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 New "Planet" type: Cosmic Bracelets 
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f3ar3dlegend wrote:
It would never drift astray:

The gravity from the star is pulling it inward, and the star is pushing (itself) outward. Only when it is in the center will the forces be balanced and allow the ring to stay intact. The ring would never move because if it did, it would offset the balance of the star's gravity and its force and ultimately destroy itself. You would need a massive amount of force to push the ring out of it's position around a star.

This is true of a sphere (look for physics models of Dyson Spheres) but not a ring structure. The ring, when subjected to other forces (solar winds, impacts by other objects) without active compensation, would build up oscillations and start moving like a hula hoop around the star. Eventually it would move off center enough for the star to impact the ring.

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Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:44 am
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I like this idea, it reminds me of the ringworld from EV nova. As to the physics and if this "planet" type could exist or not, it's a game. It doesn't need to possible.
And if the name is changed is changed to "ringworlds" or something better than "cosmic bracelets" (no offence) it's a +1 from me.

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I'm not too keen on the name, but i would support either a mission or CT Lab Artifact to turn "Metallic" planets into these Ring-Worlds. As it stands, only 1 Metallic gets turned into a mission Dyson and the rest have nothing to change or improve it.

Maybe even give us the excuse to have more "Mega Colossal" planets. To the best of my knowledge only melting an Icy into an Oceanic can give you a Mega Colossal if the Icy was Very Massive before it was melted. I would think that a Very Massive Metallic could make a "Mega Colossal Ringworld".

And, while the science behind it is a little odd, the only thing standing in the way of Science Fiction becoming Science Fact, is a few thousand years of science and tech and actually trying to build one. The Concept isn't that much different from the huge defense ring built around the moon in "Starship Troopers" to shoot down asteriods preventing them from hitting earth. Once again, not impossible, just unlikely.

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Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:33 am
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Aren't Matrioshka Brains or Stellar Converters from level 10 structures the same thing???


Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:41 am
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