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SMJB
--squeeze into it.
Right, I've got all these shards of a shattered terrestrial planet that are encased in magic that allows them to hold atmosphere and have artificial gravity. The magic doesn't change it's gravity outside the limits of the spell, though, so the shards will interact with other celestial objects as if they were asteroids, not as if they had earthlike gravity. These shards are orbiting a Jovian world rather closely.
Right, the the most prominent thing in my mind that I'm wondering about is the relevant numbers of using gunpowder as rocket fuel. The rockets dock at towers sticking out of the shards' atmospheres (atmosphere and artificial gravity both suddenly stop at a certain height) and the distances are short in astronomical terms, so it should be at least somewhat feasible. Also, what sort of CO2 scrubbers could a relatively primitive civilization come up with?
I also have a backstory I want to float:
Once upon a time, there was a terrestrial world with a high-magitek civilization, but it shared a system with a highly unstable Jovian planet. As the seismic disturbances from its flybys got worse, it was determined that the Jovian planet was ultimately going to throw the terrestrial planet out of the system. A desperate plan was hatched. Rather than try to save their world, they would destroy it. The great sundering happened, the shards of the world began orbiting the Jovian, and by controlling the orbits they were able to stabilize the Jovian's orbit. But all the magic was being used to fuel this great spell, so civilization fell. A new civilization rose among the shards.
And, of course, any other ideas you might have in regard to this 'verse are welcome.
Right, I've got all these shards of a shattered terrestrial planet that are encased in magic that allows them to hold atmosphere and have artificial gravity. The magic doesn't change it's gravity outside the limits of the spell, though, so the shards will interact with other celestial objects as if they were asteroids, not as if they had earthlike gravity. These shards are orbiting a Jovian world rather closely.
Right, the the most prominent thing in my mind that I'm wondering about is the relevant numbers of using gunpowder as rocket fuel. The rockets dock at towers sticking out of the shards' atmospheres (atmosphere and artificial gravity both suddenly stop at a certain height) and the distances are short in astronomical terms, so it should be at least somewhat feasible. Also, what sort of CO2 scrubbers could a relatively primitive civilization come up with?
I also have a backstory I want to float:
Once upon a time, there was a terrestrial world with a high-magitek civilization, but it shared a system with a highly unstable Jovian planet. As the seismic disturbances from its flybys got worse, it was determined that the Jovian planet was ultimately going to throw the terrestrial planet out of the system. A desperate plan was hatched. Rather than try to save their world, they would destroy it. The great sundering happened, the shards of the world began orbiting the Jovian, and by controlling the orbits they were able to stabilize the Jovian's orbit. But all the magic was being used to fuel this great spell, so civilization fell. A new civilization rose among the shards.
And, of course, any other ideas you might have in regard to this 'verse are welcome.