NationStates Jolt Archive

NOTE: This Thread is to document and explain the technologies I have developed. The first post is a condensed version of some pre-Jolt threads with better explanations and theories behind the concepts. All the information here will be strictly on an Out-Of-Character basis.






The underlying theory behind the Posigravity Drive was first pioneered by the German mathematicians Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein. Einstein proved that Gravity arises from the four-dimensional curvature of space-time. Taking inspiration from his work, Theodor and Oskar worked to demonstrate how the electro-magnetic force arose from a fifth dimension. This way of thinking was unheard of back in 1919. According to the KK Theory, each point in normal space is actually a loop in the fifth dimension.

Studying higher-energy KK echoes of Z and Y bosons at the Imperial Greater Particle Accelerator in orbit above Sol, the research team were able to develop a practical means for generating quantum gravity. Engineering designs based on their equations resulted in the construction of the first Caplis generator, variations of which power the Posi-Grav vessels by accelerating them to speeds that allow them to slip into the fifth dimension, commonly called Space-Plus. The act of slipping into the fifth dimension is commonly called “changeover”.

The Posi-Grav drive reacts dangerously with strong gravity wells. The initial controlled experiment caused the research vessel to implode and condense into a 1 cm chunk. Obviously this not only destroyed the prototype, but all personal upon the ship were killed instantly. Luckily there were additional production models and several data back-ups and important personal were actually away from the ship at the time of the accident. Operation at very low power levels will allow a Posi-Grav vessel to approach a planet but they can never land. A ship cannot land on a planet, especially an inhabited one, while on drive. The results would be major destruction: a chunk of the planet's crust gouged out, tsunamis, super hurricane winds, and other nasty side effects too unpleasant to consider. Remember you would be introducing a singularity onto the surface on a planet. Things will disappear into its depths very quickly and noisly.

The ships computers must keep the field centered with respect to the fan and generator. If it gets too close, or too far ahead, the ship must be stopped and the drive field restarted. If the field starts oscillating, the resultant vibrations could shake the ship to pieces. A piece of matter impinging on the field at the moment of activation could result in a field inversion, turning the ship inside-out.

The computer handles these situations, and runs the ship. The pilots are aboard to make decisions and troubleshoot.

The drive field can be channeled somewhat and can provide electrical power to the rest of the ship. These systems include: Artificial gravity; posi-gravity (tractor) beams for handling cargo; a sophisticated sensor network, force screens for both stellar debris and defense; and ships weaponry

After observing the destruction caused by the initial testing of the prototype, the development of a torpedo armed with a KK projector and a short lived high output fusion reactor. The torpedo is shielded so its electronics cannot be detected. The torpedo is programmed to fall short of its target and act like a dud. After a few minutes, the Caplis generator will generate a quantum singularity about 10 meters away from the target on the opposite side from the torpedo. This will also pull the torpedo into the singularity but the target will most likely be its first meal and the torpedo, its desert. Once the torpedo is destroyed, it obviously stops feeding the singularity which will collapse within a few seconds. Alternately, the singularity can be targeted upon the vessel itself.

Further work with the research allowed theorists to develop equations that lead to the discovery of sending communications as resonating loops through the sixth dimension, called Space-Minus. This allows nearly instantaneous communication. Greater distances will need a signal booster so most communications are directed towards hubs and then passed onto its destination.

The development of the Torq Drive was the result of some quantum theorist wondering if it was possible to shift the mass of a vessel into another dimension, called Torq Space or T-Space, without needing to achieve near light speed or a Changeover. After studying Dark Matter and Dark Energy, the research team at the Imperial Greater Particle Accelerator was able to devise the equations that resulted in the Torq Drive. The engineers were able to build the Divination, the Empire’s first Torq Vessel. All tests yielded almost instantaneous transportation within the Sol system. The mass of the vessel was negated by the shift into T-Space, thus the light speed limit did not apply. The Divination was refitted and command was given to the Emperor’s nephew, Captain Bryce Galladu. On its maiden voyage, the Divination had its drive undergo a cascade effect after leaving the Sol system, creating a quantum star about 3 LY from Sol. Apparently the Torq Drive becomes unstable if it operates outside a strong gravitational field.

The combination of the Torq and Posi-Grav Drives seemed an obvious move. The new vessel type was called the Mirage Class, after the way a ship equipped with it will fade from view as its mass is shifted into T-Space leaving a ghostly after-image to mark where the ship was. The Navigator was the first to be refitted with the Mirage Drive.

This is the real background of my race and nation. The normal citizens do not know any of this. They believe the Ta'Nar are just the first and strongest of those who received the readjustment to their genetic codes. They do not know the genetic manipulation was to create "catalyst" hosts. Interesting fact some human Psi was also brought to light by the genetic manipulation because it made it easier for latent abilities to function by boosting them.

The Emperor is really Nhur-Galladu, an entity who inhabits the current rulers of the Imperial family. The name Nhur-Galladu is an honorific title applied to every Emperor and Empress

An example of the set up can be read about in the Torq Thread (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=334666). Dr Flavius is a “norm”.




Real background


Several millennium ago there was a race of mentats that was on the cusp of shedding their bodies to be pure psi energy. The race evolved in a star cluster thrown from the Canus Major Dwarf Galaxy, called Tal’neer in their tongue, which is currently approximately 40,000 light years from Terra on the other side of the Milky Way.

The Ta’Nar, as they called themselves, expanded to occupy most of the globular cluster. They dominated the other races that existed there and acted as their Overlords.

The Ta’Nar developed the technology for not only near instantaneous communication, but also near instantaneous travel. They did this by shifting the communications into the 5th dimension, thus speeding the communication by stepping outside the space/time continuum. They also used this same concept to create vessels capable of near instantaneous travel by shifting the entire mass of the ship into the higher dimensions and then applying motion. The result was exponential travel because the mass of the vessel was not figured into the velocity equations. The ship would “skip” across the lower dimensions increasing the vessels speed.

The Ta’Nar would also apply these equations and concepts to their shieldry and weaponry. The ships when they had their mass transpositioned would be rendered “invisible” to varying degrees depending on how deep they were. When they were totally immersed they would disappear altogether. The degree of transposition would be directly proportional to the degree of basic protection the vessel would enjoy. If they were 75% transpositioned, the amount of mass affected by physical attacks would only be about 25%. Shielding would then apply to attempt reduction of the damage.

The weaponry they used was based upon the Schwarzschild Field Theories. They could generate singularities within enemy ships, effectively eliminating their existence. They could project their Psi abilities a frightening distance. They have been known to take control of opponents’ ships turning them upon their allies through mind control.

They had technology that allowed them to infuse their minds with their ships so they only needed one Ta’Nar to control them. The swarms of fighters were usually controlled by the ships AI but the AI was in turn possessed by the vessels captain. This allowed them to have a massive fleet because each capital ship could be commanded by a single pilot.

The Ta’Nar could exist for a short time outside their bodies. They experimented with genetically engineering various hosts for occupation in the case their bodies were destroyed. They even experimented with the concept of catalyst creatures, creatures that have the ability to enhance the abilities of the Ta’Nar, much like an amplifier boosts the power of a radio signal. They even experimented in bio-organic ships and other space vessels.

As the cluster approached the Milky Way, the Ta’Nar sent out exploration ships to see what systems were in the new galaxy. They were looking to inhabit new planets and races so they could expand their control. They established a few colonies in a few remote systems as the first wave of expansionism.

About 1000 years ago the Ta’Nar experienced a genesis and undergone a racial transformation. They achieved the ability to leave behind their bodies and lead a non-corporeal existence. They still controlled their machines by possession and continued being the Overlords but the drive to expand was temporally diminished. The colonies were recalled so the Ta’Nar could explore their new incarnation as a whole.

One of the colony transport vessels containing millions of colonist experienced mechanical failure during the voyage back to the cluster. The ship crashed upon a small out of the way planet. To the Ta’Nar’s horror, the world was discovered to not only be magic rich but it completely repressed all technology. This meant there was no way for them to return to Tal’neer.

The Leader of the Ta’Nar, Nhur-Galladu, formulated a plan. The Ta’Nar would possess various beings of this world and attempt to get them to use their magic to transport them to another world where Technology would function. After several hundred years they were able to finally achieve this goal. They gathered all the Ta’Nar onto one group of islands and used the Magi to open a rift to another world, which happened to be Terra.

When the archipelago was transferred, the magic came with it so for a while technology would not function within the newly transferred region until Ta’Nar occupied scientist were able to combine the magic and technologies into a hybrid. As the years passed, the eldritch field faded since it could no longer be sustained from the source. During the last few remaining years magic functioned, the Technomages levitated sections of one of the islands into orbit. The new land became Babylon 1.

From that day forward the Ta’Nar used their knowledge to create advances in technology to achieve space travel. The mining of the asteroid belt and the placement of solar collectors in orbit between Sol and Mercury gave the nation the power and resources to accomplish the research and construction facilities to develop an interstellar craft.

The Ta’Nar are currently attempting to locate some of the abandoned colony worlds so they can regain some of the technology and to discover where their home world lies.