One or two oddballs maybe a dozen, but having the Ancients responsible for
hundreds or thousands strains that suspension of disbelief.
- Sent from my SM-N900T
On May 16, 2014 6:40 AM, "Harold Hale [Traveller_TNE]" <
> wrote:
>
>
> ...Or...given that there are undoubtedly worlds that are denser than
> Earth, thus would pack more mass in a smaller package, a lower limit of 5
> may be plausible for the Solar System, but isn't necessarily the final
> answer.
>
> We're also forgetting something. The Ancients were known to "tinker" with
> all manner of things--including moving planets about, pinching off pieces
> of the Universe from rest, blowing up perfectly good planets, etc. Giving
> an atmosphere to a planet that may not have developed much of one?
> Entirely within their abilities (I also recall reading some place that
> Venus may have been one of their "oops", I think it was in one of the DGP
> products).
>
> Naturally, the laws of physics are still the laws of physics, and over
> hundreds of thousands/millions of years if a planet were given an
> atmosphere and a molten core that perhaps didn't develop one (or had it and
> lost it as with Mars), there is the likelihood that it would go back to its
> natural state without periodic intervention. Cue the obvious sci-fi plot
> "PCs must find a way to re-liquify the core of the planet using an Ancients
> device" or "PCs help the scientist who is trying to use an Ancients device
> to re-liquify the planet's core with accompanying melodrama" here....
>
>
>
>
hundreds or thousands strains that suspension of disbelief.
- Sent from my SM-N900T
On May 16, 2014 6:40 AM, "Harold Hale [Traveller_TNE]" <
> wrote:
>
>
> ...Or...given that there are undoubtedly worlds that are denser than
> Earth, thus would pack more mass in a smaller package, a lower limit of 5
> may be plausible for the Solar System, but isn't necessarily the final
> answer.
>
> We're also forgetting something. The Ancients were known to "tinker" with
> all manner of things--including moving planets about, pinching off pieces
> of the Universe from rest, blowing up perfectly good planets, etc. Giving
> an atmosphere to a planet that may not have developed much of one?
> Entirely within their abilities (I also recall reading some place that
> Venus may have been one of their "oops", I think it was in one of the DGP
> products).
>
> Naturally, the laws of physics are still the laws of physics, and over
> hundreds of thousands/millions of years if a planet were given an
> atmosphere and a molten core that perhaps didn't develop one (or had it and
> lost it as with Mars), there is the likelihood that it would go back to its
> natural state without periodic intervention. Cue the obvious sci-fi plot
> "PCs must find a way to re-liquify the core of the planet using an Ancients
> device" or "PCs help the scientist who is trying to use an Ancients device
> to re-liquify the planet's core with accompanying melodrama" here....
>
>
>
>