RE: [GZG] Biology in a vacuum

[<Beth.Fulton@xxxxxxxx>]

G'day,

> Forgive my first post, 

Nothing to forgive ;)

> but biological organisms can survive if the tissue is dried or frozen.


>From memory tardigrades and mosses in stasis both dehydrate to achieve
their survivability. And there are insects that can survive freezing. My
biggest problem is that biotech is always shown as large, fleshy or
growing. The first I could live with if people didn't ask for either of
the other two. Maybe fleshy on the inside, but not outside (so no
pulsating bioships and no more purple skinned Phalon dreadnaughts!). And
maybe growing, but not on the scale of a game turn. Given that part of
the rupturing issues is due to speed of change and crystal formation
etc, the idea of growing a drone that can then be launched and survive
in space in a single FT turn (or two or even a game really) seems way
too fast.

I did start this thread by saying I had suspended my disbelief on the
topic though - one of those cases where suitably high tech seems like
magic ;)

Beth

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