The League of Mechanocracies (Open, MT/PMT/FT, OOC, Signups)

[Blakullar]

I would build it somewhere on Jupiter's (or was it Saturns?) moon, Europa. There is a strong possibility there could be water on Europa and it'd be in Saturn's rings.

Jupiter, not Saturn.

Interesting that you both opt for Europa...

As for me, I have two possible locations, both of which are in the Saturn system. First is Enceladus: sitting a house on top of one of the planet's geysers gives me free drinking water and, since it's very much like Europa, there could be complex organic life to culture and consume. Plus, I could convert the water into oxygen to breathe.

Second is Titan. As well as having an atmosphere (which is a big plus), building a houseboat means that I am literally sitting on quadrillions of barrels of oil. I bring along a couple of space-going tankers and surface rigs, export the oil to the nations of Earth for fuel/plastics/whatever and I live the rest of my life in fabulous wealth.

[Vistora]

Jupiter, not Saturn.

Interesting that you both opt for Europa...

As for me, I have two possible locations, both of which are in the Saturn system. First is Enceladus: sitting a house on top of one of the planet's geysers gives me free drinking water and, since it's very much like Europa, there could be complex organic life to culture and consume. Plus, I could convert the water into oxygen to breathe.

Second is Titan. As well as having an atmosphere (which is a big plus), building a houseboat means that I am literally sitting on quadrillions of barrels of oil. I bring along a couple of space-going tankers and surface rigs, export the oil to the nations of Earth for fuel/plastics/whatever and I live the rest of my life in fabulous wealth.

Misconceptions abound...

[Blakullar]

Interesting that you both opt for Europa...

As for me, I have two possible locations, both of which are in the Saturn system. First is Enceladus: sitting a house on top of one of the planet's geysers gives me free drinking water and, since it's very much like Europa, there could be complex organic life to culture and consume. Plus, I could convert the water into oxygen to breathe.

Second is Titan. As well as having an atmosphere (which is a big plus), building a houseboat means that I am literally sitting on quadrillions of barrels of oil. I bring along a couple of space-going tankers and surface rigs, export the oil to the nations of Earth for fuel/plastics/whatever and I live the rest of my life in fabulous wealth.

Misconceptions abound...

It's great to have ambitions though, is it not?

[Vistora]

Misconceptions abound...

It's great to have ambitions though, is it not?

Of course. When you build your Atlantean paradise on Enceladus, gimme a call.

[Vistora]

Hells ye, finished my orthographic map of Vistora's location.

[Autem Galacticus Nexum]

I'm so glad you said that.

*snip*

BUT! the Russians are working towards getting a moon colony up by 2024, and we might be settling Mars by 2020.

Which brings me to an interesting question for the League. If you, personally, could live anywhere in the Solar System, with complete disregard for expense, where would you build your house and why?

V774104.

Because hyperjump efficiency.

For reference, this is Sedna's orbit currently at 85.8 AU. V's is 103.

[Tinfect]

Which brings me to an interesting question for the League. If you, personally, could live anywhere in the Solar System, with complete disregard for expense, where would you build your house and why?

Well, without regard for expense?
Venus. I'm sure that if we have literally infinite money to throw at it, we can make it Livable.

[Vistora]

Which brings me to an interesting question for the League. If you, personally, could live anywhere in the Solar System, with complete disregard for expense, where would you build your house and why?

Well, without regard for expense?
Venus. I'm sure that if we have literally infinite money to throw at it, we can make it Livable.

If that's the case, then Mars. Commence terraforming!

[Allancia]

Well, without regard for expense?
Venus. I'm sure that if we have literally infinite money to throw at it, we can make it Livable.

If that's the case, then Mars. Commence terraforming!

If we could introduce water and plants to Mars and construct an artificial electro-magnetic field around it, it might actually be livable. The Martian soil apparently releases oxygen when it comes into contact with water, which would be incredibly convenient.

[Vistora]

If that's the case, then Mars. Commence terraforming!

If we could introduce water and plants to Mars and construct an artificial electro-magnetic field around it, it might actually be livable. The Martian soil apparently releases oxygen when it comes into contact with water, which would be incredibly convenient.

Well, there's more to it than that... a lot more to it

But that's the general idea. Easily the largest single challenge in terraforming Mars (not to imply that every other aspect of the task is nigh-insurmountable in itself) is accounting for the near-lack of a proper magnetosphere. Unless you happen to have a convenient way of melting Mars' core then send it spinning, there is little one can do.

[Aeiouia]

Which brings me to an interesting question for the League. If you, personally, could live anywhere in the Solar System, with complete disregard for expense, where would you build your house and why?

Oh, that is easy. A large nuclear pulse engine-equipped spacecraft. Robust enough to be fitted with an artificial gravity ring, food production facilities, and proper radiation shielding. I could keep it in Earth orbit if I wanted to have an internet connection, but I could also take it on multi-month trips to other planets and back if I wanted to.

Granted, it definitely would be unable to land on said planets, however. But, it could be fitted with landing craft or probes with conventional chemical rockets for this purpose.

[Vistora]

Which brings me to an interesting question for the League. If you, personally, could live anywhere in the Solar System, with complete disregard for expense, where would you build your house and why?

Oh, that is easy. A large nuclear pulse engine-equipped spacecraft. Robust enough to be fitted with an artificial gravity ring, food production facilities, and proper radiation shielding. I could keep it in Earth orbit if I wanted to have an internet connection, but I could also take it on multi-month trips to other planets and back if I wanted to.

Nuclear pulse engines? Bruh, Fusion VASIMR is where it's at.

Okay, okay, I know that's not technically a thing, but whatever

[Tinfect]

[...] food production facilities[...]

I don't think they'll let you operate a Soylent Factory on a Spaceship.

[The Great Devourer of All]

2016... Well, still no hoverboards and flying cars. Anyway, happy new year to all!

I'm so glad you said that.



My favorite is the "floating cities" one. I've actually consulted structural and civil engineers here at the UW about the plausibility of my nation's creation, and how it would be done, so I know full well the difficulties of sticking a city anywhere but solid ground.

Xkcd, amiright?

[Allancia]

If we could introduce water and plants to Mars and construct an artificial electro-magnetic field around it, it might actually be livable. The Martian soil apparently releases oxygen when it comes into contact with water, which would be incredibly convenient.

Well, there's more to it than that... a lot more to it

But that's the general idea. Easily the largest single challenge in terraforming Mars (not to imply that every other aspect of the task is nigh-insurmountable in itself) is accounting for the near-lack of a proper magnetosphere. Unless you happen to have a convenient way of melting Mars' core then send it spinning, there is little one can do.

Of course. We also have to contend with the total lack of atmosphere, although if we flooded enough of the planet's surface, we could create a thin atmosphere comparable to a mountainous region on Earth. Although we would need a truly enormous amount of water for that, and even then, it would take decades or even centuries to introduce enough plant and animal life to stabilize any ecosystem.
Assuming it all wasn't destroyed by cosmic radiation. As far as I've heard, Earth is the only planet in our immediate vicinity to have a magnetic field that is not a gas giant or bathed in the sun's heat. Ganymede has one, I think, but we'll need a lot of money and time to ship enough materials there to colonize it.

[The Great Devourer of All]

1,000,000 wekaton nuke (1,000 hellaton/1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons of TNT equivalent).



The epitome of peasant godmodding.

[The Great Devourer of All]

Well, there's more to it than that... a lot more to it

But that's the general idea. Easily the largest single challenge in terraforming Mars (not to imply that every other aspect of the task is nigh-insurmountable in itself) is accounting for the near-lack of a proper magnetosphere. Unless you happen to have a convenient way of melting Mars' core then send it spinning, there is little one can do.

Of course. We also have to contend with the total lack of atmosphere, although if we flooded enough of the planet's surface, we could create a thin atmosphere comparable to a mountainous region on Earth. Although we would need a truly enormous amount of water for that, and even then, it would take decades or even centuries to introduce enough plant and animal life to stabilize any ecosystem.
Assuming it all wasn't destroyed by cosmic radiation. As far as I've heard, Earth is the only planet in our immediate vicinity to have a magnetic field that is not a gas giant or bathed in the sun's heat. Ganymede has one, I think, but we'll need a lot of money and time to ship enough materials there to colonize it.

Europa, Enceladus, possibly Ceres, and I think on or two other planetoids may have subterranean seas shielded by ice. The thick shells of ice would protect the oceans from solar radiation, so they wouldn't need magnetic fields.

[Blakullar]

1,000,000 wekaton nuke (1,000 hellaton/1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons of TNT equivalent).



The epitome of peasant godmodding.

I believe that one million wekatons is formally called one fuckton.

[Nayba Collective]

@Vistora not sure what reason Sarif would have for bothering them.

The Nayba is agenda is pretty much to take over all of Siberia, plus Kamchatka and maybe the poles. (Naturally this puts them at odds with the Illuminati.)

[The Great Devourer of All]

1,000,000 wekaton nuke (1,000 hellaton/1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons of TNT equivalent).



The epitome of peasant godmodding.

I believe that one million wekatons is formally called one fuckton.

No, it's a Shitbrickston. A Fuckton is a thousand Shitbrickston. A thousand Fucktons is a Holyhellton. A thousand Holyhelltons is a SweetCatholicJesuswithBlackberryJamton. A thousand of those is a Holyalfredbatman'slightsaberbowtiewithcrimsonstripesthat'sbigton. That's the largest definable measurement for a while, all the way until a billion of those, known simply as Donald Trump's Ego-ton.

[Allancia]

I believe that one million wekatons is formally called one fuckton.

No, it's a Shitbrickston. A Fuckton is a thousand Shitbrickston. A thousand Fucktons is a Holyhellton. A thousand Holyhelltons is a SweetCatholicJesuswithBlackberryJamton. A thousand of those is a Holyalfredbatman'slightsaberbowtiewithcrimsonstripesthat'sbigton. That's the largest definable measurement for a while, all the way until a billion of those, known simply as Donald Trump's Ego-ton.

Would you mind if I put this in my signature?

[The Great Devourer of All]

No, it's a Shitbrickston. A Fuckton is a thousand Shitbrickston. A thousand Fucktons is a Holyhellton. A thousand Holyhelltons is a SweetCatholicJesuswithBlackberryJamton. A thousand of those is a Holyalfredbatman'slightsaberbowtiewithcrimsonstripesthat'sbigton. That's the largest definable measurement for a while, all the way until a billion of those, known simply as Donald Trump's Ego-ton.

Would you mind if I put this in my signature?

Go right ahead.

[Allancia]

Would you mind if I put this in my signature?

Go right ahead.

That would have just been an average post, right up until you got to the Donald Trump's ego. That just sealed the deal.

[The Great Devourer of All]

Go right ahead.

That would have just been an average post, right up until you got to the Donald Trump's ego. That just sealed the deal.

Thanks, I'm rarely sig'd.

[Vistora]

I believe that one million wekatons is formally called one fuckton.

No, it's a Shitbrickston. A Fuckton is a thousand Shitbrickston. A thousand Fucktons is a Holyhellton. A thousand Holyhelltons is a SweetCatholicJesuswithBlackberryJamton. A thousand of those is a Holyalfredbatman'slightsaberbowtiewithcrimsonstripesthat'sbigton. That's the largest definable measurement for a while, all the way until a billion of those, known simply as Donald Trump's Ego-ton.

You now owe me at least ten extra breaths. Christ, my lungs nearly collapsed.