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Futuristic fusion of university campus with desi cultural heritage preserved [closed]
So my idea is to redesign my university campus in a more modern and futuristic setting. But the aim is to keep the original cultural feel to it. For reference the campus is pretty old say 50-60 years ...
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What would climates be like outside areas of controlled weather? [closed]
If weather was controlled in circuitous paths of airships, Swipes lets call the rainbands, where it rains predictably every 7 days, and these Swipes were 1000's of miles apart, what would the other ...
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Office Superpowers: which augmented soft skills help with happiness? [closed]
Office Universe:
In my fictional universe, superpowers exist, but they manifest in a peculiar manner. Individuals are granted abilities that are strictly related to enhancing their office work and ...
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Why might a repressive order allow for flamboyant newscasters?
Thanks in advance and sorry if this isn't within the scope of the forum, I'm new but I've lurked so I totally get it if this doesn't really fit.
Anyway, let's get into it. Setting is a far-future ...
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War and Conflict within a O'Neil Cylinder
I have an idea for a story I'm brewing but I want to know if such things are possible or even plausible.
The basic idea is that the O'neil cylinder was created after a failed attempt of colonizing a ...
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Would android women be a better companionship and better sex partners for men than "real" women? [closed]
If robotics become advanced enough for the creation of humanlike androids( mentally and physically indistinguishable from flesh and blood humans) become possible in an affordable way for the average ...
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What are good alternatives for 'Admiral' in a space force? [closed]
I'm currently writing a far-future sci-fi novel. I have officer ranks and their equivalent positions sorted for my space force, I have decided to follow my in-universe naval rank structure for a ...
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Could cars drive normally on the inside of an o'neil cylinder?
Say we had some type of four-wheeled vehicle on the inside of an O'Neil cylinder with roads. I imagine if it drove in the same direction as the spin, there would not be many problems. However, I am ...
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How long does it take to displace and significantly damage a culture?
In this scenario, my protagonist species of aliens stumble upon some pre-industrial civilization. While trying to establish contact with them to uplift their technology and science, they mess up badly ...
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How would a theoretically perfect language work? [closed]
Suppose a species gets together to make the most efficient language possible. The species is culturally able to accept it, the logistics of getting it to everybody has already been taken care of. ...
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Best Superpowers Gained From Arthopod Essence? [closed]
Please assume the following:
Humans were taken by aliens and relocated to another planet. They have no memory of this event.
High oxygen levels and alien alterations (which made them capable of ...
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Under what conditions would humans host earth to alien refugees? [closed]
I'm trying to come up with two scenarios for my story that takes place in a distant future where a fleet of starships with millions of unarmed humanoid aliens landed on Earth and claimed that their ...
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Would it be logical for races to have their own colonies to preserve their cultures post-Apocalypse?
In my story, Earth was destroyed and about 19 million survive (from races and cultures from all over the world) and go to a new planet as their new home.
At the start of my Sci-fi book, it's set 125 ...
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Hypothetically, should cultural/genetic Homogeneity in Aliens be considered the Exception, or the Rule?
Humans all belong to a Single Species, localized on a single small-ish planet... Yet we are incredibly diverse in both Culture and Individual Appearance/Adaptation to our environment. This also seems ...
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Why would men find fedoras especially practical on a distant planet? [closed]
This question is a bit silly, I know. As an author my base motivation here is stylistic preference and a shameless attempt to evoke a flavor of golden era setting of so many great adventure and ...
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