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driftfleet2016-12-10 08:16 pm
geonomy) wrote in driftfleet2016-12-10 08:16 pm
009 - watch out we got a nerd in here
Who: Clay Terran and the Merry Fleet
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: Blue Nebula Museum
When: Today!
[Okay, out of all the planets and stations and everything that they've been to? This is, by far, Clay's favorite.
He's in the Blue Nebula Museum, though the camera doesn't show him at first. Instead, it shows one of the many views from the deck, where several nebulae can be seen, all of them within different ranges and distances from each other. The camera shakes a little, and there's an excited noise before the feed stops.
Then it starts up again, this time from a different deck. There's more nebulae from here, and that excited noise from before turns into an ecstatic little laugh as he turns the camera back around, showing his happy face before he turns it once more to look at the nebulae again.]
Are you guys seeing these things?!
I've never seen so many nebulae within viewing distance, and there's even more when you look through the telescope! Do you guys know what this means? Do you know just where we are?
We're in the middle of the deaths and rebirths of stars!
Have you heard the whole legend of the phoenix, where when a phoenix dies, another one rises from its ashes? Stars are just like that! When a star dies, it becomes a nebula just like this, and then a new star, or even several thousand stars are born within it! This whole process takes millions of years, so we're not going to see any stars form here, but the fact that we're seeing all this is incredible!
And we're at the perfect spot for this: close enough to see them with the naked eye, but not enough to be near the awesome forces within it! Inside a nebula is a constant source of pressure, because stars are formed by the force of gravity compressing the light atoms in the nebula until they start to fuse together. This causes an outward, nuclear radiation that can eat away at other protostars trying to form within the nebula, so their newborn lives are just as perilous as the ones we know! If they can survive all this, they can even form planets! So right now, we're looking at a star nursery that was formed from the ashes of another star!
It's a miracle that we survived being inside one for as long as we did, because – just imagine all these forces being like a violent storm on the ocean, only multiplied by the thousands. Isn't it amazing?! We get to see these without worrying about our lives or anything like that! These are the closest I've ever seen them, though I'm still trying to calculate just by how much, but - from this distance, the magnitude of what we're seeing really is incredible!
And did you know all the colors mean something, too? They all indicate what the dying star was made out of! A nebula is a cloud of gas and dust from the previous star, emitting their own or reflecting light from other nearby stars, which makes the colors appear! Red is from the hydrogen, green is from the oxygen, and when they reflect light, which means that the nebula is primarily made of dust, the red light goes through while the blue light gets scattered, so that's why they look blue! And –
[And he'll likely go on and on like this. For anyone who's actually in the museum, Clay can be seen going from deck to deck, looking at the nebulae with awe and furiously writing notes as he looks through the telescopes. Astronomer at work here, proceed with caution!]
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: Blue Nebula Museum
When: Today!
[Okay, out of all the planets and stations and everything that they've been to? This is, by far, Clay's favorite.
He's in the Blue Nebula Museum, though the camera doesn't show him at first. Instead, it shows one of the many views from the deck, where several nebulae can be seen, all of them within different ranges and distances from each other. The camera shakes a little, and there's an excited noise before the feed stops.
Then it starts up again, this time from a different deck. There's more nebulae from here, and that excited noise from before turns into an ecstatic little laugh as he turns the camera back around, showing his happy face before he turns it once more to look at the nebulae again.]
Are you guys seeing these things?!
I've never seen so many nebulae within viewing distance, and there's even more when you look through the telescope! Do you guys know what this means? Do you know just where we are?
We're in the middle of the deaths and rebirths of stars!
Have you heard the whole legend of the phoenix, where when a phoenix dies, another one rises from its ashes? Stars are just like that! When a star dies, it becomes a nebula just like this, and then a new star, or even several thousand stars are born within it! This whole process takes millions of years, so we're not going to see any stars form here, but the fact that we're seeing all this is incredible!
And we're at the perfect spot for this: close enough to see them with the naked eye, but not enough to be near the awesome forces within it! Inside a nebula is a constant source of pressure, because stars are formed by the force of gravity compressing the light atoms in the nebula until they start to fuse together. This causes an outward, nuclear radiation that can eat away at other protostars trying to form within the nebula, so their newborn lives are just as perilous as the ones we know! If they can survive all this, they can even form planets! So right now, we're looking at a star nursery that was formed from the ashes of another star!
It's a miracle that we survived being inside one for as long as we did, because – just imagine all these forces being like a violent storm on the ocean, only multiplied by the thousands. Isn't it amazing?! We get to see these without worrying about our lives or anything like that! These are the closest I've ever seen them, though I'm still trying to calculate just by how much, but - from this distance, the magnitude of what we're seeing really is incredible!
And did you know all the colors mean something, too? They all indicate what the dying star was made out of! A nebula is a cloud of gas and dust from the previous star, emitting their own or reflecting light from other nearby stars, which makes the colors appear! Red is from the hydrogen, green is from the oxygen, and when they reflect light, which means that the nebula is primarily made of dust, the red light goes through while the blue light gets scattered, so that's why they look blue! And –
[And he'll likely go on and on like this. For anyone who's actually in the museum, Clay can be seen going from deck to deck, looking at the nebulae with awe and furiously writing notes as he looks through the telescopes. Astronomer at work here, proceed with caution!]
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I see you're having a good time.
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[He turns the camera back around to show his face again, flushed from all the talking he did as well as just general excitement.]
You should come see them too! They look gorgeous!
[But it may also be an excuse to hang out with the boyfriend]
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I would love to see them. Perhaps after we've had dinner?
[Since babe he gets the feeling you haven't eaten since you found that museum]
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[Because Allen is... pretty much right on the money there! Clay's been here for hours, working so much that he kind of forgot that eating was a thing.]
Yeah, that actually sounds really good right now. Found anything you recommend?
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[Eugene's doing his best to laugh, hand only covering most of a broad grin.]
Are you just setting up a tent on the viewing deck, there?
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[He turns the camera back around to show his big grin.]
There's so much knowledge here! Even if some of it's kinda fake.
[He's pretty sure the storms on the beach planet they visited didn't happen just because a god got angry.]
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[A little shifting of the camera as Eugene settles in to talk reveals a locker room, a few other kitchen workers shrugging on kitchen whites, chatting, or using their own communication devices.]
Is there any information down there that's legible to those of us who don't basically have a doctorate in the stuff?
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...Your 'phoenixes' sound a bit like our unicorns. Their life is bound up in their horn: if they lose it or give it away, they die, and a new unicorn is born elsewhere at the same moment. Most places think they're only a legend at this point, but it doesn't stop them being used as a symbol of the cycle of life.
[Because that's totally what's relevant here.]
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The phoenixes thing was kind of a throwaway line so that audiences can understand it better, but hey, he'll work with it!]
Yeah, it's kind of like that! I think the phoenix just lives for a long time, then combusts, and a new one is born from its ashes. It doesn't have to give anyone anything. It's usually used as a symbol of renewal, like shedding your old self and starting over.
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So it's a bird? Interesting; I don't think we have anything particularly like that species, although there are some fire elementals that take birdlike shapes.
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Living the dream, huh?
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[He turns the camera back around to show his smiling face.]
This is just a front row seat to one of the greatest parts of space!
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Hey stranger. [He grins, rising to his feet and setting his journals back in his messenger bag.] I see you're getting well-acquainted with the "death and rebirth of the stars."
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Heck yeah I am! I don't know how long we're going to be here, but I'm going to take this opportunity to learn what I can about these things! [He holds up his notes, which probably look a bit like gibberish since he wasn't looking at what he was writing, but as long as he can understand it!] Our equipment back on Earth hasn't really been able to get close to any nebulae, even though we do know a lot about them. So even though I don't have the right tools for it, I should learn so much more now!
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Yeah, no time like the present. I bet you'll uncover something new to all of us - or at least those of us from Earth, anyway. [He tilts his head.] Anything I can do to help? Beyond, like, making sure you've gotten some sleep every now and then?
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Careful, or someone might think you like space or something.
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Yeah, we wouldn't want that. They've gotta know that I love space, not just 'like' it!
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[Apollo wasn't going to say anything at first--as one of his many, many new jobs in the resort, he'd been sent to the museum to clean up after tourist (trash collector in hand), but he couldn't help but stop and quietly watch his bro nerd out.
Though the fact that it seems like they've come close to being destroyed is a little concerning!]
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Ah, months ago? Way before you came here. And hey, we did survive it! We were fine!
[Even though he still doesn't know how to this day, but he'll leave that out.]
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"Fine." Well, you are standing here in one piece. I'm not going to lie, I'm glad I missed it, it sounds terrifying.
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... I understood little of this, but... Stars can die?
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Yup! All things - Well, most things die! [There's the whole immortal thing, yeah] But see, the thing with stars? They're reborn again! So even though they die, they just begin life again as a new star!
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I had known that the beliefs of my home were not accurate, but to hear just how mistaken we were is quite sobering...
Are they reborn as themselves?
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