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[[Grey Goo]] is a hypothetical future [[artifact]], a sort of [[nanotechnology]] used for mass transformation of the [[environment]].
* Many hypothetical scenarios assume that it will go horribly wrong. These dystopian scenarios are often referred to as the nano-pocalypse.
 
=== Library Data Referral Tree ===
Please refer to the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] for more information: <br>
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
Grey goo (...also spelled gray goo) is a hypothetical end-of-the-world scenario involving molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating robots consume all biomass on Earth while building more of themselves, a scenario that has been called ecophagy ("eating the environment", more literally "eating the habitation").

Nanocytes or nanotechnological machines are typically built in with preprogrammed lifespan limits, keeping them from running amok... But, what if those limitations didn't work. What would happen? What if the fail safes fail?

The technology to create grey goo is projected to become available around [[TL:22-24]] and specifically at [[TL-23]]. It is not currently known to [[Third Imperium|Imperial]] science. {{page cite|name= T5 Core Rules |Page= 236 |version= Traveller 5th |article= (Core Rules 5.10 Book 2 Starships)}}

=== Nantechnological Goo Variations ===
Variations on this term include:

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!colspan="2"| Nantechnological Goo Variations
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! Type
! Remarks
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| Black Goo
| It is the use of nanomachines by military forces in open combat. They are often known as Disassembler Swarms and are specifically designed to break target materials into components.
* Many associate it with sanctioned military applications.
|-
| Blue Goo
| It is a defensive nanotechnological system. It is often used to denote any form of benign and protective neumann-capable technology.
* Many associate it with defensive applications.
* It is also associated with aquaculture applications, with liquid sea or ocean environments.
|-
| Golden Goo
| It is an economic optimizer, that optimizes resource collection and processing across vast scales. 
* It associated with resource collection and concentration on a lesser scale than grey goo.
* It is also associated with theoretically possible dystopian scenarios. 
|-
| Green Goo
| They are usually thought of as an out of control biologicals or bionanotech devices.
* It is often conjectured to be an antidote to the tendency of pink goo to spread, perhaps limiting its ability to reproduce.
* Many associate it with agricultural applications.
|-
| Grey Goo
| It is an assembler nanomachine used for widescale construction and transformation of the environment.
* Many associate it with construction and manufacturing applications.
* In many dystopian scenarios, the machines go out of control and reduce the environment to a stinking, gooey slurry.
|-
| Pink Goo
| Pink goo is a self-replicating entity with a tendency to fill up existing space.
* Many associate it with commercial applications.
* Others use it as a term for [[Humaniti]].
|-
| Red Goo
| It is the use of nanomachines by terrorists or nihilists to destroy all or some segment of humanity.
* Many associate it with unsanctioned politically violent applications.
|-
|}

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
There are rumors that some [[Red Zone]] [[world]]s on the [[Imperial Fringe]] may be former [[Ancients]] experiments gone wrong... Experiments with ''Grey Goo''...

=== Neumann Nanopocalypse ===
[[Neumann (world)]] (Trojan Reach 3105) was almost destroyed by a nanobot swarm, leaving vast portions of the planet covered in grey goo.{{page cite|name= The Pirates of Drinax |page=105 |version= Mongoose Traveller}} {{page cite|name= Aslan |page=174 |version= Mongoose Traveller}}

== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) ==
This technological phenomenon can be found in the following areas: <br>
[[Charted Space]]

=== World Listing: 1105 ===
The following [[system]]s and [[world]]s are associated with this phenomenon:
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Wikipedia|Gray_goo}}
{{Wikipedia|Self-replicating_machines_in_fiction}}
{{Intermediate}}
{{Sources
|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= T5 Core Rules |page= TBD}}
|S2= EXTERNAL LINK: [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GreyGoo Grey Goo at TV Tropes]
|S4= Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]], Emeritus 
}}


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