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Revision as of 16:32, 18 August 2015
Sphereworld, Dyson Sphere
Using incredibly strong materials similar to those in a ringworld, and adding gravity generators where necessary for strength and comfort, a spherical shell could be built to completely enclose a star.
Such a shell would then trap all stellar radiation for use by the civilization. With a radius of 149 million kilometers (about 93 million miles), the internal surface area would equal about one billion planets the size of Terra.
First postulated by Terran scientist Freeman Dyson prior to contact with the Vilani.
Sphereworld UWP
Sphereworlds are beyond TL 27 manufacturing capability.
Sphereworlds use a size code of 'Y' (or Z), indicating a stellar-scale construct. It also has the comment code 'Ax'. Due to TL skew, most UWPs with a size code Y and comment code Ax will be ringworlds, but sphereworlds also inhabit this space. Therefore, additional notes are typically expected.
Also see Planetoid, Rosette, Ringworld.
Also see: Inheritors who inhabit an Ancients built incomplete Dyson Sphere.
See also: Dyson Sphere
External Links
Dyson sphere from Wikipedia
Dyson Swarms The original proprosal for a Dyson sphere, with animations and a discussion of physics.