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06-06-2006, 08:11
Me Li World Tree: Banyan Class
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These trees are inspired by the Mythology of RL Terra. The practical application of the tree was independently discovered by Me Li prior to our discovery of other Dyson's Trees. The Melii Trees are genetically engineered organisms that employ bio-nanotech. They have been created to function as a biological space habitat. We have found that this idea was first proposed by the Ancients but has been attributed to the famous physicist Freeman Dyson in the early Information Age of Holy Terra.
A fully grown Free Flloating World Tree is a spherical structure up to several hundred kilometers across. They generally consists of 5-7 trunk structures growing out from a Planetoidal Nucleus. Usually, they can also be rooted in any manner of spacial bodies. The Branches grow from the top of each trunk and intertwine and merge with each other to form a single structure. The trunks and primary branches are hollow and contain a breathable atmosphere and symbiotic ecology as well as a space adapted ecology on their exteriors. Numerous organisms have been bio-engineered to survive at a variety of distances from a star and under various wavelengths.
The Melii Trees can generally found at distances ranging from .7-5 AU around stars in the G, K and M class.
Growth and Seeding
Growth of a new World Tree begins when a suitable comet/oort body is diverted into a closer solar orbit and a seed is planted on it. Over several decades the seed extends a root system into and around the comet/oort body, and then begins the growth of the primary trunk systems. Depending on the material supply in the comet/oort body and the distance from the star, full growth may take up to a century. However, most trees are ready for initial habitation within 15 years of planting.
Average tree lifetimes run to millenniums even without life-extension bio-nano, and may support a population in the tens of millions. Larger varieties planted on small moons will be able to support hundreds of millions. Life-extension bio-nanos can theoretically maintain bio-systems indefinately.
Ancient Sacred Forests
In systems where the trees have been long established entire 'orbital forests', consisting of hundreds of trees spread across millions of cubic kilometers, may be found in the most desirable orbits. Ancient Forests are essentially a class I Dyson's Sphere. The population of Sentients in a fully mature Melii Forest would number beyond the Trillions.
General Habitat
The "leaves" essentially are modified solar collector sails. The "roots" are primarily resource harvesters form minerals, rare and volitile elementals to power sources. In keeping with Melii humor the bio-nanite dryads are made to resemble insects of varying sizes from a few microns to a few hundred meters.
The younger trees further from the central worlds are generally lightly inhabited and lack the vibrancy and chaos of an established Enclave. The Eldest Forests of the Melii inner systems are heavily populated. They are usually surrounded by a dense swarm of shuttles, ships, and other vehicles which are constantly weaving amongst breaks in the foliage. The Trees are essentially self supportung worlds with the numerous docking stations, control towers, space manufacturing faculties, clusters of residential pods. Scattered amonst the Forests are water-filled carbonoid/diamond spheres that brillantly glows into the Voids like soft pearls. Other Spheres glow as vibrant green like lush little glades within the larger dyson forest.
There are also be cyborg and bioborg trees and sub-trees - half organic and half artificial - trees that incorporate nano- and meso-fog, and innumerable other combinations. Most of these tree sub-systems are also used in Melii designs. See [future links]
<no posting please. TG me questions. will make up a good plausable story>
These trees are inspired by the Mythology of RL Terra. The practical application of the tree was independently discovered by Me Li prior to our discovery of other Dyson's Trees. The Melii Trees are genetically engineered organisms that employ bio-nanotech. They have been created to function as a biological space habitat. We have found that this idea was first proposed by the Ancients but has been attributed to the famous physicist Freeman Dyson in the early Information Age of Holy Terra.
A fully grown Free Flloating World Tree is a spherical structure up to several hundred kilometers across. They generally consists of 5-7 trunk structures growing out from a Planetoidal Nucleus. Usually, they can also be rooted in any manner of spacial bodies. The Branches grow from the top of each trunk and intertwine and merge with each other to form a single structure. The trunks and primary branches are hollow and contain a breathable atmosphere and symbiotic ecology as well as a space adapted ecology on their exteriors. Numerous organisms have been bio-engineered to survive at a variety of distances from a star and under various wavelengths.
The Melii Trees can generally found at distances ranging from .7-5 AU around stars in the G, K and M class.
Growth and Seeding
Growth of a new World Tree begins when a suitable comet/oort body is diverted into a closer solar orbit and a seed is planted on it. Over several decades the seed extends a root system into and around the comet/oort body, and then begins the growth of the primary trunk systems. Depending on the material supply in the comet/oort body and the distance from the star, full growth may take up to a century. However, most trees are ready for initial habitation within 15 years of planting.
Average tree lifetimes run to millenniums even without life-extension bio-nano, and may support a population in the tens of millions. Larger varieties planted on small moons will be able to support hundreds of millions. Life-extension bio-nanos can theoretically maintain bio-systems indefinately.
Ancient Sacred Forests
In systems where the trees have been long established entire 'orbital forests', consisting of hundreds of trees spread across millions of cubic kilometers, may be found in the most desirable orbits. Ancient Forests are essentially a class I Dyson's Sphere. The population of Sentients in a fully mature Melii Forest would number beyond the Trillions.
General Habitat
The "leaves" essentially are modified solar collector sails. The "roots" are primarily resource harvesters form minerals, rare and volitile elementals to power sources. In keeping with Melii humor the bio-nanite dryads are made to resemble insects of varying sizes from a few microns to a few hundred meters.
The younger trees further from the central worlds are generally lightly inhabited and lack the vibrancy and chaos of an established Enclave. The Eldest Forests of the Melii inner systems are heavily populated. They are usually surrounded by a dense swarm of shuttles, ships, and other vehicles which are constantly weaving amongst breaks in the foliage. The Trees are essentially self supportung worlds with the numerous docking stations, control towers, space manufacturing faculties, clusters of residential pods. Scattered amonst the Forests are water-filled carbonoid/diamond spheres that brillantly glows into the Voids like soft pearls. Other Spheres glow as vibrant green like lush little glades within the larger dyson forest.
There are also be cyborg and bioborg trees and sub-trees - half organic and half artificial - trees that incorporate nano- and meso-fog, and innumerable other combinations. Most of these tree sub-systems are also used in Melii designs. See [future links]