Originally posted by Blair Wind
😖hifty:Wish this was more plausible:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer_%28comics%29That would kick ass
Give it 200 years or so, and we'll see loads of Superheroe esq Ghost i the Shell characters like the Egineer. 🙂
Originally posted by Blair Wind
Wish this was more plausible:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer_%28comics%29
Originally posted by Mindship
Interesting. I created a female character a number of years ago (wrote some short stories about her--one actually got published) whose powers were based on nanotech (the character also incorporated a dragon theme). But I took it even further, beyond nanotech, to where not only is her genetic structure engineered but also her subatomic structure. Ie, this tech could work matter down to the Planck scale, altering physical constants and allowing for "seemingly impossible" abilities (which, in and of themselves, I kept fairly realistic).
Cool, could she manipulate the Quantum field to give her mass, like the Hulk does ? 🙂
Its looks like you haven't read the Authority yet, i extremely recomend that you pick it up.
Originally posted by Blair Wind
😖hifty:Wish this was more plausible:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer_%28comics%29That would kick ass
Yeah who wouldn't want to be a naked metal chick . . . . .
Why are all the cool characters girls? 😠
Originally posted by Mindship
Interesting. I created a female character a number of years ago (wrote some short stories about her--one actually got published) whose powers were based on nanotech (the character also incorporated a dragon theme). But I took it even further, beyond nanotech, to where not only is her genetic structure engineered but also her subatomic structure. Ie, this tech could work matter down to the Planck scale, altering physical constants and allowing for "seemingly impossible" abilities (which, in and of themselves, I kept fairly realistic).
If she's operating at PlackLevels she should be able to do basicly anything right?
Aboslute control of her form, perfect perception of time, manipulation of most forms of energy, she should be able to store a basicly limitless amount of information stuff like that.
How did you rationalize the construction of technology at that scale? Namely what was it built out of?
Cool, could she manipulate the Quantum field to give her mass, like the Hulk does ?She can manipulate the quantum vacuum, yes, but that particular power I did not bestow upon her. By comparison to the source of her powers, her actual abilities are pretty tame (pretty much your standard basic powerset), because 1) I wanted to keep her challenges fairly simple, and 2) my focus was more on character development. Also, I thought that fairly simple, basic powers might be easier to accept as realistic, given the tech source.
Its looks like you haven't read the Authority yet, i extremely recomend that you pick it up.I know, I know. I've been extremely remiss in this, because when I do get the chance to frequent a comic shop, my focus has been on collecting every DC/Marvel crossover I can find (latest conquest: JLA/Avengers).
Why are all the cool characters girls?One word, implicit (usually) in the character's gestalt: SEX. But seriously, I find a female character easier to write about because there's less temptation to see the character as my "ideal self," and I experiment more in hopes of making the character interesting.
If she's operating at PlackLevels she should be able to do basicly anything right?The tech operates on that level, but not her as a macroscopic organism. The story rational is that this tech is so advanced that the society which created her barely understands it (which is why most of her is still "regular" nanotech).
How did you rationalize the construction of technology at that scale? Namely what was it built out of?I'm so glad you asked. 😛
I used to "design" advanced technologies by simply extrapolating what we know today. The futuretech still has one foot, so to speak, in our real world. Okay, fine and dandy.
But then I started thinking: if a cell phone appeared in Medieval times, it would be completely unrecognizable even in terms of function, let alone how it might work. In other words, really advanced supertech should Not be comprehensible by us at all. Ie, Clarke's Law. For me, this made such tech more believable than something I could still somewhat understand.
That said, I haven't the faintest idea how this Planck-level tech might work, suffice to say that, where the planck-level action happens, this is likely surrounded/supported by tiers of tech less teeny (plancktech - attotech - femtotech - picotech - nanotech).
How did you rationalize the construction of technology at that scale? Namely what was it built out of?
This is a more direct link (sorry, I was in a rush before)...
http://www.orionsarm.com/tech/index.html
Originally posted by Newjak
Realisticly the only thing we lack now is a usable power source to power a suit. Otherwise we could make a suit to allow humans to be stronger and probably even possess flight.Like I said the problem is that the suit would require insane amount of energy to power it for any more than a few minutes.
Miniature Nuclear engine ?
the problem is that the suit would require insane amount of energy to power it for any more than a few minutes.
To withstand 1 megaton, you'd need 4200 terawatts (that's ten times the power of the Hiroshima bomb). 😖mart:
My guess would be, by the time we have the technology to generate this kind of power on a personal level, we'd probably be beyond suits. More like nanotech beings.
Originally posted by Mindship
Energywise, some powers seem "cheaper" than others. For 100 kilowatts (eg, the power to move a car at 40mph), you can have the strength of 1000 men. Superspeed requires megawattage; and durability is the most expensive of your basic powerset: to withstand the explosive force of only 1 ton of TNT, you need 4.2 gigawatts.To withstand 1 megaton, you'd need 4200 terawatts (that's ten times the power of the Hiroshima bomb). 😖mart:
My guess would be, by the time we have the technology to generate this kind of power on a personal level, we'd probably be beyond suits. More like nanotech beings.
Or you could phase shift. Phase shifting solves everything 😖hifty:
I have a question. I'm trying to write up a scenario where people realistically gain Super powers.
Now I have three powers in mind .
1. Time Manipulation
2. Super Strength
3. Electrical Creation / Manipulation
I need weakness for the characters ?
The Super strength is simple enough , the user has to be very careful whenever they move or touch someone so they don't accidentally tear them apart.
Time Manip is difficult however, I have this idea that it's not WHAT is done with the powers (aging someone to dust, pausing time ect) but how LONG it's done for and how LARGE the effect is. IE : Pausing time for 5 minutes in a restroom wouldn't take its toll. Holding time in place on a sky scraper however would be near impossible.
Any thoughts on Time Manip and Electrical Manip ?