06-01-2015, 02:23 PM
(05-31-2015, 06:08 PM)Nyumii Wrote:(05-31-2015, 05:53 PM)Ryuujin Wrote: Full flight. I originally only intended them to glide until I saw an engineer's analysis that on Titan a human could fly briefly if they flapped their arms hard enough, so Avali can DEFINITELY fly with a lot of control.
Does Avalon's parent world have any other moons orbiting it (and if so, where does Avalon sit in relation to them)? What is the angular diameter of the gas giant on Avalon's tide-locked side of the sky, in comparison to the angular diameter of Earth's moon (at 31 arcmin // 1/2 of a degree)?
Presumably it does have other moons, gas giants usually trap multiple, but most of these questions are beyond the details I've settled on :p
(06-01-2015, 06:15 AM)Shaadaris Wrote: On the topic of permanent/large-scale settlements, does Avalon have many?Permanent settlements exist on the homeworld in the rare places bedrock is accessible but are generally limited to government and core infrastructure rather than habitation. Habitation there is generally short tenancy for those working at those facilities and something a badge of pride for those who've been assigned those roles.
The large majority of the race is nomadic from my understanding, so what's the common view on larger, more permanent settlements?
(06-01-2015, 08:48 AM)Hetuni Wrote: Since I was never able to get a reply before--Why would an Avali require to have clothing to protect in somewhat colder climates (Such as ones where Ammonia freezes) in Avalon?Firstly just because ammonia freezes at a certain temperature it doesn't mean their biology would handle it well. Water found in human tissue freezes at 0 celcius. But you can suffer hypothermia just by standing naked in 18 celcius for a while, because your enzymes and body's systems only operate in a relative narrow core temperature range. You're correct to point out their insulation would give them a broader range of survivable temperatures by stabilising their core body temperature, but the planet's ambient temperature is often already relatively low with respect to their core temperature (If it were higher they'd be in constant danger of embolism, the range that ammonia is liquid in is much smaller than that of water), so reducing ambient temperature a great deal farther would make them too cold (ie when approaching the polar regions)
Is it really just THAT cold or is their down not very effective with being an insulator for that... After all they aren't exactly endothermic last I checked, so that wouldn't be a problem...
The truly arctic side of Avalon (the side tidally locked to the parent planet, which is NOT a pole), hasn't seen direct sunlight in eons and never will again. Temperatures there would be insane (Likely in the region of -180 to -200C at it's core!), to venture that far even Avali'd need environmental suits.
(06-01-2015, 12:57 PM)Comito Wrote:Endothermic, "warm" blooded :p - it gets confusing because an EXOthermic reaction generates heat, yet ENDOthermic is used to describe animals that generate heat... don't make much sense does it. ('warm' blooded might seem a misnomer for a creature with a core body temperature around -40, but it generates it's own energy and that keeps it's core body stable and above the background temperature)(06-01-2015, 08:48 AM)Hetuni Wrote: Since I was never able to get a reply before--Why would an Avali require to have clothing to protect in somewhat colder climates (Such as ones where Ammonia freezes) in Avalon?
Is it really just THAT cold or is their down not very effective with being an insulator for that... After all they aren't exactly endothermic last I checked, so that wouldn't be a problem...
I thought they WERE endothermic.