Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
Exotic Matter
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6850792" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>"Exotic matter" is any theoretical matter that has properties we don't see in the normal stuff. It is the more technical term for "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium" target="_blank">unobtanium</a>".</p><p></p><p>What it would look like would depend on exactly which properties the particular stuff in question has.</p><p></p><p>For example, let us consider a form of exotic matter that repels gravitationally, but has standard electromagnetic properties.</p><p></p><p>Your first question is - how do you find this stuff? Your planet is brought together by gravitational attraction, but this stuff is repelled. So, unless it was already bound in a molecule or other hunk of normal matter, it drifts *away* from the Sun as it and the planets form. But, if it has normal electromagnetic properties, it can still form chemical bonds. So, you can imagine finding it bound up with normal matter, and harvesting it, I suppose.</p><p></p><p>Assume, for the moment, that you did get a supply of this stuff. Well, it has mass (so, it takes force to move it around), but is has negative weight. What does that mean? Well if you made a skyscraper out of it, people standing next to it wouldn't feel anything much - normal skyscrapers don't *pull* on you much, so this one wouldn't *push* on you much either. However, the push between it an the Earth is another story....</p><p></p><p>This structure has negative weight. Instead of resting on the ground with its full weight, it is *pulling away* from the ground with its full weight. The Empire State Building weighs 365,000 tons or so. That means the Exotic State Building will be pulling away from the Earth with a force of 365,000 tons. What, pray tell, are you binding it to the ground with? This sucker is going to rocket away from the ground, with a thrust equivalent to over 1700 Space Shuttle Main Engines. The building has much more mass that the Shuttle, so it may not take off as fast, but it will be *inexorable*. Good luck holding it down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6850792, member: 177"] "Exotic matter" is any theoretical matter that has properties we don't see in the normal stuff. It is the more technical term for "[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtainium]unobtanium[/url]". What it would look like would depend on exactly which properties the particular stuff in question has. For example, let us consider a form of exotic matter that repels gravitationally, but has standard electromagnetic properties. Your first question is - how do you find this stuff? Your planet is brought together by gravitational attraction, but this stuff is repelled. So, unless it was already bound in a molecule or other hunk of normal matter, it drifts *away* from the Sun as it and the planets form. But, if it has normal electromagnetic properties, it can still form chemical bonds. So, you can imagine finding it bound up with normal matter, and harvesting it, I suppose. Assume, for the moment, that you did get a supply of this stuff. Well, it has mass (so, it takes force to move it around), but is has negative weight. What does that mean? Well if you made a skyscraper out of it, people standing next to it wouldn't feel anything much - normal skyscrapers don't *pull* on you much, so this one wouldn't *push* on you much either. However, the push between it an the Earth is another story.... This structure has negative weight. Instead of resting on the ground with its full weight, it is *pulling away* from the ground with its full weight. The Empire State Building weighs 365,000 tons or so. That means the Exotic State Building will be pulling away from the Earth with a force of 365,000 tons. What, pray tell, are you binding it to the ground with? This sucker is going to rocket away from the ground, with a thrust equivalent to over 1700 Space Shuttle Main Engines. The building has much more mass that the Shuttle, so it may not take off as fast, but it will be *inexorable*. Good luck holding it down. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
Exotic Matter
Top