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[Question] [ **Context** I'm building/designing a set of creatures in a world I'm making. Currently the creatures I am designing will live in an extremely hot, dry desert. About the same amount of rainfall as the Atacama Desert but far bigger. The creatures evidently have to store water so one idea I had was that I c...
[Question] [ I'm working in a novel based on Arabian folklore and a part of the history tells the war between angels and jinn (genies although closer to the original arab folklore than the pop culture Disney version). In the war obviously both sides have to be able to harm each other. For the jinn I have no problem a...
[Question] [ My question isn't about whether constant acceleration can create artificial gravity, as I know that [it can](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/157220/would-there-be-artificial-gravity-on-a-spaceship-that-undergoes-constant-acceler). I am thinking more about worldbuilding in the sense of a...
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[Question] [ What are the practical reasons advanced for sapient aliens to want to uplift our species to a higher level of intelligence or sapience? This question is a reaction to this one. [Reasons an advanced alien race might want to share technology with humanity?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions...
[Question] [ In my scenario, all of current humanity on Earth and space is teleported to a whole new planet in a different universe with new laws of physics that mostly govern a magic system based on energy manipulation and different biology. Humanity is transported without anything from Earth, just with their own mi...
[Question] [ In my planned fantasy story, the protagonists must escape a dangerous situation by teleporting the ship they're on (a kind of steam-powered ocean liner) into outer space, then back to the ocean surface in a different location. The ship remains in outer space for about 12-15 seconds (which is about how lo...
[Question] [ Long story short the earth-like planet is being bombarded by ice comets crashing into the oceans and the sea levels are rising. I want there to be a huge wall(probably around 20 meters or so) that keeps the water at bay, having started being built the moment they noticed the waterline of the docks going ...
[Question] [ A character in my world has the ability to greatly control flames. He can even amplify a small fire to a large inferno if necessary. However, there is one problem: He can't create fire out of nothing. He needs an already existent flame to begin using his powers. Thus, he needs some device, like a modern ...
[Question] [ Basically, there are 2 types of hiveminds: the common *centralized* and the uncommon *distributed*. *Centralized* means that all units are extensions of the master entity (the badguy alien/robot stereotypes). *Distributed* means all units are extensions of the entire collective (closest example I can thi...
[Question] [ I've been drafting a science fiction story that places a lot of emphases on the vastness of culture. One way technique I've been using is language and the hassle of translation. Earth has abut 4,500 languages spoken commonly, and that's not including slang and accents (some parts of Scotland needs to be ...
[Question] [ The [virtual world](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world) is nothing new in science fiction and has had quite a few uses considering it's a fairly recent concept. Since the virtual realm isn't constrained by understanding of physics, it gives writers (like little me) room to go a little crazy. **H...
[Question] [ After I reworked my map, I have a big plain (roughly 1165500 square miles). Can I still credibly divide the plain into different kingdoms and cultures or would a big empire with few cultures inevitably be the consequence? The research I did was not encouraging (USA and China). [Answer] Do you know wha...
[Question] [ I'm writing a story that's relatively hard Science Fiction. Therefore (Although fancy and high tech) the personal weapons are, at their core, regular firearms. Now, in boarding scenarios you want to be careful to not pierce the hull (especially if it's a civilian station). I assume that the airlocks and ...
[Question] [ Forge-worms are large bugs which flutter about the hearths of forges. They rely on the high temperatures of the forge to stay active and immediately fall into torpor when their body temperature falls below 1300°C However forges are rather recent to the world, at least compared to the forge-worms. Hence, ...
[Question] [ I am currently working on a fantasy world, in which one city maintains a written knowledge base about all knowledge they have about the world. This knowledge base consists of dozens of tomes, each covering a specific subject (physics, biology, history, geography...). Some of the inhabitants of the city t...
[Question] [ Brewing potions have been a staple for witches for hundreds of years. These potions are cooked up within cauldrons, large pots specifically built to hold the magic from these concoctions. Older cauldrons are specifically prized, as they contain leftover mana from previous concoctions, and are able to mak...
[Question] [ If a group of people live in a closed loop environment, with all energy coming from a reactor. What crops would you grow if you only care about keeping people fed for the absolute minimum amount of power consumed? [Answer] UV is a poor energy source for agriculture, with enough energy per photon to ea...
[Question] [ A fictional nomadic group lives in vardos much like the Romani people. [![Vardo](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nm7Iq.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nm7Iq.jpg) Could such a nomadic group build a giant library on wheels like a giant vardo capable of carrying 50,000 books? This giant library must be pulled by ...
[Question] [ So, my vampires are somewhat different. Here's a short summary, though it might be a lot to take in: Vampires are created from humans by malfunctioning robotic headcrab masks. Vampires' original purpose was to be perfect soldiers, and so they possess biological immortality, perfect regeneration (no scars...
[Question] [ A small city, barely even one, that built everything at the side of cliffs to be protected from the strong winds above. Is something like it plausible? I can't seem to find examples of it outside of fantasy. [Answer] Yes, there actually are a few examples, the topmost I remember are: * [***Matera, It...
[Question] [ Specifically, if deployed on a town. The buildings, animals (flora and fauna) would be completely untouched, but not a single human would survive the blow. Secondly, if this is possible, what gene, DNA, and/or disease, would the weapon target in order to specifically target humans? If it's not possible...
[Question] [ Set in the near future, the interior of the spaceship is coated with thin layers of Teflon approximately 10mm average thickness on top of titanium alloy which in case you are wondering it is weakly magnetic. I need the crews to be able to walk around the catladders and platforms instead of floating every...
[Question] [ In an alternate timeline, the [1867 Alaska Purchase](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase) does not happen (the British do not fight in the Crimean War and instead aid Russia financially). Russia still controls Alaska in 1904 when [war breaks out with Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-J...
[Question] [ The Aargh are a humanoid alien race a couple solar systems away. Their home planet is quite earth-like (oxygen atmosphere, a lot of water, traditional organic chemistry even if a few proteins are different to earth), and in the habitable zone of their solar system. They have colonized several planets and...
[Question] [ Can arrows with glass heads be effective and optimally implemented in an early medieval war setting? I'd imagine it could be cheaper and [faster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfMN3BVISmQ) to produce than metal heads, since the shape of the head doesn't matter, and the entire point of a glass head is ...
[Question] [ My heroine (accidentally) travels through time and finds herself in a medieval setting (a forest in e.g. 1100). The only things that time traveled with her, are her clothes. At first she gets lost in these woods but then she encounters a medieval merchant. They both speak the same language/understand eac...
[Question] [ I would like to have electric light bulbs. One should be at least as good as a candle. What we have: * The technology level is generally early 1300s * But we can create copper wire * We have a sufficiently large AC or DC power source. * We can also tweak biology a little bit * Abnormally good mineral dep...
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[Question] [ I want a lake which contains a crater of active volcano at the bottom, which the volcano has a lava lake and the lava is still red hot in liquid state, just like lava lake above water on Earth. Is that possible? [Answer] ## It's possible. **Summary**: * At sufficiently high pressure, the water will *...
[Question] [ I am building a nocturnal humanoid race for my science-fantasy setting. They are slight, quick, sneaky and very good at being unobtrusive. They are pretty much the [goblins of my setting](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGoblinsAreDifferent); though not as small as goblins are often depicted...
[Question] [ The current setting i'm working on plays in an alternate timeline to our own in the late 1920's, with one of the key differences being that the helicopter had already been invented in the late 1880's through a number of convenient (basically hand-waved) breakthroughs in technology, essentially predating ...
[Question] [ I am working on a creature (tentatively calling them “beepipers”) that lives in hives (heavily based on honeybees). The drone (reproductive male) is born to mate with a queen, and will die shortly after doing so. He works very little and eats a lot, making him expensive to raise. Here’s where the nuance ...
[Question] [ I want to have an alien species have trouble communicating with the hero(s), I've decided that this will be done in part because they don't even understand the concept of hearing, as in none of the animals of their world has the ability to hear. While some animals on earth can't hear I would find it hard...
[Question] [ Consider a society that is both matrilineal and non-monogamous, such as Patrick Rothfuss' [Adem](https://kingkiller.fandom.com/wiki/Ademre#Sexual_beliefs_and_behavior) from *The Kingkiller Chronicles*. For those unfamiliar with the work, there are basically two factors at play: **No Cultural Aversion to ...
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[Question] [ So, in my world, humans coexist with aliens, and in some rare cases, humans and aliens have exchange programs and all that stuff. This problem goes both for the humans and the aliens. To an alien from, say, Qualis, all humans look a) Ugly and b) the same. Aliens aren’t trained to pick up the subtle diffe...
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[Question] [ How do we punish elected politicians in a more effective way? (Or at best, how do we avoid voters being willing to punish the whole political class in general?) To briefly explain what I mean: Exhibit 1: "In 2010, Gnarr, a stand-up comedian, stood as mayor of Reykjavik. It was a satirical gesture, design...
[Question] [ Imagine a world exactly like Earth, complete with humans and all. The scientists of this world suddenly discover that, unless drastic measures are taken, all life on Earth will be eradicated. However, there is one (and only one) option that can save the world, if we can get the funding. This plan would c...
[Question] [ With technology it is possible to detect Gravitational waves as Gravitational waves have been detected by LIGO. Could a species evolve to have a sense organ for detecting Gravitational waves? What types of conditions could cause a species to evolve to detect gravitational waves? How big would a biologica...
[Question] [ In writing my merfolk centric fantasy novel, I've largely ignored any creatures of burden used within their society. Animals of burden were very important in the growth of human civilization, and the small supply of these type of animals (to my understanding) is one of the reasons why the Americas strugg...
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[Question] [ I'm creating a city in a fantasy setting that has no magic in a medieval earth-like world. The city is located near a huge mountain range. It used to be a small city but grew large with relative success in the mining industry. The psychoactive substance or drug was discovered in the mountains by chance ...
[Question] [ Building on the universe established in [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/21142/how-do-you-find-a-mate-when-everyone-looks-amazing), what happens to identity verification when someone's physical appearance and genetic code are modifiable at any time? Review of universe rul...
[Question] [ ## The Backstory (Actually important) From the current day to an unspecified number of decades in the future, a brutally efficient, totalitarian dystopia-state rises and runs basically all of humanity under its empire. It's not a conventional dystopia, nor is it actually **that bad to its people**. I dre...
[Question] [ ## Can a N dimensional being physically interact with a N+X dimensional being "sliding" a part of itself in said N dimensional world? Giving it some thought I came up with three options: 1. Yes, the interaction is possible and the physics stays the same as if it were two N-dimensional objects interacting...
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[Question] [ I am designing a hard sci-fi universe where humanity is confined to the Solar system and travels using fusion. One of the obstacles I am facing is how to make humans meet **one** alien race which is roughly on the same technology level as humans are. Namely : * Reliable interplanetary travel * No reliabl...
[Question] [ At one point in the history of the galaxy, all planets belonged to one of four powerful human alliances, each of which controls a quadrant of the galaxy.What these alliances were or how they formed or disappeared is wholly irrelevant, and nor are other species. Each solid planet has been inhabited by hum...
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[Question] [ In this scenario a kingdom that has not yet invented black powder has been invaded by an enemy that possess cannons and matchlocks. Since the invaders are few in number the defenders managed to beat them back and steal a large cache of powder. They are extremely concerned that the invaders will return in...
[Question] [ On earth, the skeletons of Osteicthyes and all their descendants are made of a mixture of collagen and calcium. We can do this because Earth contains food sources for all these animals containing vitamins such as Vitamin C and D, but there's no reason why extraterrestrial food materials would contain spe...
[Question] [ I'm writing a story about a villain (as some would call him) or antihero (as he would prefer to be called), somewhat similar to Adrian Veidt, who needs to buy a few hundred acres of land to set up facilities and carry out certain plans. He's from the US, but he needs a place where there won't be any nosy...
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[Question] [ Not much else to the question. I want a solar system which has a habitable planet with a pretty exaggerated elliptical orbit, one that's definitely going to need to be in a solar system with an oval goldilocks zone to remain habitable but I don't know if that's at all possible. **Is an oval goldilocks zo...
[Question] [ I'm wanting to have two regions separated by a large mountain but do not want either side to become a desert. What would the conditions have to be on the desert side for this to be prevented? This is a medieval setting but one civilization is quite 'magically advanced'. A couple ideas: * a lot of springs...
[Question] [ **Background** --- Moonshot entrepreneur Elon Branson funds a migration to space. Instead of spending billions of developing safe space technology, he instead finds volunteers and shoots them in to space with no plan to get them down. If they can figure it out, they become a new civilization, if they can...
[Question] [ I am working on a game currently with some predetermined assets, and one of the areas I am developing takes place on a mountainous, lush jungle planet with low-hanging green clouds and a general green fog-like haze. What factors could cause a planet to regularly develop these green atmospheric conditions...
[Question] [ Assume that the city is about 1-3 kilometers in diameter, built with relatively futuristic technology, and there are no plans to expand it further (If the need arises, they'll just build a second one). What would better suit such a structure to be built from the engineering and resilience perspective - o...
[Question] [ I'm the CEO of the Soylent Corporation, and we have a problem. Some cop just revealed our secret: Our premiere food product [*Soylent Green*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723): > > is made out of people! > > > *(sigh)* We're going to lose business. It seems that people — no matter how hungry — ar...
[Question] [ For story purposes, I am building a world where all life exists on the moon of a non-habitable planet (the moon is not tidally locked). How can I explain this in a convincing and mostly scientific way? If not, how can I handwave it? For the moon to have an atmosphere and oceans it must be quite massive; ...
[Question] [ The question popped into my mind when I read [this](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/55049/could-you-populate-a-hospitable-planet-with-only-a-vial-of-dna). Since we know our scientists are searching for planets which might be capable of supporting life; most of them many light-years awa...
[Question] [ Humans colonize a new earth-like planet that they thought uninhabited by sentient life. After a few years, they discover the sentient race living underground in a highly advanced civilization. The natives are peaceful by nature, and their conflicts have never amounted to a war. The civilization is a sing...
[Question] [ Several avian species such as African grey parrots or the New Caledonian crow have demonstrated tool use, the ability to use new information in separate contexts, and other types of cognition that approach or surpass the level of a human toddler or young child. What event or evolutionary pressure would l...
[Question] [ So my character (16 yr old girl) got a deep cut (inches across) from a dagger across her torso and is knocked unconscious. (She falls onto her back) She had just enough time to contact her friends before she got knocked out. Minutes pass (not sure how many) and she loses a bit more than 2 liters of bloo...
[Question] [ As part of the story I am writing, an individual has been frozen with relatively crude cryogenic technology, then preserved as well as possible. Given the constraints of biology, what would waking them up entail in terms of real/current (or hypothetical/future) technology in order to be successful? [A...
[Question] [ **This question already has answers here**: [How long would a Martian colony take to gain independence?](/questions/9281/how-long-would-a-martian-colony-take-to-gain-independence) (3 answers) Closed 7 years ago. Well, it would be another great leap for humans to finally start their first colony on...
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[Question] [ Every evil galactic empire has an emperor’s palace. From the Goa’uld to the Sith Empire to House Harkonnen, every emperor has one extremely lavish but heavily defended structure they call home. My empire, known as the Dynasty, is no different, but I want my setting to be (somewhat) scientifically realist...
[Question] [ On plain Pilar forest biome of planet X, you have mostly 3 types of vertebrates: * those who burrow under the ground * those who run through the widely separated trees * those who live above ground level, calling the colossal plants home and hardly coming down. In this scenario, one creature adapted to ...
[Question] [ Imagine if you will..a world where humans had large black pupils that covered most of their eye like the picture below [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/R6ICz.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/R6ICz.jpg) **The question:** What would these humans see and could they see more/better/w...
[Question] [ Edit: I am not looking for a specifically scientifically supportable answer. Rather, I am curious as to what characteristics of weapon metal lead to making them harder, and better at penetrating/destroying other weapons/armor. Edit #2: The comments below this question may aid in shedding light on specifi...
[Question] [ I have a very large desert, approximately 15 000 km across from west to east (the north-south distance is around 4 000 km, although it's at a bit of an angle). The desert is bounded at one edge by a large mountain range running north to south which casts the rain shadow which gets the desert started. Thi...
[Question] [ I was thinking about space as a measured and marked series of boundary lines to denote ownership and governance. The problem is that I'm having trouble seeing that as useful. If there's no particular immovable assets or resources there, why would you spend effort occupying it? Consider how we have vast o...
[Question] [ I want to use mana, used to fuel spells, as a [sort of currency](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/183482/magic-economy-using-mana-as-a-standardized-unit-of-currency). Basically you pay for items not with a fiat currency but with your mana, which someone may later use to cast a spell. I d...
[Question] [ A seminal event in a story I'm working on requires a tragedy that will kill hundreds (or maybe even low thousands) of innocent bystanders. This occurs in a large American city (I haven't chosen one yet, and have no preferences as to which... if it is important to your answer, I can accept your pick as a ...
[Question] [ Suppose there is a wandering starship that travels between the stars, bringing blackjack and hookers to every wormhole it crosses. This casino is like any other on a planet or station, except it experiences frequent gravity shifts and spends extended periods of time in zero gravity, due to its spacefarin...
[Question] [ The person in the story falls through a plot hole into the early 1800 years. Like, steam engines are still new and ineffective, but industrialization is nothing foreign anymore. Light bulb, car & bicycle are still 80 years in the future, electrical telegraph is 30 years to go. History-wise, the "0th worl...
[Question] [ In a civilization with modern to near-future technology, are there ways so that a siege against fortresses, and eventually against cities itself, would still be required to properly conquer said city, or even be the most effective method? Are there ways to reduce the effectiveness of tactics in this sett...
[Question] [ So, this takes place in a post apocalyptic world, within the borders of a government called the USC. 30 miles north of The Junction (modern-day Bakersfield) is the JSCF, or Junction State Correctional Facility. About 2500 prisoners are held within the JSCF. The JSCF is used as a punitive labor prison, w...
[Question] [ The Hegemony has a global (technically interplanetary currency) known simply as the Hegemony Credit. Unlike some currencies the credit does not have smaller denominations only credits. In theory the lowest possible price is a single credit. However the Hegemony still promotes and allows the usage of loca...
[Question] [ I'm writing about a human character in a medieval fantasy novel, named Gaheris, who fights exclusively with a short spear. This spear is 180cm (71 inches) long and Gaheris is 190cm (75 inches) tall. Since Gaheris travels all over the country, walks forests, goes into marshes... it would be easier for him...
[Question] [ How could a large ectotherm (say, the size and shape of a horse) have a truly unidirectional system of respiration? Not a looping system as found in birds and other archosaurs, but a system where air flows continuously in a straight line through the lungs and out of a completely separate outlet, allowing...
[Question] [ Most of the guts and stomach are removed. The torso is cut short below the ribs. Instead of legs there are vehicular links which the cyborg can put on and take off like a prosthesis. There are climbing versions, running versions and even choices for swimming. The arms haven't been removed, technology doe...
[Question] [ The sentient species is about one and a half feet tall, and resembles a feathery raptor. The predatory creature is around two and a half feet tall at the shoulder. It resembles a thick furred dog with the addition of a hump on its back like a camel. It lives in chilly northern deserts in small packs cont...
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[Question] [ In my world, using magic uses energy from an energy pool. Stronger spells use more energy, while weaker, simpler ones use less. If a person empties their pool, they can't cast more spells until they regain some of their energy. One could say every person capable of using magic is a walking magical batter...
[Question] [ (Vaguely related to [What kind of equipment would a giant slayer use](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/135916/what-kind-of-equipment-would-a-giant-slayer-use), but different premise enough) In a somewhat Northern-mythology inspired setting, "viking" villages and cities huddle in fjords, ...
[Question] [ I'm creating an early-medieval-age-like world, in the pre-gunpowder era. How effective would a formation of pikes (like the Swiss [pike square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_square)), with archers inside, be against an enemy using strictly cavalry (based on mounted archers and lancers)? Some furthe...
[Question] [ Suppose that humanity has spread out through space. Humans are exploring all kinds of environments, including some with gravity much weaker than our Moon's: * Ceres ([surface gravity = 0.28 m/s2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet))) * Enceladus ([surface gravity = 0.113 m/s2](https://en.w...
[Question] [ We know that cave-dwellers who live in lightless environments well develop traits such as transparent skins, barely functional eyes (or completely blind) and other enhanced senses to replace eyesight to help them "see" in the dark. Now what kind of alternative to writing could a civilization of such crea...
[Question] [ ![from Order of the Stick](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/oots/images/c/ce/OOTS0076.jpeg/) Darkvision, or seeing in the dark. But how does it work? In my world, I've been envisioning darkvision as eyes that emit a color of light that most humanoids can't see. Are there any problems inherent in this? #...
[Question] [ Let's assume for the moment we're in an alternative history/steampunk sort of setting where oil/coal/explosives are exceedingly rare, but tech around electric generators, motors, and batteries are advanced. As such, railguns are widely used rather than conventional explosive artillery. Manufacturing tech...
[Question] [ There is an Earth-like world, at a level of technology similar to the ancient Romans. Roughly every 20 years, one of the largest, most prosperous cities in this world is annihilated by a meteor strike with damage similar to a 500-1000 kt nuke. This has been going on for about a thousand years. If there a...
[Question] [ Say 200-300 years in the future, humankind has colonized much of the solar system, using a combination of laser thermal drives and solid-core nuclear rockets (fusion never really panned out). Suddenly, astronomers spot an odd object entering the solar system. The object turns out to be a kilotonne-scale ...
[Question] [ In many video games, particularly the rogue-like genre, cursed items are items that **cannot be unequipped once equipped** unless the curse is lifted from them. For instance, a cursed ring, once equipped, will tighten to the user's finger to the point of impossible removal. Of course videogames won't be ...
[Question] [ I'm working on this new story in which many people have developed "special qualities" or gifts - call it extreme DNA mutations, if you will. There's this character who has several rows of teeth (maybe they also grow back easily?), and because of it, he's really interested in sharks! So I wanted to give h...