Talk:ALICE II

Hi! I found this through a link in Dfaran's signature on MSPA. It looks like it's just getting started. In fact, I don't see any pages besides the rules and a couple of character biographies. So, what the hell, I guess I'll kick it off in style. ;) I hope this will provide an inspirational starting point for future entries. I took many liberties, based on a fair amount of research, but I think it's all plausible enough if you'll forgive a bit of mumbo-jumbo and hand-waving. If you spot any glaring flaws, please do alert me to their presence and I'll do my best to correct them. Fnordmonger 10:19, April 26, 2010 (UTC)

OTHER NOTES:

To me, the "VLHC" was obviously a successor to the present-day LHC at CERN. Where better to put a very large and powerful accelerator than encircling the moon? And if something catastrophic happens along that circumferential track, it's perfectly reasonable to suppose that the extreme energies involved might cleave the moon in half. Note, I said it was only temporary, as the two halves didn't drift very far before their gravitation sealed the gap. I suppose I should add that detail to my article.

I actually did quite a bit of research in writing this article. For instance, there really is such a thing as Oh-My-God particles, or UHECRs, with an energy of around 300 EeV. That's why I put the energy of the VLHC at 3.2 ZeV (Zetta electron-Volts), which is only one order of magnitude higher. And the Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin limit is theorized to prevent these UHECRs from traveling very far, although contradictory observations have been made.... The implication is that the "Elonatha" are beings from a distant galaxy who were able to detect those Oh-My-God particles. But, now that I think of it, I guess it would take millions of years at light speed to reach that far....  I think I'll have to make some revisions about this.

Fnordmonger 00:52, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

Wow! This is an awesome article.
This is very good! Research is always valued. I withdraw any complaints I have made- ignore them.

And yes, the VLHC is a successor to the LHC. I actually wish I'd thought of putting it on the moon- great job!