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Long project took long -_- But hopefully it's worth itHere be the solar system of the year 2125, in my ComCom timeline. I think it's all pretty self-explanatory; the labels near each planet show the major organisations present on their surfaces and in the locality - a "major organisation" being defined as that which controls a significant portion of the planet's economy, politics, or people
Beyond Uranus, there are few locations with any significant human presence - an Alliance-oriented outpost on Triton, and a research waystation on Sedna are pretty much it. As yet, humanity is limited to slower-than-light travel, and while a clutch of pioneer-probes are speeding out towards the nearest few stars and extrasolar planets, the signs of humanity (and the complexities of it's cultures and politics) beyond Uranus are few and far between.
I can't think of anything else to write - I've spent a good portion of my day on this, and my mind is now blank - but feel free to ask any question that comes to mind about the map
Please, don't use without my permission
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Neethis In reply to ??? [2010-03-21 20:31:58 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, it was moved there by the Coalition, as a staging and transfer base in Venusian orbit Venus rotates far too slow for a space elevator, so the Juno base lessens the amount of energy needed to transfer goods too and from the planet - basically it was moved to make the Venusian economy viable, heh.
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xeroith In reply to Neethis [2010-03-21 21:07:31 +0000 UTC]
going off of this; they have the technology to move a friggin dwarf-planet sized satellite across half the solar system safely, accurately, and effectively, but not faster than light travel?
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Neethis In reply to xeroith [2010-03-21 21:16:21 +0000 UTC]
It was very much a case of strap fusion engines to it, and send it inwards It took about 20 years to get it from the asteroids to Venus, and by 2125 it's still not in an entirely stable orbit, swinging close and far from Venus a tad unpredictably.
I don't quite know where you get the comparison between this idea and FTL technology - the two are rather different projects. Moving a moon just takes energy and a lot of calculation; making an FTL drive means getting around some laws of physics - or at least being able to create stable wormholes and besides, the idea has also been discussed as a potential plan to aid the terraforming of Venus, and that was involving one of the ice comets, or even one of the smaller moons of Saturn. Moving an asteroid from the Belt is child's play compared to catching a comet or shifting a moon all the way from Saturn.
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xeroith In reply to Neethis [2010-03-21 22:18:34 +0000 UTC]
haha, I'm getting the idea because the different of moving something that big in 20 years as to speed of light, not near the same in time, but still saying if one is capable, not to mention steering the other might as well be, but ok. And catching a comment nearby venus is childs play to moving a dwarf that far.
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