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| Tardigrade world remake.; An extentsion to that terrarised world post ages ago, but with more imagination. | |
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| Forbiddenparadise64 | Jun 2 2010, 02:02 PM Post #1 |
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I decided to remake my old project, and focus on the tardigrade world. I have updated it a bit now, and have new ideas buzzing through my head now. If you remember reading it, It was about humans terraforming an alien planet the size of mars (with 38% of Earths mass and 1/3 of its gravity) in the far future and introducing some Earth life to it. Among them, were various bacteria, archea, protozoa, small fungi, algae and lichen, as well as the planets only animal: the highly adaptable tardigrade. There are many species of tardigrade, so the species bought here is a modified creature which has had all the best genes and genetic variability of all species fused into one. The population is a few thousand, to increase the starting genepool. With lots of algae (teh world was terraformed over a few millenia, but had naturally high levels of oxygen and CO2 as well. The planets conditions at the point of introduction are: AVerage temperature: 20 degrees C Oxygen levels: 25% carbon dioxide levels: 5% The time periods given be 6periods, starting with 110 million, alhtough im not sure about the rest, or the event in between each ones in terms of extinctions. Expect new strange tardigrade descendants, , enourmous colonies of bacteria and protozoa and even bizzare terrestrial flora from lichens. Give suggestions for the new project if possible. The old project (terrarised alien worlds) is now long dead, so this one will hopefully be its more specific successor. Can't wait for the next post 
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Prepare for the Future Walking with the future: Allozoic (pts 4-6)http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/3252142/14/#new 
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| Holben | Jul 11 2010, 06:47 AM Post #31 |
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...yes, kind of. When doing them just do them how you want though. |
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Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed." | |
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