TallBill Member Posts: 298 From: St. Louis, MO Registered: 11-22-2002 |
Here in St. Louis, it has been mighty windy for several days. During that time I started thinking of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. Mixing and muddying these two (and other notions, I am sure) together, has brought me to a question that might spawn some gaming ideas and that I would love to ask of the authors of "The Privileged Planet": On an otherwise terrestrial planet, would the presence of a huge, non-moving, constant storm prevent the presence of civilization? Now, here's the line of enquiry for the gaming folks to pursue: If civilization would still be possible on such a world, what would the effects of that storm be? What would such a world be like? ------------------ "...prayer itself is an art which only the Holy Ghost can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer. Pray for prayer---pray till you can pray; pray to be helped to pray, and give not up praying because you cannot pray, for it is when you think you cannot pray that you are most praying. Sometimes when you have no sort of comfort in your supplications, it is then that your heart---all broken and cast down---is really wrestling and truly prevailing with the Most High." |
TwoBrothersSoftware Member Posts: 141 From: Janesville, Wi USA` Registered: 08-05-2006 |
quote: Think underground dwelling - quick growing crops (algea pools) |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
Not to mention a series of scientists trying to control those storms with trial and error. |
samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
if the storm was not a world wide storm, like the Great Red Spot, perhaps it would be seen as a sea. I think a fantastic story could be told along the lines of: Riches untold, foreign lands lie beyond the storm. You can take the very long way by going around, and a few have (Marco Polo-ish) But a band of brave adventurers want to establish a shorter route and strike it rich (Columbus). Or perhaps a legend of secrets of what lies in the eye of this storm. Lots of possibilities. ------------------ |
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TallBill Member Posts: 298 From: St. Louis, MO Registered: 11-22-2002 |
Outposts on the edge of the Storm would probably be aerodynamically designed, since the wind would always be from the same direction and at pretty much the same strength. Flying would not be safe in the area of the Storm, of course. If it is centered around a low pressure system, flying objects straying too close would be sucked into the Storm to wind up who knows where—perhaps in the eye. Because of the nature of the Storm, it would be exceedingly difficult to get out of such a place, especially by air. Given the needed materials and intellect, you would be able to know where you were, because you could see the stars (the eye of the Storm having clear skies, after all), but how could you communicate that to those outside? Come to think of it, the eye of the Storm might be the only truly peaceful place in that entire world, might it not? Thinking of TwoBrothers' reply, there might be caverns (whether natural or man made) that have one opening outside the Storm, but the other within the Storm. It strikes me that such caverns would be swept clean, perhaps giving forth quasi-musical tones because of the wind from the Storm. Such “Singing Caves” could be another source of legend, much like the Sirens of ancient Greek legend. The confusion that can result during underground travels could make it nearly impossible to find one’s way successfully out even should one such cavern branch all the way from the eye to, or nearly to the outside of the Storm. ------------------ "...prayer itself is an art which only the Holy Ghost can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer. Pray for prayer---pray till you can pray; pray to be helped to pray, and give not up praying because you cannot pray, for it is when you think you cannot pray that you are most praying. Sometimes when you have no sort of comfort in your supplications, it is then that your heart---all broken and cast down---is really wrestling and truly prevailing with the Most High." [This message has been edited by TallBill (edited March 03, 2007).] |