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Dyson sphere and energy generation ?

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solrac lara
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-11-13 02:13:54 UTC
So i was wondering there is any mention of a dyson sphere on EVE ? it is possible for the new eden empires to build one ? would be practical or feasible ? and how do the empires generate energy ? fussion ? aneutronic fussion ? antimattermatter reactions ? solar lifting ? some technnoblade sci fi thing ?
Teinyhr
Ourumur
#2 - 2015-11-13 06:48:17 UTC
I don't think a Dyson Sphere has ever been specifically mentioned, but I would imagine they are familiar with the concept. I suppose building one with the fullerene enhanced technology of the Sleepers would be possible, but the question is, would it be feasible? If we forget that this is a game for a moment and that asteroids do not respawn in real life, it would take massive quantities of raw materials to build one even just a few centimeters thick. So, possible? Yeah I think so. Would there be any point? Doubtful.

Empires, well, at least their ships, generate energy from at least solar, fision, fusion, antimatter and whatever the heck a "graviton reactor" is. I would imagine burning various stuff is still popular on planets as well.
Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#3 - 2015-11-16 23:54:15 UTC
There was a subtle mention of one in Templar One, in the vision Grious shows Markus Jjor of life within the Sleeper construct - if there's any one, it may be that - but that's nowhere near us. It likely does hold relevance, as the Sleepers are known to use solar power. As for the empires, none seem to have done anything of that scale yet (though we still don't know what the source of the W477-P explosion was).

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Dr Carbonatite
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
#4 - 2015-11-17 06:02:25 UTC
https://interstellarprivateer.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/phenomenal-cosmic-power/

There's a lot of info (and tinfoil, and maybe just maybe a hint of truth) in this series.

Also a lot of speculation on the nature of Sleeper/Jove solar power in these threads:

http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=1314015&page=1

http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=1261656

I really miss threadnaughts like that these days.
Teinyhr
Ourumur
#5 - 2015-11-17 18:51:09 UTC
Awesome stuff I've never heard of +1 to both of ya.
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#6 - 2015-11-20 16:07:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Nana Skalski
This whole concept. It was a joke initially.

You are harvesting energy with small piece of dyson sphere, and you will have to make matter from energy in that piece. With this matter you will build more dyson sphere pieces using initial one. And then other spheres around other stars. Planting a Dyson sphere seed around every one of them.

BTW, how do you build a dyson sphere around that? Lol

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Rhavas
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#7 - 2015-12-26 06:03:13 UTC
Thanks for the link. And as of this week's chronicle "Inheritance" I think we can pretty firmly say that there was a Dyson Swarm/Cloud. Much of my other speculation gave too much credit to the Sleepers and Jove that rightfully looks like it belonged to the Talocan alone however, and much causation that I attributed to enemy action was merely entropy.

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HeXxploiT
Doomheim
#8 - 2015-12-26 19:32:25 UTC
The primay trouble with building a Dyson sphere is that regardless of how many planets are in a solar system, even if there are 1000, there isn't enough material in all those planets to build a Dyson sphere.
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#9 - 2015-12-29 21:36:15 UTC
HeXxploiT wrote:
The primay trouble with building a Dyson sphere is that regardless of how many planets are in a solar system, even if there are 1000, there isn't enough material in all those planets to build a Dyson sphere.

There is sufficient material in our Solar System for a thin but solid shell Dyson Sphere with a 1 AU radius. Make it a system with a dozen more planets and a few more asteroid belts and you'd be flush with building materials.

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Annemariela Antonela
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2015-12-29 22:23:58 UTC
If I remember my Charles Stross correctly, in Accelerando they made effectively Dyson swarms out of diamond foam or somesuch. In that book they were referred to as Matrioshka brains-- progressively larger swarms the further out from the sun, each layer incorporating the waste heat of the previous one to generate enough computing power to run their simulated society. They cannibalized all the dumb matter to make computronium, and the ortho-humans had to flee.

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