How Are Crystals Formed

[theextractor]

it seems to me that melting the crystals down wouldn't be a very efficient way of extracting the energy. besides, if the crystal were melted then what would be left to recharge at the recharge seam?

this got me thinking that maybe they use the crystals as a sort of energy amplifier. they run a laser or electrical current through the crystal, thus creating a larger current with which to power their equipment. then, once the energy in the crystal was diminished, they can take it to the recharge seam and use it again.

[Tracker]

Like I said, tritium decay into helium, emiting a beta particle in the process, hitting a litmus-like phosphor (in other words, it changes colors when the hydrogen leaves it) making it glow.

The vehicles can use the decay heat to drive a heat engine, which can be steam based, or gas based, like a steirling.

The power station can "break" off the tritium, and any duetrium and protium (these can be responsible for the phosphor normally being green by keeping it in its "green" state), and use it in a fusion reactor.

[Amauros]

it seems to me that melting the crystals down wouldn't be a very efficient way of extracting the energy. besides, if the crystal were melted then what would be left to recharge at the recharge seam?

this got me thinking that maybe they use the crystals as a sort of energy amplifier. they run a laser or electrical current through the crystal, thus creating a larger current with which to power their equipment. then, once the energy in the crystal was diminished, they can take it to the recharge seam and use it again.

I only mentioned the fluid because you can see the liquid/gas/plasma flowing through the LMS after they deposit the raw crystals into the power generator (or w/e you want to call it). Also, you don't need to convert it to a fluid to make electricity out of it, they work just fine as a crystal.

[Seamonster]

is`t not stupid to melt the crystals? think of the energy crystals as an small atomic reactor. Producing more energy every minute, and grows larger to have room for the energy, the rock monsters and the other monsters cant really eat magnet or gas or antimatters from the crystals, they eats the crystals to have energy to move, lift rocks, go true walls and so on. and the slime slugs drinks the energy becose they doest have the hard rock skin like the monsters.

Edited December 3, 2010 by Seamonster

[Amauros]

is`t not stupid to melt the crystals? think of the energy crystals as an small atomic reactor. Producing more energy every minute, and grows larger to have room for the energy,

Again, the LMS has fluid EC's, liquid/gas/plasma or otherwise, it's still fluid. Anything radioactive decays, how does that translate to producing more and more energy and growing larger physically without changing chemically?

[Tracker]

Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, PHOSPHORUS, and I think Sulfur are the elements of life.

[Amauros]

Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, PHOSPHORUS, and I think Sulfur are the elements of life as we know it.

Fixed*

[Tracker]

Our point has been made.

[Snow Miser]

Hi guys, I've been following this specific thread for a while and am well read on it. Mind if I propose a new theory, somewhat relating to a few others?

[Cyrem]

Hi guys, I've been following this specific thread for a while and am well read on it. Mind if I propose a new theory, somewhat relating to a few others?

Go right ahead.

[Snow Miser]

Thank you. Here's my theory: on many planets ( including Planet U) there is a material with a crystal structure that allows for the core of the crystal to remain relatively unaffected by exterior kinetic (and by default, thermal) changes/forces. This then allows for specific neutrinos and electromagnetic energy from a sun to be captured, provided the planet has a weak natural electromagnetic field (likely true for Planet U). Keep in mind that Sol U is likely a red giant, producing much electromagnetic radiation. The photons are captured in the substance, (which is naturally a permanent magnet) so it "energizes," so to speak. This is a green energy crystal. I'm going to post this so far then continue, just so I don't loose my progress.

[Lair]

Thank you. Here's my theory: on many planets ( including Planet U) there is a material with a crystal structure that allows for the core of the crystal to remain relatively unaffected by exterior kinetic (and by default, thermal) changes/forces.

And that is why the core is bearable to Lego men.

Planet U's star is indeed a red giant in the books, yes.

[Snow Miser]

So, crystals can also accidentally get overcharged by the sun, hence red crystals. Recharge Seams are massive energy crystals that are overcharged to such an extent, they emit infrared radiation, but somehow our eyes translates that as green light, possibly due to the fact that green is the most easy-to-view color (true, look it up). Anywho, the recharge seams' own crystal structure is altered because of the supermassive level of energy. (Why they aren't of the same structure as the small ones) Because electric charges will try to balance themselves out, when a used crystal (we'll get to why they're purple in a moment) is held up to a Seam, the current will flow into it from the seam, turning it back into a green energy crystal. The Seams themselves don't have an infinite amount of energy, but they have so much that for simplicity's sake, they do in the game. The Rock Raiders don't directly mine the seams because it would be a waste of time and so much electrical energy could kill a human. Next I'll explain how the Raiders harness this energy in power stations.

A RR's power station is like a miniature nuclear reactor. An energy crystal put in shot by a laser (with a self-contained power supply, of course) that splinters the crystal into pieces. The core, having been breached, releases its energy in the form of an explosion, not different from a nuclear explosion, only on a far smaller scale and minus the lethal radioactivity. The energy is directly collected from this explosion, unlike a nuclear reactor, then stored. The crystal is naturally magnetic, and the splinters are left to re-crystallize, reforming the crystal. Of course, not all energy can be taken from the crystal, so it glows faintly purple. Note that purple and red are the ends of the spectrum of light. Slugs, of course, turn crystals black. This is because their means of extracting energy work so well, not even the miniscule excess goes to waste. Comments, questions, or concerns regarding my theory??

[Sonic322]

Wow

I had never thought of it like that.

[Snow Miser]

Wow

I had never thought of it like that.

Thanks!

[Snow Miser]

When a topic is dead... It's dead...

[Lair]

When a topic is dead... It's dead...

Just because it hasn't been posted in for 12 hours doesn't make it dead.

[Snow Miser]

Well I just realized that there was a huge gap from when I posted my first comment here to the one before it.

Dec. 3, I believe.

[Lair]

But that doesn't make it dead...

[Snow Miser]

*shrugs* I'm new.

[Cirevam]

We don't care if you post in old topics here as long as you have something relevant to say. We're not a huge forum, so there's no need to bump topics and no risk of losing topics in a wave of spam.

[Amauros]

Well I like how your idea is similar to mine in that neutrinos are the source of an energy crystal's innate power. :P

[Tracker]

The largest problem is that neutrinos are WIMP--Weakly Interacting Massive Particles.

Neutrons however...

[Snow Miser]

The largest problem is that neutrinos are WIMP--Weakly Interacting Massive Particles.

Neutrons however...

Yes, that's why I stated that the interior remains the same if motion effects the exterior. It gives the core the ability to interact with neutrinos. Sort of like the liquid nitrogen (I think, don't quote me) in the project scientists are doing underground.

[Pyro]

I think that was liquid helium.