[Which of these would be the HARDEST to do?]

I’m writing a Star Wars story. Can I have your opinion on which of these would be the hardest to do in science? Choose what do you think is the hardest to do based on existing science and your limited knowledge of Star Wars science. I will provide links for stuff you are unfamiliar with. 

 

1.) Synthesis of Graphyne https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphyne

 

2. Lithium-silicone battery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium–silicon_battery

 

3. Stranglet bombs- They release strange matter, convert normal matter to strange matter and make a huge explosion

 

4.) Stellification- Make a gas giant into a Star

 

5.) Gluonic string- Stable string of gluons held together by the strong force. Used to build megastructures

 

6.) Neural nanonics- Neural nanobots that can fix mental illness or increase intelligence. 

 

7.) Magnetic monopole drive- Space propulsion with energy from magnetic monopoles

 

8.) Thought recognition- Computer activated by owners thought. 

 

9.) Water synthesizer- Machine that makes water from scratch

 

10.) Grow a Brain- Grow a sentient brain from scratch 

 

11.) Overclockwork neurons- Supercharged neurons allowing for higher thought 

 

12.) Memory milk- Milk that can improve memory. 

 

13.) Brain capacity test- Replacement for IQ test

 

14.) Supercapattery- Mixture of battery and supercapicitor

 

15.) Sunline- Band around a star that directs sunlight to planets not in a stars habitable zone. 

 

16.) Electronic skin- Something you can wear to help land a starship with your hands and mind

 

17.) Super-serum- Something to make you become the perfect soldier

 

18.) FTL Gullitoine- Faster than Light Weapon that can cut a planet in half. 

 

19.) Digital world- Something you can put yourself in with an avatar in a computer world for the ultimate video game. 

 

20.) Micro-Black hole creation- For power or the ultimate computer. 

 

21.) Genetically engineer humans or aliens to need less oxygen

 

22.) Optography- Retrieving Images from a cadavers eye

 

23.) Synthesized fitness- Elysian like coffin shaped machine that can give you exercise without physical exerting yourself. 

 

24.) Cortical modem- Put Images in a persons brain 

 

25.) Hypercapacitor- Supercharged supercapacitor

 

26.) Artificial magnetosphere 

 

27.) Self-repairing alloy 

 

28.) Nucleon chemistry- Chemistry at the quark level 

 

29.) XNA therapy- Artificial DNA therapy

 

30.) Atmosphere bubble tent- To be used in emergencies to survive on planet with no atmosphere

 

31.) Brain graft- Grafting foreign brain tissue onto other brain. 

 

32.) Upload fake memories into brain

 

33.) Memory regeneration- Retrieve old memories in brain

 

34.) Planetary motor- Giant device that can change a planets spin. 

 

35.) Artificial gyrification- Artificial Neural stem cells which cause brain to develop more folds and increase intelligence. 

 

36.) Travel to spinning black hole for time travel

[What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?]

Any other ideas?

[What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?]

I’m making one last round on all the forums I posted on. I’m looking for something highly advanced.

[What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?]

11 hours ago, snub999 said:

I wish I remembered.  I own probably 50 books, but I remember reading about it.  I remember it too specifically to have just made it up. 

 

There's a reddit post with a similar goal (maybe yours, who knows) looking for fresh ideas for an imperial scientist for a fan fiction.  The list is pretty comprehensive.

 

One thing not on the list there was the cloaking device for star destroyers combined with the "Battle Analysis Computer" or BAC to try and predict ship movements outside of a cloaking field (where the starship cannot see) by allowing the computer to study the movements of ships prior to the engaging of a cloaking device or if they enter the cloaking field (therefore being visible to the ships sensors/crew.)

 

I know the post above stated that it can't have been done.  But in the book (I can't recall which, it's one of the ones at the start of the Yuuzhan Vong War) Admiral Pelleon decides during the test that the computer can't collect enough data and that during a test involving the empire's own fighters (Preybirds which were flying pre-determined patterns) the BAC, controlling the ships turbolasers managed to hit one ship out of 8 outside of the cloaking field during several minutes of firing low power "painting" bolts.  At this point in the book, Admiral Pelleon, on the bridge of the Chimaera, decides that continuing to fight the New Republic is pointless due to the failure of their last good idea and decides that it's time for the Empire to surrender.

 

Determining a way for a starship to accurately hit targets outside of a cloaking field again sounds like something a military scientist would be doing.

 

Yeah that could be cool. 

[What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?]

4 hours ago, snub999 said:

I remember reading in one of the EU books about synthetic tibanna gas and how it wasn't as good as the natural stuff.  Researching the synthesis of a component essential to all blaster manufacture seems like something a military scientist would be doing.

 

REALLY? Synthetic tibanna gas appeared in Legends?! Do you know which book that was?

[What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?]

Someone on writingforums.org knocked some sense into me. The Star Wars galaxy has had 1,000’s of years to develop stuff so all science left to do is theoretical or observational. I’m going to have him study asteroids. Thanks for putting up with me. 

[What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?]

Im going about this all wrong when it comes to asking what idea I want. Im looking for a science thing that my scientist could study. On Steven Jackson games forum, someone suggested the migration patterns of Purgills. It would have been perfect except for the fact that it might lead someone to Ezra and Thrawn. That story will be told in the future. I want something unique but also a science that my scientist can study as his main work. Not an invention.

[What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?]

I decided to go with a quark star. It’s better than a black hole because we don’t even know if they exist. Perfect for expansion However, I still need something for him to be working on before he deals with the quark star. I’m looking not for a gadget or piece of tech. I’ve decided everything technological that we can think of, can be done. Speeders with deflector shields? Sure. We haven’t seen them but they can easily be done. I’m looking for something that would still be an emerging field of science. Something a Type II/III civilization would do next. 

[What can a scientist in my Star Wars fan fic be working on?]

I'm trying to look for something that was never researched until the era of the New Republic like kyber crystals weren't until the Empire used them for a superlaser and even then, they had been used in weapons formation in the past. I'm looking for something that presumably hasn't been thought of in the 25,000 years of time where almost everything has already been done.

My scientist is called upon by the New Republic to investigate why the supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy is more active than usual and sucking in things from a further range. I just need something for the scientist to be studying before he is called away. It has to sound fresh and cool.