Indeed, i agree. Although for the duration of the food production contract terra is still nominally under the overview and management of one of the smaller noble houses of the Faey, it has become the defacto capital of the confederation. I wish i would remember more about that contract, i certainly hope there was a time frame specified as well as the option to negotiate an entirely new contract with Terra as an independent Entity.SYED wrote:Terra is an independant system, with nominal ties to the faey imperium. THe thing is if mars and venus become property of faey nobles houses wont that change the status quo. I am all for terraforming planets, but this seems like it could become a big political issue. It would be better if the planet belong to house karrine, or even better belong to terra it self. THe confederation would love more habitable systems in terra, and more food available, but the thing is this will turn in to a political issue.
Even while reading about the terraformation of Venus and Mars, i was already thinking how Terra could become the owner of those planets while not hindering or - god forbid - stopping the terraformation. Since humans have access to Faey technology and possess enough manpower to terraform planets as well, perhaps they should look for a suitable system with at least three planets that are both good enough to terraform in the first place and not good enough to fall under the Faey contract process. Uhm... or could Terra simply first claim a planet no matter its condition and then trade for another planet from one of the noble houses without any of that contracting involved? After all, it wouldn't be a newly discovered planet anymore, just a trade.
Whyever should anyone be interested in shielding barren planets from giant amounts of radiation? There are roughly 200 billion stars in our galaxy. The thousands of systems claimed by any empire, kingdom, republic or whatnot are insignificant compared to that number. For every system with a colonized planet in it, there are hundreds if not thousands without anyone interested in it. And they are right next to the colonized systems and thus there is no need whatsoever to invest massive amounts of manpower and energy into first building and then upkeeping giant protections against radiation.One of the races was said to be an expert at shields, both hard and soft shields, so I was wondering if they could help advance the terraforming of planets. THe core is too filled with radiation to be properly habitable, but what if better shields are create to negate that radiation. Then using plants and ecosystems that feed on radiation, clean a planet of it, to allow those less immune to it able to colonise it. Sort of like how that radioactive moon was covered in a shield to keep the planet near it protected from the radiation. It is likely that the planet will never be as safe as any other habitable planet, but it should become an easier option to colonize it.
For that matter, how far does this inner radiation belt go anyway?