i could also just use the tried and true method of “belgium around and find out” which is basically just the scientific method without writing it down
humans knew how to make light before we knew what photons were
they could modify a gene for luciferins and luciferases to make them produce light in the radiowave frequencies
they have a cytoskeleton that, like with all cells, scales in proportions with their size so they would be less vulnerable than you seem to think. also there are cells that can regenerate from just some cytoplasm, one nucleus, and a piece of a membrane
no it wouldn’t. not until it was 5 inches thick anyway as they can produce more muscle fibers to move more forcefully.
they literally use nanowires that move signals faster than you can process them. if it lit up a light spanning one square meter and moved it forwards as quickly as it could you would not even notice it.
not really. i could just send it to my brain to be used as fuel and then turn it into a protein for O2 storage.
only their surface, which can easily be repaired, would be affected. they can easily get rid of any surface that touched antibiotics and, if needed, they can move their more important organelles inwards while moving less important ones out to create as much space as possible between them and the antibiotics as their cytoskeleton is able to be modified at will.
hemocyanin production go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
not if i dissolved it first or even just made this wonderful, groundbreaking invention called shoes.
how do i make bold text
also did y’all forget i have this
with it i can metabolize almost any metal. infact with that trait i must eat metal. your copper bullets are merely candy to me.
No, the scientific method is qbout searching for evidence that either supports or refutes an hypothesis, experiments arent made randomly.
Also, it still wouldnt work, you can try to create an ftl engine the entirety of your life, but if you dont habe the necessary knowledge, resources and tools you will never succeed.
That’s because humans used chemical reactions that create photons as a byproduct and humans have organs specialized in detecting photons so they already know how to use light.
To make radiowaves you need to know how to make them and then to USE them you need to be able to detect them.
Only because they can recreate genes doesnt mean they can modify them, also, they still have no idea what a gene is.
The cytoskeleton would greatly reduce their mobility.
Yes it would.
Thing which is impossible for qn unicellular being.
You cant use it for fuel and you have no way of turning it to proteins.
Also, even if you could you would still die since large amounts of it would still be fatal.
that is a monumental task and not even remotely possible if you just have gene editing tech and an extremely fast nervous system built into your species going for you.
and the draculus could also do that.
their biological specialty is literally their ability to make and modify genes. they could just copy it and mess with it until they get it right.
no. it wouldn’t. they have these cool things called joints. you have them too. that’s why you aren’t just a statue.
it would make them heavier but until it is 5 inches thick it’s weight is not a problem due to being able to make muscle fibers
if it is possible for a multicellular organism it is just as possible for a unicellular organism with modules. they’re these things that separate the cytoplasm of their bodies to allow specialized tissues.
my species literally runs on
so yes. i can.
also i literally have ribosomes
i could just excrete the excess copper to use later
they have 3 sets of four layer lipid membranes and proteins to increase durability like collagen with a thin layer of water between them for “skin”. so no. a simple chemical burn wouldn’t kill them any more than it kills me or you. actually it might damage them slightly more but it still won’t kill them
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vote: In order to survive better, we must have a longer range weapon - a bow can help us with hunting and defense if needed
My character, which is in charge according to you, knows these things. Thank you for giving me a metagame tool, I no longer need to research things as long as their alive.
As you can see, he is currently the actual leader of the tribe.
JSpinoraptor
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Don’t say you can just absorb or ignore it, molecular biochemistry says that’s impossible for carbon-based life. Copper-based corrosives are lethal to anything.
Yes you’re adaptive, but you’re not an anime character. Biological adaptations like you mentioned would take a minimum of days for the small ones, and generations for the most complex. Even tardigrades need fair warning to enter a tun state. Rapid immediate changes still can kill them.
Also, “hemocyanin production don’t go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR”, a hail of bullets is a hail of bullets. Your flesh go splat. Doesn’t matter what they’re made of, they’re still incredibly injurious. However if they don’t create an exit wound, they’re even more lethal and can get pulled along by a circulatory system to cause more damage to whatever passes for your heart, or if beyond that, the shrapnel could end up in your brain and cause stroke, etc. Unless your outer surface can resist 3,100 Joules on impact. (Note that’s only a musket shot, and not a more modern high-caliber weapon, which would require an exponentially higher resistance. For example, a modern day shotgun firing slugs will have an impact of about 12,000 Joules. Ouch time.)
But don’t mind me, that’s just an assessment from an engineering and biochemistry hobbyist.
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Solid copper bullets are good penetrators, perhaps too good. Even with expansion the bullet retains weight better than a lead-cored bullet. The expansion with copper is more symmetrical as well as allowing a straighter drive into the tissue. They are much less prone to fragmentation.
Cu2S can be prepared by heating copper strongly in sulfur vapour or H2S . The reaction of copper powder in molten sulfur rapidly produces Cu2S, whereas pellets of copper require much higher temperature. Cu2S reacts with oxygen to form SO2: 2 Cu2S + 3 O2 → 2 Cu2O + 2 SO.
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that wouldn’t happen. unicellular organisms cannot get cancer
you just said copper last time. also if i found a way to make liquid hydrocarbons then i could make an organism capable of metabolizing it as silica based life would be stable in liquid hydrocarbons. also i found a way it could be metabolized by carbon based life. just fill the area with sulfur bicarbonate until the sulfur dioxide is gone.
or alternatively do this
step 1: dodge the bullet with your ungodly fast reaction time.
step 2: eat the bullet.
setup: have a conductive or fiber optic reactionary system.
and the only toxic product of that reaction(if you make hemocyanin) is the SO2 which is neutralized by sodium bicarbonate. 7cc of a 1.5% concentration of sodium bicarbonate lowers the concentration of sulfur dioxide by 1PPM in a room of 1,000 cubic feet.
again. if i can dodge em i can eat em. all i gotta do is just not make the bodies of my people require a PH lower than 7. hemocyanin production go BRRRRRRRRRRR.
ah yes, now your species is capable of modifying the very chemistry on which their body is based on.
You arent dodging any bullet.
JSpinoraptor
(Aiosian_Doctor_Xenox, DinoDave, Tanzii Eeaeiietunem, Prof. David English, Niær)
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Pure Copper by itself has a similar effect as well. That’s why soil full of the stuff generally is devoid of plants and most other organisms, because excessive copper alone is generally poisonous as well. Even iron in elevated levels can be toxic to carbon life even if they use hemoglobin, because rust itself is toxic and can also support a number of antigens, such as those responsible for tetanus and the like. On an alien world like this, who knows what other antigens are out there from bacteria to viruses, prions, phages, all sorts.
Also, you say unicellular organisms cannot suffer form the same genetic malfunctions that cause cancer, “RoundUp!” begs to differ. That’s one of the main effects of the poisons in the stuff, and for some reason people think it’s safe to use on weeds in an agricultural setting. All it takes is one genetic malfunction for that cell to behave in a cancerous manner and beginning to rapidly reproduce malignant cellular structures.
In addition, one does not simply convert from carbon based life to silicon based. That would require the creation of completely new and separate silicoid genetic proteins, which are not stable under Goldilocks zone conditions for carbon life. Silicon life would also be massively inefficient by comparison to carbon life, and even if somehow you managed to spit it out in an environmental suit that fit its needs, a slug could outrun a silicon-based life form, considering due to the way molecular biochemistry works, silicon life would basically be a living rock and “move” essentially at the rate of a growing crystal. There is a reason life on earth employs silicates almost exclusively as an immobile glass shell, as seen in diatoms and arcellinida.
Dodging bullets isn’t possible, you’re not a magical anime Mary-Sue. No life form could move at the speed necessary to dodge a bullet, it is mechanically impossible.