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Supposing the Kzinti on the Map of Earth got hold of a cziltang brone
- a device which renders the ultra-hard scrith malleable - and started
to use it to mine scrith, and then to shape and build machinery with
it... what might they come up with?
Reading from The Ringworld Engineers, please assume a tech level
equivalent to mid-20th century Europe, but horribly distorted due to
lack of deep mineral deposits, oils or heavy metals...
... assume also that whatever/however the cziltang brone works,
shaping the scrith once within the field of the device is merely an
engineering problem.
Also assume that some of the kzinti's pet monkeys are intelligent.
('cos NPCs who are all war-crazy faux-tigers is no fun, and NPCs who
are people who have been bred into strange and unnatural shapes by
said war-crazy faux-tigers is).
Finally, how long do you guys reckon it would take the ratcats to
start to Take Over The World with this device, and what might hold
them back?
As you may have guessed, I'm lovingly crafting the next round of
torture for my players. Their stated objective is to get the 'brone
off the kzinti, undamaged, and use it to deal with a slight "Protector
Problem" of their own making.
Given that the cziltang brone exists and is impacting Kzinti society,
background ideas would be quite handy. I have my own answers for most
of the above questions, but a few other people chipping in might help
me work out if I'm screwing up somewhere!
Dear Ringworld RPG group, (if anyone is home after all this time...) I have a fun little question for you all. Supposing the Kzinti on the Map of Earth got...
Interesting concept; please read below... ... Yup, I'm still reading! Really! ... I thought the cziltang brone only rendered the material *permeable* and not...
... There are indications it makes scrith malleable, not just permeable. Note in /Protector/, Phssthpok uses the "softener key" (which appears to be the same...
In effect the Cziltang Brone in itself becomes a Weapon of Mass Destruction - you point it at the floor underneath your enemies HQ and presumably he (and the...
... But only if the brone has sufficient power (area of effect) and range to be usable as a sort of field artillery. Frankly, I think anyone who would use such...
... Now that I consider it, I believe you're onto something here, Lensman... Loosing the device would be devastating. Unfortunately, these are somewhat feral,...
... Lensman... ... Good points on both sides here. However, the kzinti carrying it into battle like a high-tech "ark of the covenant" would make the job of...
... Lensman... ... Good points on both sides here. However, the kzinti carrying it into battle like a high-tech "ark of the covenant" would make the job of...
... ... and I'm a nana. I was beginning to envisage a huge scrith-covered fortress, dug down through the earth and rock to the level of the scrith itself, with...
... Absolutely. A strip-mine is the only way they'd be able to "mine" a significant amount of scrith. Is it possible to use a brone to safely push a probe...
... A thought, following on from this: If you expand a simple object, I can see it getting bigger in every dimension and therefore expanding in size. Expand a...
... Certainly there are parts of plate armor which are inside other parts... http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=72115&rendTypeId=35 ...and certainly if different...
... Author advice: "Never let the facts stand in the way of a good story." If I were running a RPG which required the PCs get their hands on a cziltang brone...
Indestructable Gun Barrels? Also not strictly within in the scope of this question but I wonder what would happen if you set off a nuke inside a GP Hull? ...
... "The strengthened molecular bonds are proof against any kind of impact, and heat into the hundreds of thousands of degrees." ("Flatlander", /Neutron Star/...
I didn't manage to finish Niven's third book as I ground to a halt somewhere in the first third of the book, so I don't know if the other maps were explored....
Did you read Ringworlds Children? (Vastly better than Throne - but you do need to read Throne to get the complete story and even that picks up speed towards...
... The third Ringworld book, /The Ringworld Throne/? I don't blame you, it's quite a come-down from the first two. I hope you'll try the fourth, /Ringworld's...
Dear RingworldRPG Group, Wow! A response! More than one! I am blessed. Thank you all. Some great ideas there, and some really evil ones. I particuarly like the...
... Nice map. I do like it. ... Nonetheless, that's what Larry Wrote (and I'm tap-dancing desperately so as not to contradict The Master...) so I chose another...
... Right, Louis recognized the shape of various continents, including IIRC Antarctica. As has been said, one can either preserve the shape of continents, or...
... other ... the ... about as ... May ... Has it not shown up in the Photos Section of this Yahoo Group for you? How odd! Assuming you can log onto yahoo...
... Well yes, I *can* log into Yahoo! Groups, but no, it is *not* necessary to be able to do so to subscribe to a Yahoo! Groups list. I never bothered setting...
... Sorry for the "geekier than thou" stuff. If you're using Windoz, just right-click on the image and select "view image". That will give you a URL you can...
There is a map projection called "Bipolar Oblique conic" which can fulfil these critera and still be "conic" it has a discontinuity at the equator where you...
... I don't see that it fulfills the criteria of the Map of Earth "spreading out from the north pole". ... Quite true. ... ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Hindmost said, "Mars...
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