Questions tagged [internal-consistency]
For questions that ask if a given concept is consistent, or being used consistently, in the context of the referenced world rules. Answers should say yes or no, with supporting info. This tag should not be used with the science-based, hard-science, or science-fiction tags. Comparisons to the real world should use the science-based tag. This tag may not be used alone. This tag may not be used with the science-fiction, science-based, or hard-science tags.
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Can a Iron Age society maintain primitive firearms with copious amounts of bog-iron, peat and wood?
I've written a geographically humid-wet-tropical-fenny-foresty ish setting.
Within it is a tribe of what are best described as iron-age inhabitants. They know how to create cast-iron axes, they can ...
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What could cause ranged troops to prefer depth over frontage?
I understand that as a massive oversimplification, ranged units (ie, caroleans, redcoats, tommy atkins, union men, etc) tend to prefer formations (though not always) that emphasise width over depth (...
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Placing artificial moons inside a a gas giant
If a number of artificial moon ( the moon have Star Trek style anti gravity that fades out after 50km above its surface ) was inside the breathable atmosphere of a gas giant , how would life be ...
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What are the implications of a time-locked transfiguration magic system for transforming living beings?
I am considering the ramifications of a magic system for a short story where "transfiguration" replaces an object/volume with a similarly shaped one, rather than changing the object itself. ...
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Would merfolk be nearsighted out of water?
My merfolk have excellent underwater vision , but would the different refractive index of water make them nearsighted in the air? Would goggles/glasses be able to compensate for this? Would all my ...
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How would humans need to adapt in order to survive in overgrown world?
This is a question in the same story as this question, so I recommend looking there before answering.
In my previous question, I got a good sense of how these eco terrorists would turn the earth into ...
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How would a lack of sexual selection affect an intelligent species' development? [closed]
In this alien society, reproduction occurs via external fertilization, in a relatively impersonal way. Eggs are left at designated chambers or nests, and others with the ability to fertilize them can ...
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Could a skinchanger in human shape ride a another skinchanger in huge, wolf shape?
I saw in this post that a wolf's body structure is bad for riding on their back, but what if you could put a saddle higher up, closer to the shoulder area? It's probably a strain, but humans use ...
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Non-Hereditary Citizenship, Guaranteed by Service? [closed]
I'm developing a world where the Middle California Bloc (MCB), an independent, technologically advanced coalition of republics, exists as a meritocratic alternative to the megacorporate rule of ...
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Why would governments and scientific institutions not kidnap powerful superhumans [closed]
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In most superhero settings the government and other institutions do not kidnap super humans. This seems rather odd as if super humans existed in real life then they would probably get ...
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Can you have a classical and medieval area in the same world?
Say my main character lives in a well developed empire akin to Rome, with high stability and relative social mobility. Beyond the edges of the empire, there is a vast area of small warring states, ...
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What effect will a planet’s narcotic atmosphere have on sound of music at rave parties?
I have a tropical (higher average temperature and smaller, more evenly-distributed continents) habitable (for humans) planet. Apart from one thing: it has the following atmosphere:
I still want ...
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Weather, climate, tides and meteorology on the internal surface of a sphere
In the world I'm building I have a something similar to a Dyson Sphere. This is a fantasy world, not hard sci-fi. However, to make the world immersive I want to make sure the physical environment is ...
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How to justify a ban on exclusivist religions? [closed]
Certain religions are known for fervent persecution of other faiths and/or non-standard lifestyles. In a satirical reversal, the target society is going to persecute such religions with the same ...
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The Best Way to Build a Von-Neumann Replicator [closed]
What Von-Neumann replicator design is the most space and time efficient, in the fiction I'm working on, the civilization colonizes star systems by using interstellar ships to carry Von-Neumann ...
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