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MiyagieOne
OP should read Blame! and Biomega.
Voltair
Alderson Disks are for those who think Ringworlds are too plebian.
dietderpsy
Artist - https://www.deviantart.com/artofsoulburn
ChickenNotMakeVerygoodHousepet
Didn’t see OPs mom anywhere in there
hopscotchmaster
Mrw humans start building Halo
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kieroliero
Megasmalltext
JayMalcom
Master chiefing intensifies!
lud1
mega structchores, to all my Isaac Arthur peeps out there
Paulmk1
#1
nch77
It's more like #10. Ringworld is far bigger.
TimboCoJones
#10 literally has Halo as an alterntive name, my dude
Zigor22
Yeah but it should be #1.
YouTubeRed
Greytrek90
Dammit, Lopez!
borgmaster
Suck it blues.
Misfortune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZS0WIQI7UU Polkas y Huapangos - Los Dos Laredos!
retrohellix
Odyssey9
Goddammit Char!
HieronymousFlex
O'Neill Cylinder best megastructure. Researching it even unlocks the "giant space robots" and "child soldiers" tech trees!
TheRoyalBastard
Sauce?
retrohellix
Mobile Suit Gundam, it might be from The Origin, but I'm not sure.
lazysombrero
Category: Stellar Scale, Alternative Name: Yo mama's ass
EntropyReign
Imagine the uber fare to get to the other side of the Niven ring! That noodle shop your family wants to try better be worth it.
Zigor22
You mean Halo.
EntropyReign
nO halo is the last one, like a big moon size, the Niven ring is the size of an entire planet's orbit, thus making my joke much funnier
tomyironmane
Alternative name: "you can't build this."
tangowolf
"Yo mama so big Thanos had to snap twice."
powerrangerpl
mikeatike
The701
Good old Battlestar Wars.
SailorGerry
HUGE MEGA STRUCTURE. teeeny tiny reading font...
sweetnaivety
PHENOMENAL COSMIC STRUCTURES.... itty bitty reading font
LMTMFA
Nr.1; If you like furry shit and seriously fat Sci-Fi, read https://pendorwright.com/journals/ (NSFW!)
LMTMFA
I mention this since the main story arcs take place on a ringworld, as in image 1.
Chimponzoo
So, link to the Artist: https://www.artstation.com/artofsoulburn
Xerastraza
We would delete so much of our planet just to make a thin ribbon around it
Bojovnik84
"Megastructures". Or better known as shit from video games/sci-fi movies.
candiduscorvus
Most of these are plausible. Isaac Arthur has an awesome YouTube channel where he discusses them and other futurist stuff.
solarshado
I knew somebody had to mention SFIA down here somewhere!
bananaslippers
Thank you. I would like to learn more about it
candiduscorvus
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g
cazzegiare
Where are we going to get so much construction material from? **notices no moon in pictures** — awwww sheeeeet.
The701
Or in the case of some of these, **notices several hundred nearby star systems missing**.
3rgrgeeeeeeee
Doesn't look very mega. I'll give you big, or even large. But mega? Come on...
dietderpsy
I agree mega would be your mom.
BobHubert
Decently not small?
SolarFlexus
Tinyn't?
CascadianTwilight
Dude, what the fuck are you talking about
jiynxed
Some of these structures would require harvesting all the solid matter within several star systems to build.
jiynxed
And things like shkadov thrusters are meant to move entire solar systems.
jiynxed
They're talking about artificial structures able to retain atmosphere without domes. Some of this stuff is mind-fuckingly huge.
optionone
we'd have a space elevator if everyone agreed to stop laughing already
msclark5
Not quite. We could have launch assist tethers (aka skyhooks) though. They don't require materials that haven't been invented yet..
4charactersorlongerwasalreadytaken
Love the counterweight on this one..
DuzyPies
What a coincidence. I'm goin through Imgur while waiting for a megastructure in Stellaris to build
syntheticgod8
Awesome images. Stellaris has a great megastructures mod that includes most of these from your list.
CaptVito
I like the one that lets turns moons into warships reminds me of invader zim.
syntheticgod8
Same mod. Gigastructures & More.
DefinitelyNotMadeOfBees
Is Stellaris worth it? Heard the weak diplomacy and boring mid game kinda ruins it
syntheticgod8
I have 2500 hrs on it, so idk. Midgame has been improved, diplo is still weak, modding is required imo, and lots of story content.
DefinitelyNotMadeOfBees
Any critical mods I should get after I get acclimated a bit? Also holy shit 2500 hr, respect.
syntheticgod8
More Events, Gigastructures, Real Space (and patch), Guilli's Planet Modifiers, Zenith of Fallen Empires, Auto Pop Migration, Tiny Outliner
deepthinkerIthink
No Death Star? Really?
DonaldFuck
No Star Forge? Really?
nch77
Death is too small for this list. It would be like a dust speck next to Ringworld. And Ringworlds defense weapon could vaporize it.
dazedNconfuzed
Meh. Petty thinking.
PowwerOrb13
Death Stars are too small, a Dyson Nikolls (I hope I'm spelling it right) beam is more mega. Channeling a sun into a beam through a portal
PowwerOrb13
Because you know how the deathstar had range and needed line of sight? A Dyson Nikolls can hit anywhere in a galaxy without warning
dietderpsy
Rungworld - https://www.deviantart.com/artofsoulburn/art/Megastructures-11-Rungworld-755974545
JosteinCena
That one looks like a bitch to get a spacecraft into. Better time it right or the cylinder's gonna whack you out into atoms.
dietderpsy
Dyson Laser - https://www.deviantart.com/artofsoulburn/art/Megastructures-12-Nicoll-Dyson-Laser-785389663
Aerolithe42
Imagine you're trying to sleep and some asshole 150 millions kilometers away keeps pointing the Sun right in your face!
solarshado
With that much power pointed at your face, sleep would be the least of your problems.
Aerolithe42
I expect I would sustain considerable star damage, which I crave.
Sekai
#3 blow up all our round planets to make them into one big flat one
tomyironmane
... still not enough material.
finnsto
Not enough in the whole solar system. Guess it's time to purge some heresy.
finnsto
in another solar system.
vampirehedgehog
To be fair, a spherical planet is one of the least efficient ways of providing habitable space in terms of quantity of matter required.
stevethegr8t
But they occur naturally, so that’s a plus
evbrew
for the alderson disk, how do you have gravity on both "walls" of the disk?
ridge
And how does another wall stop lateral gravity? By that logic, everyone on the dark side of Earth would be flung of into space.
DefinitelyNotMadeOfBees
Its gravity arises from its mass. It's not like a ring, where "gravity" is really just rotation. An Alderson Disk doesn't move.
talkinghound
The mass of the disk is high enough that it is gravitationally attractive.
DefinitelyNotMadeOfBees
Close, but I think you mean, "its mass is sufficient to create a constant 1 g across its entire surface."
talkinghound
Thanks, that is what I was trying to get across (badly) but I gave up before my brain exploded.
evbrew
I guess i just don't get how the geometry of the gravity well would work like that...
DefinitelyNotMadeOfBees
Very fair question. I'm not convinced the math works out the same as for a large spheroid, but I don't do big physics. Just really small.
evbrew
Intriguing, have to ask what you do involving small physics?
ivebeenimgured
So a Halo ring?
dietderpsy
That's where Halo got the idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld
TurboPuns21
Halo! Its divine wind will rush through the stars, propelling all who are worthy along the path to salvation!
theyar
Can't wait for that Great Journey.
BaronSteuben
Ahhhh ah ahhhh ah ah ahhhhhhhhh
Zetor
Larry Niven did it first, you heathen!
HungryPumpkn
When you first saw Halo, were you blinded by its majesty?
tangowolf
It made me eager to bathe in hot, flowing rivers of my enemies' blood.
Navrodel
Funny enough, I've seen the Halos held up as an example of a megastructure that would be possible with modern materials and engineering. 1/
Navrodel
As opposed to Dyson Spheres, Niven Rings, or Space Elevators that need impossibly strong materials, Halos would only need steel. 2/2
tschallacka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkFZtHuGfr0
SadistVanilla
Halo Rings were directly inspired by Ringworld (written by Larry Niven). So yes, in a sorts, a Halo ring.
Raxiel
They may have had multiple inspirations, but the halo ring is much closer to a Banks orbital (although significantly smaller than both)
OverMyDadBody
*ring* Halo?
Dimestream
Yellow?
shiyal
It’s me. I wondering if you’d come to a LAN party with me.
topshelfassistant
The ring worlds were theorized long before halo so no
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Larry Niven actually invented the idea for his novel Ringworld. Before that there was the Dyson Sphere.
Skllill
Where does it say anything about housing a super weapon that destroys life? Nowhere. But it should.
TheRiattAct
I figure it's implied at this point other wise the builders are just wasting time
ILiekToCookAndBake
DUN DUN DUN DUNNNN, DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNNN DUN DUN DUN DUNN DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNN
Iamlordofspuds
*guitar solo blaring while aggressively driving a warthog*
Santorrr
Is there a non-aggressive way to drive a warthog?
TheRowingGendry
Backwards?
kidafrika2020
The last one is more on scale with Halo. The Niven Ring is truly much more massive than Halo.
TimboCoJones
In fact, it even lists "Halo" as an alterntive name.
nch77
Ringworld makes a Halo look like a cheerio.
NewShorterName
Ring world was also a great book, for those interested in exploring the concept more.
nch77
The books are excellent.
billybobthorton1
sun to earth is ~150 million km. A Halo as proposed is 1 million km, so 150 times smaller in radius, and waaaaaaay less massive. To give an>
DrSparken
Your numbers ... appear to be pulled from nowhere? The canonical size of a halo is 10,000 km. The canonical size of a Niven ring is >
DrSparken
150 million km, the same as earth's radius, as it would be intended for a very similar star.
billybobthorton1
idea, think of the empire state building vs a 10ft tall replica.
VitaminJay
So a Culture Orbital?
TotalInternalReflection
Right! Though with the way building process is described in Player of Games, sounds like the habitable portion is made up of various plates.
TotalInternalReflection
Which are installed/built gradually, though the ring structure itself has already been constructed.
Raxiel
I hope Amazon do Vavatch Orbital justice
VitaminJay
Amazon is doing a The Culture series?!
Raxiel
Yes, Consider Phlebas
VitaminJay
Literally the best news I've heard all day. My thanks to you.
whatifigetthiswrong
Banks is a legend
VitaminJay
Halo was inspired by Banks, so it's all good.
Melonfish
The ring was actually inspired by Larry Niven.
Raxiel
There are other culture references in Halo too
CWStJdeNobbs
Banks orbitals are much more feasible though. Still need maybe impossible materials but not sure impossible
derlique
No Dyson sphere?
VonKripplespac
Was thinking the same thing.
Ryzanify
No dummy a vacuum cleaner isn’t a megastructure
Chimponzoo
There is, and a lot more on the Artist's site: https://www.artstation.com/artofsoulburn
dietderpsy
https://www.deviantart.com/artofsoulburn/art/Megastructures-12-Nicoll-Dyson-Laser-785389663
VillainVillain
Too simple
Nightelfbane
Everyone already knows what that is. These are more obscure
barf1189
i have a dyson vacuum
BronzeLeaguePro
Dyson swarm is a better name.
BESTtaylorINAUSTRALIA
Nah the future is stick Vacs
GeneralStructuralSteel
it was in the original post with megastructures
jiynxed
Covered under shkadov thruster
Edgekrsher
Babaloga
Re-read the stellar engine. Last paragraph: A class B stellar engine is a dyson sphere.
BobHubert
I saw something that, instead of a full sphere, have like little satellites instead of a full sphere
JoelJoestar
That's a dyson swarm.
MadDrDrillBit
issac author is really fun to listen to, ( well once you get used to him)
Sneemaster
You mean because he doesn't pronounce his R's?
spookyactionatadistance
Ya. A full Dyson sphere is not really worth it compared to a swarm.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Niven's ring world is designed as a more realizable compromise. It's plenty big.
BrianStuart
Technically correct. A Dyson Cloud or Dyson swarm is a more accurate description.
ghost650
Instead of a full sphere?
PoppinLochNessHopster
Dyson "sphere"
SillyGoat
A Dyson swarm?
MrSmilingDeath
Instead of a full sphere.
ThisUsernameIsNotAvailableForYou
Instead of a full sphere.
Sp0ngeWorthy
The swam or the sphere?
Jarjarthejedi
That's a true Dyson Sphere (usually called a Dyson Swarm these days, as people have mistaken the Dyson Sphere for the Dyson Shell)
Jarjarthejedi
Dyson believed a solid shell type collector was mechanically impossible. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/132/3421/252.2
10thlettersauce
OP covered stellar engines, of which a Dyson Sphere is a type of.
PaulFranksMonkey
Also mentioned on the Alderson Disc portion.
SweetZombiJesus
If you're going to end it with a preposition, then no need to add "of" to "which". I feel like a dick, but I couldn't help point it out.
InTheDistanceAPlaintiveEnglishHorn
Actually, the correct is "of of which a Dyson Sphere, of, is of a type of which of"
DrNick
of of. just like "the thing is is..."
realargonwolf
No, redundancy also annoys me as well.
realargonwolf
;)
Notme68
I too am also annoyed by repeated redundacy, as well.
realargonwolf
Repeated redundancy, what kind of Inception shit is this?