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Old January 20th, 2002, 03:27 AM
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Default More \'peaceful\' tech/components (esp. stellar manip)

I was just reading some dyson sphere and ringworld type literature on the internet. Did you all know that the original idea for a sphere world would not be a rigid sphere but orbiting satalites and habitation platforms and such. Also, a sphereworld is unstable, less than a ringworld, but it would soon do something dumb...

1. run/drift into the sun

2. rip itself from stress (unless infinitly strong)

3. change shape

Ringworlds are worse, and the living problems with both are amazing, basically in real life as SE4 if you can build one of these you don't need it.

I think that the number of 'peaceful' components and tech should be increased. Once you kicked everyone's *** whats the point? start a new game obviously. But still, wouldn't it be sick to have smaller scale constructions and other facilites/components that could do things other than kill people, like do cool stuff i can't think of right now. The one thing i did think of was another type of stellar construction (i am pretty sure it could be modded in) that is smaller than a ringworld and woudl be more feasible in a late game/mid-late game setting. Woudl be great if it didn't have to be around a sun, but hey.

I think being able to creat multiple suns in one system woudl also be nice, that's prob hard code but hey...

Also, the ringworld stats and sphereworld stats shoudl be upped (will help incorporate new smaller stellar constructions) and will make them a bigger prize.
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