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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
You would also sweep a chunk of space 15 light-minutes in diameter as you fly. (A single sphereworld would fill the space between earth and the sun).
Jeez, why even put weapons on the thing? Just put a buckload of shields and shield regenerators on it, fire up the engines, then... RAMMING SPEED!
Or, maybe put in a specialized Sphereworld-only weapon, the Spring-Loaded Planet Thwacker. Essentially, it'd be a metal plate that's several hundred thousand miles in diameter that springs out of the sphereworld at the hapless planet. Then it's "Homeworld, corner pocket"!
(A 200-million-mile wide artificial structure is already inconceivable to me, and now you want to move the thing? The necessary thrust would be enough to incinerate any planet....)
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Oh yeah, while we're at it, tachyon internet. That should take care of the lag....
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Quikngruvn
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Ponder this: Scientists already knew that matter is 98% empty space. After they figured out the structure of protons, they determined the remaining 2% is mostly made up of... well, nothing. Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?
[This message has been edited by Quikngruvn (edited 28 July 2001).]
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