5/6/2023 0 Comments Odyssey slipways star wars![]() The power-cell of a lightsaber would be worth a fortune on Earth today. The Galactic Republic was capable of terraforming planets, capable of using artificial gravity, even on relatively small craft like the Millenium Falcon, and able to store power at levels modern humans would do anything to possess. ![]() Such a long existence gives time and opportunity to develop a wide array of technological developments and designs like the Torus are simply too unsophisticated to be used, even on the most primitive of planets under Empire rule. ![]() The Galactic Republic is a very old Empire in comparison to most seen in science fiction, having existed for at least 25,000 years or more. The tech level in the Galactic Republic even in its earliest depictions is far more capable than almost anything we can do on current Earth even if the political will to put a Stanford Torus in orbit existed. It consists of a torus, or doughnut-shaped ring, that is 1.8 km in diameter (for the proposed 10,000 person habitat described in the 1975 Summer Study) and rotates once per minute to provide between 0.9g and 1.0g of artificial gravity on the inside of the outer ring via centrifugal force. "Stanford torus" refers only to this particular version of the design, as the concept of a ring-shaped rotating space station was previously proposed by Wernher von Braun 5 and Herman Potočnik. Its design is predicated on using mirrors for energy and lighting, meaning the capacity to lift a respectable power supply into orbit may be in doubt or that the power supply would have to be lifted into orbit in small pieces and later rebuilt once in space. The Stanford Torus design is created the way it is because it is required to spin in order to generate gravity (via centrifugal force). Once I started looking into the designs I realized why. Having reviewed the multitude of specific space stations designs listed in canon works and comic depictions on Wookieepedia, none of these designs even closely resemble the Stanford Torus. I know that might seem to be a strange approach to answering the question, but bear with me. ![]() But my reasoning is based upon the fact we are never in a time in the Star Wars canon, even in the Expanded Universe that does not have artificial gravity, indicating a level of technological and scientific sophistication far greater than any current Earth engineering is capable of. Does this mean the Stanford Torus was NEVER used in the Star Wars universe? That is a different question. ![]()
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