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wogan:
Y'all know what a Dyson Tree is, i'm sure. The same physicist proposed another hypothetical - a Dyson Sphere. (Personally, I knew about the sphere before I knew about the tree).

A Dyson Sphere is a structure built around a single star, designed in such a way as to capture as much energy as possible from that star. Most science fiction paints a Dyson Sphere as a closed, rigid structure, but the interpretation that Freeman originally intended was that a Dyson Sphere would be a large collection of loose objects - like asteroids, or satellites.

Given that Dyson Trees are likely to need sunlight in order to grow and do things, it would definitely be keeping within the theory to bundle your asteroids (and preferably, a lot of them) around a star. If you ever end up scaling the game to MMORPG levels, that is.

Also, it'll elevate the game from competing for single asteroids, to competing for asteroid belts, to competing for Dyson Spheres. Very ... galactic-dominationy, methinks.

crazeh.monkeh:
I just wanted to say that I had never heard of dyson trees untill the game, but I heard of dyson spheres several years ago. lol

wogan:
Well, obviously, a solar-system sized sphere is a far more interesting plot device than a tree that can grow in a vacuum ;)

Alex:
I'd never heard of them before working on the game either :D

Still, I'd never considered a 'weak' Dyson sphere made from leaves or satellite or whatever - that could get around the problem of radiation pressure/solar winds, which I always thought was a problem with the Dyson sphere.

wogan:

--- Quote from: Alex on February 14, 2009, 07:37:12 PM ---Still, I'd never considered a 'weak' Dyson sphere made from leaves or satellite or whatever - that could get around the problem of radiation pressure/solar winds, which I always thought was a problem with the Dyson sphere.

--- End quote ---

Not to mention the problem of keeping it anchored around the sun. One of the basic laws of gravity - smaller objects drift towards bigger ones. So now you have this titanic mothersphere that weighs infinitely more than the sun it's drawing energy from. The moment it drifts off balance, what's to stop the sun from crashing into it?

"The sun crashing into it". When did things get so big and complicated? :-\

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