cthia wrote:Theemile wrote:Even if heavy gravity planets were not specifically targeted ( which would make total sense, btw), those that applied were most likely weighted towards those with heavy gravity experience. Just like when you place a job offer for an IT position, you tend to get resumes of people with computer knowledge.
And then you hire a guy with a shining resume of shining lies who you now have to fire because you failed to do a background check.
And now
your job is in jeopardy because the idiot
you hired doesn't even know a mouse from a rodent.
This is what interviews are for. To catch the liars before hires.
In the process of immigration, interviews or proof would be necessary to filter the nasty foam from the cream of the crop.
Theemile wrote:I'm not getting the sequitor here.
Manticore was taking everybody, giving everybody who came gravity belts, and offering government subsidities for house grav plates. However, one could assume that anyone reading the brochure for a heavy grav planet would be inclined to WANT to live on a heavy grav world.
It was aimed at Louis' theory that the Star Kingdom may have specifically targeted high gravity worlds which you seem to support. BTW, I do as well. Yet, if you are going to specifically target high G worlds then you must require proof. It is illogical to assume that you can trust applicants.
Of course, the Star Kingdom was accepting all manner of new blood needing to give the winnowed population an injection.
However, I would assume that certain skillsets
specifically require high G tuned gene mods for the simple fact that the portable grav units cannot be worn in all situations. (I do wish we had pictures of the units and more information.)
Consider those needing to wear scba units, such as firemen, hazmat responders, deep sea divers, civil engineers, inspectors, and many other disciplines that would require native Sphinxian G acclimation because of confined spaces and or those conditions which may render grav units inoperable. Etc!
As a civil engineer, I can recall many situations where there was barely enough room for a regular body much less one clad with extra "gear" or even obese body weight.
I also seriously doubt that grav plates or portable grav units are going to work across the board for everyone who do not enjoy the gene mods. There is always going to be the % of non modified humans who are overly sensitive to any change in their environment. Like Stephanie's mom who couldn't handle zero G. Like people who cannot play on a child's swing w/o getting sick. Or ride on the merry-go- round without losing their lunch. Like ppl who cannot travel on a cruise or sail in a yacht or fish in a small boat because of severe motion sickness. Like ppl who cannot remain under certain lighting systems (fluorescent lights) without succumbing to severe migraines and or seizures. People who cannot fly because the cabin pressures aboard planes give them migraines as well and or inner ear problems and or sickness. People who cannot live in higher altitude regions (like Denver Colorado) where some even pass out. These are the people your planet wants to sort out, who'll simply become a burden to the planet.
Even though textev doesn't support it, I find it quite difficult to believe that artificially created gravity is going to work for everyone. That the units are going to get it exactly right instead of right
ish.
And what happens in case of outdoor emergencies when one's portable grav unit has to be removed to administer first aid and or to facilitate a rescue (penned under wreckage and has to be cut out)?
Also, keep in mind that there are other natural considerations that must be taken into account that portable grav units cannot rectify, whereby high G world experience may be a must. I.e., things fall faster in a higher gravity world. The physics is a bit different and people who are already klutzes or accident prone may find higher G worlds dangerous or they may make it dangerous for someone else. The difference in the mechanics of sound can disorient, and there are those who
naturally cannot afford to be disoriented. There are some people who suffer from seizures triggered by certain frequencies of strobing light, there are also those whose condition is triggered by a certain rhythmic sound. Sphinx or any higher than standard G environment simply may not work for them. Yet, they may be normally aspirated, higher G handicapped humans who would still do anything to escape the growing oppression, wars and corruption of the League, but already have been diagnosed as inappropriate for a high G setting. Or would choose to relocate on a higher G planet anyways because they are criminals hiding from the law -- and who would think to look for them on a high G world when it is well known that they are maladjusted for it because of certain eccentric deficiencies.
In a nutshell, I would imagine that not everyone who doesn't have high G mods or experience yet is seeking citizenship is going to be favorable to a high G planet even with technological assistance, period. IMO.
