tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post4178150703595852891..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: Sci-fi Treasuretrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-17915931411733437742021-04-18T13:19:47.782-05:002021-04-18T13:19:47.782-05:00DR EMU YOU ARE REALLY GREAT. I WILL KEEP COMING TO...DR EMU YOU ARE REALLY GREAT. I WILL KEEP COMING TO YOU WHEN EVER I NEED YOUR HELP. <br />WEBSITE: HTTPS://EMUTEMPLE.WORDPRESS.COM <br />WHATS APP: +2347012841542<br /><br />I want to thank DR EMU for the wonderful work he done for me and my family, i was having a serious breakup with my ex but when i contacted him for help he brought him back to me with his historical powers, and also helping me to get a job, since he cast his spell for me things has really be good to me and since i know him my husband has been faithful to me, well i will say that this man is a really great spell caster that every one must contact for help, if you are facing breakup or marriage problem just contact this man for help he will help you settle everything with his power, please contact him on his email: emutemple@gmail.com once you contact him all your problems will be solve.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15412911890439251035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-47738766178439671082019-11-25T12:23:51.705-06:002019-11-25T12:23:51.705-06:00Anything heavier than iron is going to be a pain t...Anything heavier than iron is going to be a pain to synthesize, unless technology is so advanced that scarcity issues hardly exist. So heavy elements and rare earths will be of some value for quite a while. If economy of scale matters for making mining profitable, there's even incentive for bandits or petty warlords to raid planetary stocks rather than try to take apart an asteroid.<br /><br />Licenses to manufacture tech might be valuable, even if fabbers mean that everything is theoretically available at the push of a button. (Could be enforced legally, could be enforced with super-encryption.)<br /><br />News is valuable if fresh, but the value wears off quickly. In-depth knowledge of a field might be restricted and thus valuable on the black market. <br /><br />Any monopoly that permits a privileged few to gatekeep something of value will be fiercely defended, legally or otherwise, and breaking that monopoly might send massive shockwaves through the system.<br /><br />Given the dangers of radiation, 'clean' genetic templates may be in high demand and hard for spacers to maintain on their own.Albertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-6589810635982767162019-11-25T12:06:12.114-06:002019-11-25T12:06:12.114-06:00Cambias:
And a perennial favorite: the deed to a ...<b>Cambias:</b><br /><br /><i>And a perennial favorite: the deed to a piece of land.</i><br /><br />My first thought was that, while that made a great reward, you could have piles of these in a treasure hoard. But then I remembered that there are between one and two-million asteroids in the asteroid belt, and each one might have resources worthy of mining. <br /><br />So now I'm imagining a literal hill of gold disks 1.5 inches across, each one etched with a legal writ giving the bearer mining rights to an individual asteroid.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-52555331391646266412019-11-25T10:45:01.119-06:002019-11-25T10:45:01.119-06:00Genomes for newly-discovered species.
Particular v...Genomes for newly-discovered species.<br />Particular vintages of great wines.<br />And a perennial favorite: the deed to a piece of land.Cambiashttp://www.jamescambias.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-77415436359275380172019-11-19T12:28:28.655-06:002019-11-19T12:28:28.655-06:00Awesome! Thanks for the feedback, everyone. :)
K...Awesome! Thanks for the feedback, everyone. :)<br /><br /><b>Kalyptein:</b> I can't believe I forgot melange! It really is the Ur-treasure of space opera.<br /><br /><b>daveb:</b> as our telescopes get better and better, it gets harder to justify "hidden" planets, though jump-points and other hyperspace navigational "shortcuts" are certainly a rich prize for those who can find them. And new biological specimens could be the way breakthroughs happen, if it's easier to explore strange new worlds than dream up yet another way to wrinkle Mother Nature. Researchers racing corp-assassins sent to snuff out their discovery so billions in R&D costs don't end up wasted sounds like a fun adventure. <br /><br /><b>Tommi:</b> info is a classic, though it does tend to muddle the message a bit, transforming a treasure hunt into something more noir, either detective story, spy thriller, or Dan Brown sort of thing. Still, for a treasure that spawns further adventures, info can't be beat.<br /><br /><b>JB:</b> slaves are the dark side of trading in original artwords. The only thing better than having an original Sebaztion is having Sebaztion himself locked in a gilded cage producing works on demand for you. trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-46773498406621348812019-11-19T11:25:16.108-06:002019-11-19T11:25:16.108-06:00Nice one JB. I was thinking about this again after...Nice one JB. I was thinking about this again after I logged off. The 'means of production' would be valuable even in a post scarcity society I imagine. Slaves, working robots, factories (nano facs?), nano gel, whatever it takes to make things. davebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531919635590898334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-79817562301456576132019-11-19T11:22:19.695-06:002019-11-19T11:22:19.695-06:00Food rations and medical supplies. This doesn'...Food rations and medical supplies. This doesn't even have to apply to a post-apocalyptic society: I've been rewatching old episodes of Firefly and such things take on drastic value for struggling colonies on newly terraformed worlds. I suppose Herbert's "spice" falls into this category (for its life extending qualities, if not its psychic boost). <br /><br />Species trafficking ("slaves") could be a form of future currency in a very grim-dark setting. Higher life-forms may see lesser sentients as cattle, after all. Lots of examples of this in SciFi literature.<br /><br />Lots of possibilities, but precious metals and gems are still excellent for their portability and lack of malleability.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-12945108677977175332019-11-19T02:43:38.900-06:002019-11-19T02:43:38.900-06:00Information is a classical solution. Secrets about...Information is a classical solution. Secrets about people, governments or companies. Datasets. Programs. Science or technology.Tommihttp://ropeblogi.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-67958813504233092812019-11-19T02:11:04.126-06:002019-11-19T02:11:04.126-06:00In David Brin's uplift series Whale songs are ...In David Brin's uplift series Whale songs are coveted by the aliens. <br /><br />Genetic scans/samples/studies of emergent life on obscure planets? With jump gates/points/hyperspace challeges knowing of safe transfer points is worth something. Hidden planets (or lost planets in deep space that can act as hideouts/fuel dumps. Hard to manufacture pharmacueticals (omni cure, organ transplants, designer drugs, combat drugs). davebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531919635590898334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-40544709184566826522019-11-18T14:42:05.382-06:002019-11-18T14:42:05.382-06:00One other classic scifi rarity is the Spice, or an...One other classic scifi rarity is the Spice, or any other kind of hard to harvest/synthesize drug. Spice of course is needed for space travel and all the other feats of psychic mojo.<br /><br />There was a scifi rpg called Blue Planet that had a gold rush for a substance called "Long Jon", slang for longevity ore. It had to be mined out of deep ocean deposits, and was the key component in advanced nanotech, including life-extension.<br /><br />I think there was a book in which they used a currency backed by lifespan, where the basic unit was called "days" or something like that, and would literally buy you 24 hours of life extension.<br /><br />Hyperspace nav charts might also make a good treasure, leading to new worlds or offering secret, faster shortcuts.<br /><br />"Stabilized neutronium", ejected from neutron stars or the accretion discs of black holes could be the handwavium that powers hyperdrives or grav-tech.Kalypteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988999210118074246noreply@blogger.com