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[Question] [ Think of HAL9000 playing a chess game with Frank Pool: > > Thank you for a very enjoyable game. > > > Would that have been literally *enjoyable*? In a world where A.I. exists, as depicted in this kind of science-based sci-fi, would entertainment exist as well for these sentient entities? Can you thi...
[Question] [ I want to make a natural forest habitat where fire elementals (and possibly dragons, or other fey), who have recently arrived on earth, can use fire abilities without "burning down the house." **Note:** water vapor is *not* rain or other precipitation. It is water as a gas, not droplets. Rain drops can a...
[Question] [ I need an armor which can stop being pierced by arrows and bolts, stops blunt trauma from maces and swords and also stops stabs and cuts. But how would a living armor work and not get killed from the first arrow? Consider it's something which evolved and was not created with magic. Many animals use other...
[Question] [ I am working on a story in which around 1% of the world population has at least some semblance of a metahuman ability. Many metahuman abilities are advantageous in traditional employment, and I imagine that many of those who possess such abilities would put them to economic uses. For precognition users (...
[Question] [ In this scenario people are in a constant war on an infinite flat world with the geography of Antarctica's interior (but with no liquid water or hydrocarbons). Notably this world has an abundance of deposits of radioactive ore and the people are decades ahead of us in some areas like nuclear tech, as wel...
[Question] [ In the land of Dracoriri, there are dragons. There weren't always dragons, once humans were the dominant species, but then magic-an unexplained phenomenon-invaded earth alongside creatures from another world, the foremost being dragons exist and now humans have fallen into a new niche. But, as dragons em...
[Question] [ I'm developing an alternate Earth where **super spies** exist. Men and women of extraordinary skill with extraordinary gadgets who act in extraordinary ways to protect the proverbial "King and country." They're so common that your average insurance policy has an "accidental victim of collateral damage du...
[Question] [ In this science fiction universe, that has somewhat tough science in it, [paragravity](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paragravity#Noun) is an established technology that is used to its fullest potential. Which lies the problem where warfare is concerned. You see, if you have paragravity, then you have ac...
[Question] [ I'm writing a story about a modern age HEMA medievalist who time travels to the Viking age. Is it possible to make a crossbow with similar performance to modern age [crossbows](https://www.tenpointcrossbows.com/product/vapor-rs470/) without using modern materials such a aluminum, nylon and carbon fibers?...
[Question] [ **This question already has answers here**: [Plausibility of Ice Eaters in the Arctic](/questions/152608/plausibility-of-ice-eaters-in-the-arctic) (11 answers) Closed 4 years ago. At age 9, I drew an alien which I described as "eating ice". Occasionally I've wondered if that's possible. Carbon-bas...
[Question] [ The Artarkan Star Empire is a loose confederacy of stellar warlords, pirates, slavers, and other groups lying on the edge of known space. While most of these groups hail from one common culture (Artarkan) most operate as independent "clans". The Empire itself was founded by Ar'xhir the Conqueror who unif...
[Question] [ **Closed**. This question needs [details or clarity](/help/closed-questions). It is not currently accepting answers. --- **Want to improve this question?** Add details and clarify the problem by [editing this post](/posts/233909/edit). Closed 1 year ago. [Improve this question](/posts/233909/edit) I...
[Question] [ For the story I'm writing, I have a scene that takes place on a playground. Because I ~~suffer from~~ enjoy World Building Disease, I wound up making an exact plan for the playground. Specifically, it is 40,000 ft² with some swings, [spring riders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_rider), a couple 1...
[Question] [ Let's say that we all have digital chips implanted into us as babies which are embedded deep into our nervous system and hooked into our senses- short of surgery, which isn't an option in this world, how could a person disable, even temporarily, such a device? I was wondering if building a faraday cage w...
[Question] [ In my fantasy world, there are people that can insert their consciousness into another body, basically creating a mental clone of themselves. However, they need human sacrifices to do so, as dead bodies are the only ones that this can be done to. However, the bodies under the magical influence decompose ...
[Question] [ An evil empire is besieging a floating city. While not particularly high off the ground, none of the siege weapons can reach it effectively. They also need a way to get troops into the city. An imperial engineer comes up with a design: > > A large ballista fires a glider as far as it can into the air. ...
[Question] [ A city-state has developed in the middle of a (magical) desert which is subjected to a constant wind and always regenerating its sand. This wind is gale force, always blows in a straight line from east to west, and is of a constant, unfluctuating speed - how do you prevent erosion or burial by blown sand...
[Question] [ I know things like bombing the major power plants and things like that could temporarily stop electricity production, but I'm talking about changing the way it works. Like we can no longer use any means of creating electricity. Not even solar. What would have to happen to render all of that inert? [A...
[Question] [ This was my answer to this question: [Retrofitting geocentrism - what replaces the star?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/237632/retrofitting-geocentrism-what-replaces-the-star) I spent long enough on it and got an interesting enough result that I wanted to share, so that it might be a ...
[Question] [ Robots in fiction, autonomous or self-aware, need ways to operate in mundane conditions otherwise they will eventually (without upkeep) fall to pieces. This includes events where one gets splashed with mud or any situation which entails getting dirty. Be it grime, muck or dirt any robot with actuated joi...
[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...
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[Question] [ Year 2020. Planet Earth is peacefully turning around the sun. Humans on planet earth, however, do not feel peaceful at all. Alien spaceships are in the sky. They did not answer, or humans could not find a way to communicate properly. The ships came near earth, stopped, waited a little, went back. Then, a...
[Question] [ In most 4x games, almost every space nation fights for star systems, planets, black holes, etc. The benefits are obvious: planets to colonize or mine from, solar energy, strategic positions and so on. Now lets turn that concept on its head: why would these space nations be interested in completely empty ...
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[Question] [ Recently, I asked [How would government change if everyone died by the age of 25?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/29199/how-would-government-change-if-everyone-died-by-the-age-of-25) as something of a thought experiment. After some consideration, though I've developed the premise a bit...
[Question] [ I once ran across a question on this forum a few years back that questioned if mountains made out of diamond could reasonably exist. Ever since then I've been interested in the concept of diamond mountains on my planet and I designated a random desert, the Yyn desert which I had previously not written ab...
[Question] [ These humans would be **10x smaller** than us, around 16-18cm tall, just divide by ten on our current heights. If we're small, that would mean animals are 10x bigger than normal. Keep in mind that puddles would seem like floods for them and a normal flood would be a tsunami. As an example, a housecat wou...
[Question] [ I'm looking for a few weapons which I can use to attack a planet from orbit. I'm not looking to destroy it or make it uninhabitable, just wreck a few things until the occupants stop launching anti-orbital missiles. [This question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/22499/whats-the-most-eff...
[Question] [ Lets say you have a space ship. This ship will do a lot of maneuvers causing a lot of G forces to go in different directions through the ship. During straight acceleration it pushes the people inside to the back of the ship. During rotation around its front/rear axis it pushes people outward, during rota...
[Question] [ I plan to make this a series of questions to avoid being overly broad. Each question will address a particular fantasy species ("race" in RPG terms). The "racial" traits will be based on the content from this question though the specific race in question will have traits in the question: [Medieval politi...
[Question] [ On some computer games it is common to have a setting that disables friendly fire, it does not prevent shooting but it the bullets don't harm friend players. In real life would it be possible to make a weapon (today or near future) that will never shoot someone from your own group? Some sort of facial re...
[Question] [ Since a lot of people are already asking about multiple-headed creatures, I wonder what about multiple tails? Such as kyuubi, nekomata, etc. (I know some have asked about these mythical creatures, but so far I don't see anyone bringing the topic about multiple tails). What are the benefit and cons for a ...
[Question] [ There is an ancient, satanical practice that is performed in this society called the sabbatical. This ritual takes the form of a festival, in which witches get together and discuss recent events, spells, and other business. It concludes with a ritual that summons a number of demons from hell to take part...
[Question] [ If there was a planet half the earth’s diameter, for which every other aspect of the earth was changed proportionally to keep the Earth’s perfect ratio intact (including having the perfect orbital distance from the sun, etc), would animal and plant life, in turn, grow proportionally smaller? Would an Oak...
[Question] [ Would it be possible for an alien species to have liquid nitrogen for its blood? What would be required for that to work? What kind of environment would it need to exist in? [Answer] Short answer is no. Longer version goes as follows... Blood exists for a number of reasons in an organism, but the pri...
[Question] [ ## **Situation:** The vertebrate life of a distant planet uses biogenic silica for structural support. However, biogenic silica is soluble in water, but ([according to this article](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B008043751607095X)) its solubility decreases by having aluminum within it...
[Question] [ I'm working on a concept of universe creation. The best way to describe it in a sentence is the Judeo-Christian Creation Story but from God's point of view. My question is, staying as close to hard-physics as possible, what is the minimum amount of universe needed to be created to prevent humans from fig...
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[Question] [ I am currently designing an alien world and I had the idea that the planet would have constant auroras nearly everywhere due to its host star. At first, I just had some ideas on how that might affect the creatures to evolve and all that but then I had the thought. Would plants be able to use the light fr...
[Question] [ I'm trying to figure out if it would be possible for a group of people living in the wilds of a post-apocalypse USA could find some useable weapons and/or ammunition. The post-apocalypse in question is essentially one where monster-like creatures have overrun the world, and twenty to thirty years later, ...
[Question] [ In my book series (more on that [here](http://sites.google.com/site/weaselworldofficialsite)), the galaxy is inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, humans, and mythical creatures. The anthropomorphic animals are similar to Narnia's talking animals, except they are given an anthropomorphic design (their up...
[Question] [ Due to the outcome of this question ([Is there any way to Terraform Ceres?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/114875/is-there-any-way-to-terraform-ceres)) I am now working on the concept of shell worlds. Docking would be done by large spires with adjoining rings where once the ships initi...
[Question] [ Could a medieval town have been built on the desert facing side of a mountain range? Not a Himalaya size mountain, but definitely at least Rocky Mountain size. It's a big desert and is one of the reasons that a nearby empire stopped pushing that direction. I want the town to be somewhat of a border town/...
[Question] [ Let us imagine later medieval society, very close to our 15 century society. This society struggled with Great Plague. The legends say, that they signed a pact with some supernatural forces, and the Plague vanished. But in exchange, the supernatural forces made every 10th child to become werewolf in late...
[Question] [ I know wheels have been a pivotal part of every invention and machinery for hunmankind. But currently I'm making an alien civilization with access to floating rocks due to superconductivity. Thanks to floating rocks they manage to skip the wheels period in their civilization. Some of their sophisticated ...
[Question] [ In a parallel universe system (previously discussed [here](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/31046/portals-to-parallel-earths-economic-effects) and [here](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/152275/parallel-universe-portals-an-infinite-hall-of-mirrors)), portals are mechanic...
[Question] [ **This question already has answers here**: [How would one destroy a black hole?](/questions/36501/how-would-one-destroy-a-black-hole) (14 answers) Closed 4 years ago. For starters, the black hole is temporarily contained. But once it’s containment fails it will devour the planet. Obviously, that’...
[Question] [ This is a partial extension to this question: [What kind of natural armor would stop bullets?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/96503/what-kind-of-natural-armor-would-stop-bullets) I was wondering if a creature could grow armor in such a way which would allow for it to detach a portion o...
[Question] [ In this imaginary future, everyone carries an implant like an RFID chip that identifies them to scanners that then authorize access or orders. Today, such chips are usually [implanted subdermally, often in the hand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(human)). But in a future where such chip...
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[Question] [ I want to create a world for my colonists that's bleak and unwelcoming as well as alien and strange. So to that end I wanted to make mushroom-like fungi the major flora on the planet. I've read [Where do mushroom forests thrive?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/59005/where-do-mushroom-f...
[Question] [ Suppose that for some reason gravity magically changes, but only for people. While this goes on, instead of gravity pulling people down, it pushes them East. To be clear, it's just people. Not animals, not objects, and not their buildings. People fall east, but everything else falls to Earth like normal....
[Question] [ Considering that oil is only really prevalent on earth (where dead biomatter can be compressed over millions of years into long hydrocarbons) I began to think that plastic might be just as rare as wood in an interstellar/interplanetary civilization. Metals are very common in space, whether it's from aste...
[Question] [ Given a system similar to the Earth/Moon/Sun system, how would one go about making solar eclipses rarer than they are here on earth, but keep new moons similar to how they currently are (or at least similar)? At first I thought that increasing the lunar tilt from 5 degrees to, say, 10 degrees would help,...
[Question] [ I'm making a world where approximately 75-90% of humanity was taken out by a non-biological weapon (i.e., no viruses or bacteria), but the majority of major structures, such as tall buildings, exist almost untouched (just normal wear and tear over about 150 years or so). What kind of weapon would be abl...
[Question] [ Lets pretend that Mars was a bit larger, so the gravity could hold on to the water and possible atmosphere, and then play along with the accidents that happened on earth happened at a similar tact. Somewhere between when the telescopes appears and now we gaze at mars and see people just as us looking bac...
[Question] [ I have an idea for a magic system where the one wielding magical power can shut off gravity for their body. However, anything on them (clothes, accessories, etc.) will still experience regular gravity. I am having a hard time conceptualizing how this power will play out in the world. To keep it simple an...
[Question] [ Werewolves exist in organised societies hidden from humanity at large and over the course of their history they had certain lycanthropy-related problems to overcome. While their condition comes with perks, it also has downsides. In particular in terms of medicine, werewolves are immune to most diseases a...
[Question] [ Witches exist at all levels of society, including the top echelons. These individuals summon the orgone within themselves to perform various feats of magic through invocations. One brand of magic revolves around battle. These attacks can be very powerful, and consist of magical attacks and defenses. Some...
[Question] [ **This question already has answers here**: [What all stops working when I pause time?](/questions/30001/what-all-stops-working-when-i-pause-time) (25 answers) Closed 7 years ago. Suppose there is a person who owns a device which can *stop* and *resume* time. When the person *stops* the time, will...
[Question] [ I want to make an alien species evolve without fear, or atleast not fear as we know it. Intelligent life, as I understand it, requires fear to encourage an organism to keep itself alive. What emotion or sensation could replace it? Pain? Competition? Anger? What evolutionary path would lead to such a de...
[Question] [ In approximately 50 years, NASA and many other international space agencies collaborate to create a cloud top base on Venus. The astro-geographers on the station (aka the loser's club) want to go to the surface to study the mineral formations. The people who know what they're talking about, however, say ...
[Question] [ I’d like an alien to be warm-blooded, but have external gills. Imagine a kind of giant crab or woodlouse (pillbug) which spends part of its time on land and part of the time in the sea. However, external gills will be an enormous heat loss for a warm-blooded creature whenever it enters the water. All tha...
[Question] [ Writing a story in which a human is trapped on an alien planet with an average temp of 6 Celsius, and I want to have the atmosphere be too rich in oxygen, but not to the point where an air tank is necessary. What combination of pressure and oxygen would make a human *just* functional? [Answer] Alas, I...
[Question] [ I've just been on [What would be the ideal melee weapon for someone with superhuman strength?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/22124/what-would-be-the-ideal-melee-weapon-for-someone-with-superhuman-strength) stating that big weapon in games are mostly unusable, even with superhuman stre...
[Question] [ In a [short](https://medium.com/universe-factory/coming-of-age-chapter-1-63377ccbac4c#.bhpelo16j) [story](https://medium.com/universe-factory/coming-of-age-chapter-2-59141b5a3edc#.6ldeices8) that I'm writing, there are four main characters: * Myra * Alytho * Syng * Theyna Myra and Theyna are female; Alyt...
[Question] [ In this world, mechs (think MechWarrior) have been developed and have become formidable fighting machines. They are capable of dominating the battlefield and can carry multiple heavy weapons into war. And now they are used for sports. The citizens of this world are a bloodthirsty one and watch these mech...
[Question] [ I read in a paper, posted by L.Dutch, that: > > It turns out that water worlds may be some of the worst places to look for living things. One study presented at the meeting shows how a planet covered in oceans could be starved of phosphorus, a nutrient without which earthly life cannot thrive. Other wor...
[Question] [ I’m thinking that there will be one small continent, about half the size of Australia or a bit larger. The single, massive ocean is inhabited by an aquatic humanoid species (yes, think mer-people) that speak to one another in a way that is similar to the sounds that whales make. They do not communicate w...
[Question] [ I would like to make mandatory 4 day - 36 hours work week in my beloved [Wadiya](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/75727/how-to-create-a-foreign-legion). Friday is part of the weekend, Monday - Thursday 9 working hours per day. That law should apply to all government agencies & private fi...
[Question] [ What ways would the scientific/military branch of a (preferably Western) government investigate a foreign object, which can't be moved, in or near a town populated with oblivious people without alerting their suspicion? [Answer] Come up with a cover story and evacuate the area. * In large parts of Eur...
[Question] [ Discounting the actually quite good idea of having the asteroids be the site of colonization would it be better to use human miners or automated ones? Both would probably deliver the goods by unmanned rockets. Phosphate to the farms on Venus and Mars. Transition metals to everyone. I think simple assayin...
[Question] [ In the 2018 movie *Upgrade*, the quadriplegic protagonist gets a cybernetic neck implant that reconnects his spine and returns his control of his limbs. However, this implant also appears to give him near-superhuman strength (such as lifting another character by the throat with one hand, pushing himself ...
[Question] [ Typically in fantasy, creatures that are infused with fire (dragons, pyromancers, fire elementals, fire-infused monsters, you get the drift right?) seem to be completely unharmed by said fire and its effects (smoke inhalation, deoxygenation, burns from resultant heat.....). In other words, mages and mons...
[Question] [ So, I was thinking. Modern combat relies a lot on intel and speed, but also luck. Now there is a problem. You see, in most video games, even hardcore ones, like Lobotomy Corporation, there are certain safeguards that prevent unavoidable instakill. I'd obviously lose it if Finn or McKenna died on me becau...
[Question] [ So, a few decades after a nuclear holocaust, the people of New Jerusalem out near the great salt lake open up a school to teach people. Since the war, however, technology is gone back to the dark ages, including the ability to mass produce books. My question is, can a school function without mass produce...
[Question] [ Orbital Drop Pods are a new-coming part of Futuristic science fiction. Triple A games like CoD: AW and Titanfall feature them as ways to easily reach ground level by cramming armament (such as soldiers or Titans) into metal pods equipped with descent thrusters or shock absorbers to slow the fall. Like a ...
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[Question] [ Most questions in this vein seem to center around the inhabitants of a planet moving it. I have a significantly different spin on this idea, though. So, you're a big ball of rock spinning around a star. It's nice. You're getting a nice tan, you don't really think that much because you may have the intell...
[Question] [ In the western highlands live the warlike Oelha tribes. The Oelha are infamous raiders left over from one of the hordes that ravaged the land generations ago. Oelha frequently steal cattle and attack outlying villages of the neighboring kingdoms or other clans. While being warlike and vicious the Oelha ...
[Question] [ How would a Dictatorship make a country more successful (Wealthy, politically and materialistically powerful, secure, stable)? **Background:** In this instance the country is a monarchy to begin with. The provinces are controlled by different families who mostly do what they want... all of them have con...
[Question] [ I'm not sure if it's even feasible, but I have a server farm in my book, of a size that puts it on par with Google's. I want to wipe out all the data stored on the hard drives, without destroying the servers themselves, most likely using an EMP device. This is assuming the device is within the farm itsel...
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[Question] [ **[I have asked previously how I could create an earth-like world with as many deserts as possible in it.](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/41646/resources-for-climate-world-building)** With these tips, I've designed a continent with a lot of deserts in it. Trouble is, this continent is ...
[Question] [ I was wondering what kind of planet would lead to aliens being significantly larger and stronger than humans. From my understanding, a planet with lighter gravity would lead to larger creatures, but they would most likely be weaker, as it takes less effort to move stuff. But a planet with heavier gravity...
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[Question] [ It is widely known that the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was attacked in the morning of Sunday, 7th December, 1941 - resulting in the US entering the Second World War (source: [History.com](http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor)). My question is, how would have the Second Worl...
[Question] [ Let us define enchanting as binding a magical effect to or channeling it through a physical form. **Background:** Magic is an "energy," or exotic matter/energy perhaps, that exists essentially as an invisible cloud that does not directly interact with normal matter of its own volition. It can be coaxed...
[Question] [ I remember reading about how a lot of the early paleolithic societies and proto-human species like Neanderthals and Homo Erectus used sign languages before spoken languages. It made me wonder how a society that never developed spoken language would be like. Let's say that 100,000 years ago, *Homo Sapiens...
[Question] [ My setting is more Space Opera than science based, but I am attempting to keep a consistent set of rules for space travel. I'll try to narrow down my question to a "lowest denominator" for the benefit of Worldbuilding–SE. **In an otherwise unpopulated solar system, can I detect the arrival of another spa...
[Question] [ **How to justify evolving pointy ears that stick out from your head, on a humanoid.** Like this: [![Alfar Slapparsdottir](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ko1EL.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ko1EL.jpg) --- They can either start from the usual round-eared human(oids) with ears close to their heads, or have a d...
[Question] [ Somewhere out in space, we stumble upon an alien device. It is immediately taken back to base or Earth or wherever and given to scientists to investigate. Reverse engineering the device reveals that it's fairly simple to duplicate, and it can be used to greatly simplify some process (in this specific cas...
[Question] [ I'm interested in writing a story about inhabitants of a permanent base on Mars, a few decades after all life on earth has (presumably) been wiped out. Preferably, I'd like them to still be there, be it with a major setback in technology. In the interest of keeping the community on Mars more relatable, I...
[Question] [ In this society there is a regular apocalypse event that can cause 80% casualties among the human race. This happens once every 20 years. While this is survivable, it's not survivable if it happens twice in a row. This can be prevented by a prophesied child arising who can stop the apocalypse. This child...
[Question] [ This is my first question here, so any help would be greatly appreciated. I am trying to figure out how my world's day and night cycle works, or if something like what I'm hoping for is even possible. I am building this world around multiple random small-scale ideas, so I've been having trouble making th...
[Question] [ So, I've wound up in jail again (not my fault - I didn't start that fire, honest!) and I need to get out of here before the mayor has a chance to check his safe. Unfortunately, I left my lockpicks in my other pants. Luckily, I happen to be carrying a little vial of metal-be-gone. A few drops on the hinge...
[Question] [ With Mars' color coming from the iron oxide, is it possible for such a small body without an atmosphere to support that color? [Answer] The redness of Mars' surface comes from the large quantities of iron in its crust. Other terrestrial planets in the Solar System also contain iron, but not at their s...
[Question] [ Researchers are scratching their heads, and Portland Water Bureau is furious. In Portland, Oregon, a reservoir in one of the City parks has begun spilling out a river of naturally occurring beer/ale. **How can this happen?** I'd like to avoid magic or human intervention in favor of a series of coincidenc...
[Question] [ An [artesian basin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artesian_well) is an aquifer in which water within permeable rock is kept under pressure between 2 layers of impermeable rock. I don't know if any artesian basin exists like this in real life, but i haven't heard of any. However, given that an artesian ba...