Any Objection to this for our research credit?
My name is Dr. Aignean, I'm part of the experimental R&D division for the Moerth commune and I've been asked to introduce you to some of the more novel elements of how our technology has diverged from that of Earth, and the endless opportunities that working with the Moerthian research initiative will provide you with over our deluded and sadly primitive Amaok brethren.
For an appetizer, I'd like you to consider the floor. Simple and seemingly plain, isn't it? Yet, at this moment, it's helping perform and orbital stability calculation for one of our more daring launch programs. That floor tile has as much computational power as most personal device, and it's stable enough that you don't even think twice about using it. This facility is state of the art, and nearly every bit of solid structure is networked into the mainframe. Fast or linear calculations are run on local clusters, while complex problems that are able to be distributed into multiple threads can be handled by the entire building simultaneously. Our research facilities are our computers, and we're getting into some rather fascinating applications. In particular, we've developed the ability to both generated and receive low frequency radiation using such integrated panels, an application to which the military applied to create advanced sensor arrays, but which I think you and I can see the wealth of applications to. Within a decade we'll have the technology developed to the point where the polymers used in clothing have their own internal processors and built-in ability to connect to local networks. A lab coat, rather than a simple piece of PPE, will become a complex monitoring system capable of taking measurements on its own and alerting the using of safety hazards.
For something more substantive, I've had to call in a few markers to bring a sample of this out of secure storage. Military command is a bit paranoid about showing it around to non-Moerthian individuals, but I don't think that's going to be you for long. Pretty, isn't it? A little like powdery red snow, and yet it is so much more complex than one could believe from simply looking at it. Our engineers dubbed it Infernium-6, and it's stabilized O8. A substance that should not be able to exist at normal pressure, and it's stable enough that you could roll it between your fingers. Individual red oxygen molecules, contained within macro-molecular structures that are capable of stabilizing the immense desire of the red oxygen to burst and become simply O2 gas once more. The military sees a fuel, but I see the key to harnessing the properties of every exotic particle that has eluded the grasp of science do to its instability under normal atmospheric conditions. With a redesign of the molecular macrostructure, one could theoretically create an internal cage of alternating dipoles, not unlike the membrane of a cell, and contain an anti-particle via a steady-state EM generated by the macromolecule. It's possible, doctor, and we're going to be the ones to do it.
I know Amaok is going to want to convince you to work with them, they desperately need better minds, but think of what your life will be like if you work for them. They'll turn you into a plowhorse, churning through the same designs that failed Earth. Amaok doesn't innovate, that just slavishly copy the past and hope that something miraculous changes. Armored space suits, simple rifles, missile bearing fighters- all clear analogs to things Earth has already done. If they do innovate, I imagine they're going to go right back to trying to use that innovation to go back over the same stale designs of the past. Earth is fading fast, we both know it, and we cannot afford to repeat the past and pray for a miracle. Join them, and you'll be running on the same doomed wheel you escaped on Earth. Join us, and I promise you that you'll work expanding the edge of science past anything that scientists of Earth or Amaok could dream of.
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Topic: Planetary Arms Race - Moerth, Strategy Phase 2212 (Read 38457 times)