hell](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/224764/what-can-run-the-condensers-on-this-hell-train) (see note) and uses liquid sulphur for the steam cycle. ...
[Question] [ The Triumvirate is a political regime dominated by the powerful individuals. It is, in effect, a three-man directorate with dictatorial powers that share in the governing of an empire. Each are meant to be equal in status and authority, and meant to keep the other person in check. In reality, this is oft...
[Question] [ In modern times, public transport, whether it is buses, trains, or taxis, makes long-term travel more convenient. Also in that same world, there are winged humanoids capable of actual flying, with obviously long wingspans. Like birds and other flying animals, some tend to get tired after a long flight, e...
[Question] [ The Humern Empire (no relation) spans the galaxy, using a variety of methods to move from place to place and planet to planet. One thing all of their modes of transport share is that they are not faster than light, and as such they have large temporal dilation effects associated with them. The most advan...
[Question] [ This is a world with an intelligent species of animal with a quadruped (somewhat like that of a large feline) body plan, which have evolved from **pack-living apex-predator carnivores.** (If you need a real-life Earth comparison, try wolves. These creatures did not evolve from wolves, but it's close enou...
[Question] [ In *Terminator*, a human can evade a hit from a machine, rolling onto the floor at the last second. But a machine (cyborg) from the future would be able to do millions of calculations in a second, and correct the trajectory of its arm to hit the target anyway. So would that mean that you couldn't really ...
[Question] [ I was reading "The Long Earth" and one of the recurring themes was that there was no apparent scarcity. Plenty for everyone spread out across infinite earths. Now I have asked and read several questions involving a lack of scarcity so I don't really care about the fact that scarcity can never be eliminat...
[Question] [ In a relatively near-future event, a Sentient Artificial Intelligence or SAI is accidentally created, escapes onto the internet, and then, after a few days of browsing social media and the news, decides to takeover the world and sort out the mess humanity has made of the planet. A few years later, mankin...
[Question] [ I have some androids in my story who seem like individuals with personalities, but they all have the same task, which is to collect matter and energy as they colonize space. They have the programming which allows them to behave like a human in terms of thought, feelings and social behaviour, but they are...
[Question] [ I once saw in a reply to a comment to a youtube video, someone suggesting that as a fermi paradox solution, once civilizations get the ability to create near light speed spaceships, a few nutcases are likely to use the spaceships to destroy their own civilization by intentionally crashing them into plane...
[Question] [ This question is based in the desert world described in this question: [Can my civilization be totally isolated by deserts?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/188668/can-my-civilization-be-totally-isolated-by-deserts) A pre industrial society is adjacent to deserts and mountains to the Ea...
[Question] [ The idea is that the concepts of DNA, inheritance, and micro-organisms were discovered significantly earlier in history. Roughly 50 years after the founding of Alexandria as a city state in 332 B.C., Greek scholars ended up developing the first microscopes. During their studies of human anatomy, they mad...
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[Question] [ I've been working for some time on a universe in which there is limited FTL consisting of short (up to five light years at a time) jumps between points in space. The jumps take no time at all for those on the ships making the transit but journey length as measured by universal clock (kept using the pulse...
[Question] [ I'm trying to write a novel, which is supposed to be similar to the typical "gespenster krimi" genre. But I don't like typical main protagonists of these novels - tall, strong, clever man with great car, interesting job and "the chosen one" status. The problem with these men is, that they are simply too ...
[Question] [ I am working on a universe where humanity has expanded across the stars. Humanity has access to a Dyson-Sphere-like technology level **(1)**. The Capital is not the Earth anymore but Mercury. To build giant collecting stations around the Sun, Mercury was hollowed out. Only the upper solid layers remain *...
[Question] [ In my world, there is a giant brain that possesses a large amount (but not a majority) of the world's neurons. The problem is, it doesn't have a body, so it can't move and it has to pay other creatures to gather information, execute commands, feed and protect it, or otherwise serve as its peripheral nerv...
[Question] [ In my story there is a god of misfortune that always brings bad luck to every living thing, including other gods, that get in the way. The bad luck worsens the longer or closer the individual is relative to the said god. However, suppose any god who abandons their post or neglects their duty will lose th...
[Question] [ Real-life octopi can travel outside of water for awhile, but not permanently. My race is amphibious, living underwater primarily, but also coming up onto the surface if their environment becomes too dangerous, or food becomes scarce. I don’t want to them to be able to hold their breath for extended perio...
[Question] [ Could 2 moons that orbit same terrestrial planet never see each other if they orbit the planet at same time? Moons have different mass and gravity. [Answer] In theory if the two moons were in the exact same orbit on opposite sides of the planet then yes. Having the moons closer to the planet and small...
[Question] [ I'm currently bouncing around ideas for a sci-fi / cyberpunk world and one of the major technologies in this universe is the manufacture and usage of metallic glass. I don't want to handwave too much away, since one of the scenes I have in mind involves a gunfight inside a factory where such glasses are...
[Question] [ **Closed.** This question is [off-topic](/help/closed-questions). It is not currently accepting answers. --- You are asking questions about a story set in a world instead of about building a world. For more information, see [Why is my question "Too Story Based" and how do I get it opened?](https://w...
[Question] [ Imagine a small metal canister, with a narrow exit on the top. There is a sort of door covering this, with a metal plate that is removed from the side. The pressure inside of the canister acts as a propellant, launching the weapon forward and propelling it through flight. My question is: would this work?...
[Question] [ This is the second part of a series of questions I'll ask about a self-sustaining colonization ship. I'll keep editing this post as things unfold. If you can, check out the other questions of this series for a bigger picture: [Part I - Construction](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/13504...
[Question] [ This species comes from a world 1.7x the mass of Earth that is about 75% water. I would like them to be very apathetic so that when a space-faring species contacts then there is a definite difference in morals and principles. This means that they are going to be sapient. They evolved from a species that ...
[Question] [ I would like to create a setting where it would have been beneficial to use very large wagons. You are free to choose the setting, cargo and route, within the limitations below. The wagons don’t have to be used everywhere but there needs to be an advantage in using very large wagons rather than many smal...
[Question] [ I'm toying with the idea for a world where instead of minting coins out of valuable metals all countries us mana, the 'fuel' of magic, as a currency itself. Since mana always has value, in it's ability to be used to cast valuable spells, and is highly portable and exchangeable it turns out to be a more c...
[Question] [ For a story I'm writing, I'm looking for an undetectable plant based poison that if ingested in a miniscule amount, would make a ten year old boy sick: intrinsic muscle weakness, stunted growth, and loss of speech, slowly progressing over four years, but not kill him. Help. [Answer] **Invent it.** By...
[Question] [ This is something that was just offhandedly mentioned in a Sci-Fi book I read once and as I am now writing one myself I thought I might use it. The scenario is that I have a ship approaching a warp gate and am describing the appearance and mechanics of the gate. The idea is that warp drive research on E...
[Question] [ I'm currently investigating a post-apocalyptic novel and wished to know if Horses could be used to pull a modern Caravan and if so how many. Furthermore what would the potential daily range of such a setup be? At present I'm basing my assumption of a horse equivalent to Shire Horses (with a few addition...
[Question] [ **Note: this question is not a duplicate. The accepted answer to the question "Anatomically correct Medusa" explains the petrifying vision via calcifying toxins spat from the snake hair. This a) wouldn't work with a cockatrice, and b) spitting venom does not achieve the desired effect of petrifying visio...
[Question] [ How much caffeine could you fit into a roasted coffee bean (that will later be ground and steeped) while still having a strong coffee flavor? I'm aiming for a super-caffeine boost -- something where you only need a thermos to last you a week, something that keeps you awake for three or four days if you t...
[Question] [ **This question already has answers here**: [How can a pirate board a spaceship without teleportation?](/questions/13554/how-can-a-pirate-board-a-spaceship-without-teleportation) (23 answers) Closed 5 years ago. So I have a bunch of space pirates who make a living out of stealing spaceships while ...
[Question] [ Having escaped Isengard and left Rivendell, we are off to destroy the Ring. Our first stop--Khazad-dum, known contemporarily as "Moria". Being a Dwarvish kingdom, the problems I see with Moria are identical to those with Erebor in *The Hobbit.* Hollowing out a small piece of a mountain to build a mine is...
[Question] [ Galley was a widely used type of ship in the Mediterranean sea. It was propelled by rowers and sails. Supposing the ship builders at the time of the Punic wars got the right "inspiration" (how they get the "inspiration" is out of the scope of the question) to use a propeller and power it by using the leg...
[Question] [ Imagine a world of magic. This magic can do anything you want it to, as long as physics agrees (totally useless addendum: physics is actually a very pendantic guy, but rumour has it his mistresses have been seen flying). Meaning, energy is to be conserved. A spell can lay dormant for centuries, but once ...
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[Question] [ **This question already has answers here**: [By what mechanism could a planet be locked into permanent solar eclipse?](/questions/4363/by-what-mechanism-could-a-planet-be-locked-into-permanent-solar-eclipse) (5 answers) Closed 7 years ago. What I want to know is if it is possible for two planets t...
[Question] [ Starting with about 500 humans and allowing for 900 years to pass, about how many people would there be at the end? (Just asking for a rough estimate, maybe a range.) Assuming: 1. People are generally in good health, drink clean water and eat well. 2. People naturally live to around 60. 3. Contraceptives...
[Question] [ As a preface, let me apologize to knowledgeable people if things I say make them wince, I have no genetics or virology background whatsoever and my science-speak is taken straight from Wikipedia. The lore of my setting has a virus (man-made, neurological effects, near-100% fatality rate) wipe out most of...
[Question] [ I am trying to imagine a scenario where, on an abandoned terraformed planet, decapod crustaceans (more specifically, carideans such as shrimp) evolve lungs and colonise the land as insects have done. However, possessing lungs, they can grow to far larger sizes, with the largest growing to the size of moo...
[Question] [ I’m looking to create a situation where there are 3 habitable planets (or moons) in the same system, each with different inhospitable but habitable (by genetically modified humans or humans using supportive technology) environments. I’ve been roughly basing it on the TRAPPIST-1 system, as it has 4 planet...
[Question] [ Humans can see 3 colors, sometimes we can see more one color at the same time, this creates 7 variations of colors and a few million different shades of those same 7 colors. blue, red, green = mix them and you get : white, black, purple, yellow. Any other colors like brown or magenta or pink, are just di...
[Question] [ **This question asks for hard science.** All answers to this question should be backed up by equations, empirical evidence, scientific papers, other citations, etc. Answers that do not satisfy this requirement might be removed. See [the tag description](/tags/hard-science/info) for more information. A fu...
[Question] [ How would an organization protect sensitive information from mind-controlled spies? An organization (call it the Illuminati if you want) is hunting down a vampire. The vampire is capable of controlling and seeing through the eyes of anyone whose blood he has drunk. He has already used this to learn quite...
[Question] [ As the question says, an impossible (not earth) futuristic world has a subway system spanning across the entire planet and I would like to design [its transit map](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_map). The obvious problem with doing this is the scale, as it would be way to large to draw by hand. Ju...
[Question] [ I've created a character for my world that has the ability to manipulate water with her magic. She applied this ability by using it with a katana hilt. I will try to explain how she uses this ability first before I ask the question. 1. She wears a special plastic/rubber gauntlet that stretches from her h...
[Question] [ I was wondering if it was possible to potentially grow a plant on a building taller than mount Everest. I mean on as in bottom to top with grass or some other plant. Would the grass run out of oxygen or would it live but be partially dead? If it is possible how could it be done? [Answer] Yes it could....
[Question] [ Inspired by [this question on putting massive capacitor-banks on spaceships](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96924/what-are-the-risks-with-massive-banks-of-batteries-capacitors) I have been wondering about alternative ways to store excess energy from ever-running reactors. In this quest...
[Question] [ In my world a a several members of the US Armed Forces get transported to a medieval world. They have only a limited amount of resources and they must find a way to replenish their supplies. Specifically, after some conflict with the natives, they are in desperate need of more bullets they didn't any too...
[Question] [ **Closed.** This question is [off-topic](/help/closed-questions). It is not currently accepting answers. --- You are asking questions about a story set in a world instead of about building a world. For more information, see [Why is my question "Too Story Based" and how do I get it opened?](https://w...
[Question] [ A little while back, I went to see [*Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets) (honestly unsure of what reaction this is going to get), and there was a particular scene that showed a desert planet's multi-colored clouds: [![en...
[Question] [ Many animals have ears that revolve and pivot when they hear noise. Humans have vestigial structures in their ears that allow them to wiggle their ears somewhat. How would elves achieve this same effect. [Answer] Go backwards just a few small steps in our evolutionary tree, and you will encounter the ...
[Question] [ In my story to protect his treasure room, the king of a 12th century kingdom has heavily invested in his alchemists, who managed to create silica aerogel in blocks and made them insoluble in water (how they did is not in scope for this question, let's assume it happened and he secured the alchemists woul...
[Question] [ In my story, I have a fairly advanced human race who is at the point they want to start terraforming planets. Of course, all of the materials necessary have to come from somewhere, and the proposed solution is simple. In solar systems devoid of life and livable planets, mine the sun for use in atmosphere...
[Question] [ The superman protagonist in my story built that building (over night--at least the shell)- [![view from the south](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oqiia.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oqiia.png) Base on lower Manhattan--the building is 0.6 mi (1 km) square up to ~5 mi up where it cantilevers out to 3 times th...
[Question] [ My aliens are little symbiotes (think Venom from Spider-Man) who appear to be like crown-of-thorns starfish when not attached to a host. They have general mimicry and camouflage similar to an octopus or cuttlefish, and can survive on their own. However, when attached to a host (willing or otherwise), the...
[Question] [ In the research I have done, cold climates trend toward dry climates. I want to create a climate that circumvents this. I want to create a very cold climate with the average temperature hovering about 3-5 degrees above freezing and very high precipitation (rainforest levels). Is this possible through geo...
[Question] [ In my setting, there is an alien world known as Totaria and an alien race known as the Totarians, who possess a special cell that lets them develop whatever organs, limbs, and creatures they want, somewhat like a super-stem cell. With the super-stem cell, they built tools analogous to ours, from living c...
[Question] [ To mark the anniversary of our company we have decided to introduce to our VIP guests a once in a lifetime opportunity to get intimate with the dinosaurs, we will put the animal to sleep so the guests can get near to them and molest it however they wish. The thing is dose makes the poison so I must make ...
[Question] [ It is obvious that the surrounding area will become extremely hot, but I want to know other consequences if enough iron to make a sword were to be teleported to earth. Would it be possible to make a sword of that iron? [Answer] Other answers have already covered why the iron would be dangerous to harv...
[Question] [ In my novel, the characters live in treehouses that are practically piled on top of one another, so there is little room to climb down to pick up food, and it would be a challenge trying to take it back up. There are bridges between treehouses and systems in the trees to travel around, just not that easi...
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[Question] [ I am trying to describe the exploration of an hypothetical planet with a hydrocarbon rich atmosphere. Atmospheric pressure is around 1 bar, temperature around 10-20 Celsius, the main component of the atmosphere is methane, around 80%, the rest being water, CO2 and other gases. I am trying to see if it is...
[Question] [ Ok, I've been racking my mind on this a while, and I think it might be able to, but I was wanting to get some more viewpoints on this. You see, a couple of my stories involve sapient animals and creatures with annual heat cycles, animals that have been sapient since the 1790s. I know that in the real wor...
[Question] [ I want a species of alien to leave their mark throughout the galaxy with stone carvings and temples. Taking influence from ancient religious stone carvings and decoratively sculptured temples carved into the rock, this species may even take this form of design into their asteroid space crafts, having det...
[Question] [ **This question already has answers here**: [What would a chair for a Human with a Tail look like?](/questions/158146/what-would-a-chair-for-a-human-with-a-tail-look-like) (5 answers) Closed 3 years ago. So, let's say long ago, somewhere along the evolutionary process, homo sapiens got fully prehe...
[Question] [ So, you have found yourself in a situation where the city you manage has finished producing their first powered aircrafts, biplanes. They aren't too good. They barely fly 140 km/h, so they're pretty slow too. But you need them in the air against **enemy drake mounted warriors, who, luckily fly 60-70 km/h...
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[Question] [ The great venture capitalist Elian Minsk has decided to start an "autonomous" car driving service. But who needs complicated AI based systems when he can hire tech support workers in India to drive cars for 2000 dollars a year (about 1 dollar per hour). And then turn around and charge U.S. subscribers ~~...
[Question] [ Spaceships are a peculiar thing; [as are the Humies - the hardy folks working and living inside these hunks of metal for weeks or months at a time.](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/89955/how-hot-can-i-make-the-insides-of-my-spaceship-before-damaging-crew-too-much) Ironically in *space* ...
[Question] [ An alien species has been conquering planet after planet around the Milky Way for some time. They detected intelligent life on Earth a while back and now they decided it’s time to add us to their collection. To capture us, they send one of their massive acquisition ships. > > They want it to take as li...
[Question] [ A major plot point of my story that's been bugging me for a while has me wondering what exactly the (specifically American) prison system could and would do to deal with the fact that the entire prison population suddenly has superpowers, and I was wondering if I could get some help with this. A quick su...
[Question] [ I have developed a fictional planet with the following atmospheric composition; * 60.4% Nitrogen * 27.6% Oxygen * 9.8% Xenon * 1.5% Water Vapor * 0.64% Argon * 0.06% Carbon Dioxide Is this breathable to humans with an atmospheric pressure similar to Earth's? What about 50%, 200%, and 500% of Earth's atmo...
[Question] [ In my universe the tech is steampunk and I want a better way of getting around in the air then lifting gas, helium or hydrogen. Bullets can easily puncture gas sacks and I really want something else that can get around in the air. I've looked into Leonardo da Vinci's ornithopter, his flying machine, wher...
[Question] [ Say that a heavy (150ish kg) android was involved in some kind of incident in orbit and came crashing back down to earth (traveling at orbital-ish speeds upon re-entry). **Would they be going fast enough to "arrive" with a bang** or would atmospheric drag have slowed them to more of an anticlimactic soft...
[Question] [ In this scenario, the character is, as the only person, aware that in a few days the whole world economy will fall apart. He is likely to lose his home and probably has to flee to another country because of war activities. These war activities will also cause the economy to break down, meaning all curren...
[Question] [ Currently we use a representative democracy, where we vote for a single representative who then decides almost everything. This means that we may have to vote for a representative who agrees with 80% of our beliefs, but who we disagree with 20% of the time, because he is the closest 'fit' to our actual b...
[Question] [ Basically, there is a human civilization controlling the milky-way and an alien civilization controlling Andromeda. They are communicating and have decided, for some reason, that, though the Milkdromeda merger would look cool in the short term and create a short burst of much needed star formation, that ...
[Question] [ I'm working on a planet with robotic life, until now I think I know how they work, the only problem is that, unless I want to make all lifeforms autotrophic, I have no idea **how the energy might move across the food web**. By this I mean how the energy the plants store might power the 'herbivores', and ...
[Question] [ The sword I'm talking about is about 7 human heads tall. In the lore the sword is magical or at least thought to be magical. It is swung around by a creature capable of going invisible, which gives the impression of the sword flying around as if it was possessed by a ghost. The sword does still have "s...
[Question] [ To be elite in much of the ancient world was to be a warrior. There are a few famous kings who spent part of their youth fighting for foreign rulers, like Harald Hadrada, but in my setting there’s a culture that takes this to the extreme. Every year a portion of the nobility of a certain kingdom goes cam...
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[Question] [ In my world there are lots of illegal neurological and mechanical enhancements you can purchase off the black market. Gangs make super soldiers by doing this. The procedure is very dangerous and side effects include mental instability and death by over exertion. These people are a credible threat and mus...
[Question] [ nyarlathotep, the Black Pharaoh, seeks to enter the realm of Earth to rule over mankind. Unfortunately, he is prevented from doing so by a barrier that blocks eldritch deities from crossing over. To get around this, he breaks his soul up into thousands of pieces and seeds them into thousands unborn child...
[Question] [ Consider this a remake of my "Why might a group of insects evolve to resemble humans?" post. Fairies are a common trope in fantasy works, residing in woodlands and swamps some characteristics of fairies and their associates are: * being 11 in tall * have raven level intelligence (optional) * are erect bi...
[Question] [ In my sci-fi universe, spaceship shields are generated by capturing plasma between two electromagnetic fields. Projectiles are evaporated by the heat of the plasma, and charged particles are deflected by the magnetic fields of the particles and the containment fields. The problem arises when laser weapon...
[Question] [ ## Premise Inhabiting my [earth-like](/questions/tagged/earth-like "show questions tagged 'earth-like'") world will be [humanoid](/questions/tagged/humanoid "show questions tagged 'humanoid'") beings that have a skin tone that is as dark as Vantablack. Let's assume these human-like beings share the same ...
[Question] [ So, vaguely, I remember from earth science that when submarine volcanoes erupt they eventually form archipelagos. My question actually has several parts; * Starting with the first eruption to break surface, how long does it take for those islands to ~~form and~~ become habitable? i.e has vegetation, and...