physicist call

[Taera]

Hey there, im creating my RP race now and i want it to be a gravity-based race.

Is there anyone who knows something about physics of gravity? Any help appreciated. IF there's anyone i'll post my questions.

[ January 07, 2003, 05:15: Message edited by: Taera ]

[Fyron]

Just post your questions now.

[Suicide Junkie]

Gravity-based you say?

As in composed of gravitiational fields? Or some sort of self-maintaining gravitational wave pattern?

I would suggest you go with some gravitational lensing effects as your images.

Such as this: (from the hubble)


There is a gravitational lensing plugin for photoshop linked to on this page: http://leo.astronomy.cz/grlens/grl0.html

Having invisible ships that distort the background stars to show their shape would IMO, be really cool

Here's some more:

from Google's archive (source page no longer available), and http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/matter/
respectively

[ January 07, 2003, 04:48: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

[Skulky]

is that that thing when you drop an apple and a feather and they fall at the same rate? or is it more like when you get stuck to the core of jupiter and can't get up?

[Taera]

Sorry SJ i've no idea what is this
What i mean is - anyone remember my TechnoLogic?
Im rebuilding them as RP race but i want them to use gravity technology as a racial trait (at least for the RP part). I also have some ideas for a new set but i want it to be realistic.

My questions are:
*Ships that utilize gravity force-field technology (gravity weapons, gravity stasis-trap armor, gravity field shield -- just my first ideas) need to have a good shape to support those technologies. Somewhere i've read that spheric shapes work the best. is that a correct assumption? Theoretically, of course.
*Theoretically again how would gravity based weapons look like? Should i use the basic cone-with-toruses-around-it?
*Theoretically can gravity fields be used to stop particles, no matter the size/type/velocity? (shields stopping APBs, PPBs, DUCs and so on)
*What are gravitons? How are they related to gravity? (same root)
*What are possible ways of harnessing gravity technology? especially for weaponry (excluding standard brute gravity power used by Graviton Hellbore)

Thats all for now, i will probably have more questions later.

[Fyron]

*What are gravitons? How are they related to gravity? (same root)

I think that they are not real particles. They only exist in sci-fi. There, they are normally used as particles that carry the gravitic force, just like photons carry the electro-magnetic force. Of course, I could be wrong.