Yep, supercruise does some handwavium and gives us the newtonian continuum, where changes are observable immediately no matter the distance. You do make some good points on the difficulty of doing a supernova in the game though - perhaps FD can come up with something for it - but obviously there are far more important things for them to be doing first.
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Yep, supercruise does some handwavium and gives us the newtonian continuum, where changes are observable immediately no matter the distance. You do make some good points on the difficulty of doing a supernova in the game though - perhaps FD can come up with something for it - but obviously there are far more important things for them to be doing first.
People believe this and then doubt Santa Claus exists?
The time scale of stars (and the universe for that matter) is really too big to comprehend. It's always fascinating to explore in ED thinking "this may actually look something like this, but noone on earth will ever see it up close or even remotely up close".
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And you'd know that the hotter and brighter a star burns, the shorter its lifespan will be.
BOOM.
SCIENCE CHECKMATE.
The more likely explanation is that we all have OCD and access to wikipedia 24/7.
Or maybe that's just me...
Which makes me think... When the star goes Supernova, it should disappear on the galaxy map, but should still be visible in the systems where the light has not travelled yet.
DEVS, CAN WE HAVE THIS?
Assuming we don't get wiped out by gamma radiation bursts.Which makes me think... When the star goes Supernova, it should disappear on the galaxy map, but should still be visible in the systems where the light has not travelled yet.
DEVS, CAN WE HAVE THIS?
A better idea is to load up our ships with Iron, then dump that into Betelgeuse
Iron cannot release energy when it fuses, so when the core of the star starts loading up with iron, and the temperatures/pressures get high enough for Iron to fuse, then the energy given off by the star's core drops to 0 and gravitation takes over
Hence the stars core collapses into a neutron star 30km in dia, and then the rest of the star charges downwards at a fair fraction of the speed of light before rebounding back out into space.
But then we'd have a serious logistical problem.. how do we haul what could be a solar mass worth of Iron into the star, I think that would take every ED player hauling Iron for 1000 yrs and doing nothing else....
Bill
But then I'm betting the ED player ARE ocd enough to do that
It would certainly make for an interesting storyline. The systems in the immediate vicinity would have all life wiped out in the catastrophe. But suitably geared-up specialists may be able to go in and help themselves to whatever was left behind.
The systems beyond the wipe-out fringe would still be severely affected, crop failures, etc, making for lots of food/medical/supply import missions and population evacuations to less sunny climes.
Unlikely we'll see this happen in game though, unless we are much further down the line and they are maybe trying to attract players back to the game.
The systems beyond the wipe-out fringe would still be severely affected, crop failures, etc, making for lots of food/medical/supply import missions and population evacuations to less sunny climes.
Unlikely we'll see this happen in game though, unless we are much further down the line and they are maybe trying to attract players back to the game.
The systems in the immediate vicinity may indeed get a bit knocked about, but the supernova explosion will only progress at the speed of light for electromagnetic effects and less than the speed of light for mass related effects. So a system 5 LY away has at least 5 years to pack up leave before the supernova wave front arrives etc. Now that's a LONG term storyline!
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Bah what do you know about space? You're just a redshirt
. Go "help" on the away mission.Bah what do you know about space? You're just a redshirt
Harsh man! Those of us who just stand and provide cover for the hero as we get blown away also serve you know.
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Also how do you get the smilies to work? Do you have to know all the character combinations and let it translate or is there some arcane way of copying them in?
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If you go to "advanced" when you reply there's a table with them. Most are converted automatically into pictures when you use the standard symbols for them.
I started an astrophysics degree, then changed to physics after the first year, so you don't need a Phd, this is first year stuff
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A better idea is to load up our ships with Iron, then dump that into Betelgeuse
Iron cannot release energy when it fuses, so when the core of the star starts loading up with iron, and the temperatures/pressures get high enough for Iron to fuse, then the energy given off by the star's core drops to 0 and gravitation takes over
Hence the stars core collapses into a neutron star 30km in dia, and then the rest of the star charges downwards at a fair fraction of the speed of light before rebounding back out into space.
But then we'd have a serious logistical problem.. how do we haul what could be a solar mass worth of Iron into the star, I think that would take every ED player hauling Iron for 1000 yrs and doing nothing else....
Bill
But then I'm betting the ED player ARE ocd enough to do that
I dumped my ship into a star, is that iron?
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I dumped my ship into a star, is that iron?
Do it enough times... and your insurance rate should go up faster than a supernova
Should have stuck around a bit if it was a show you were after. The day after your visit Disaster Area played a surprise gig.
Of course, this means that Betelgeuse is now 50% closer to supernova than before, but hey....
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They say we are "INSIDE" a supernova remnant Cooool
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