1
DF Dwarf Mode Discussion / Re: The gods in your game.
« on: May 07, 2011, 07:08:36 am »
Actually, the sun is a giant thermonuclear catsplosion that takes roughly 15 billion years to run its course. That's why it turns into a white dwarf when it dies. There are no supernovas.
In dwarf fortress, all the stars are main sequence stars, formed from the apocalypse of worldgen. in the end times, the cat population becomes so high, it creates a nuclear reaction which destroys all life in the world and ignites the planet into the next sun. This in turn causes another world to be created by Armok. This cycle of events ensures that technology will never evolve too far for the 10,000 years of the planet's lifecycle, and that there will be a controllable genocide to prevent overpopulation. Because intelligence never evolves or disintegrates, dwarves have knowledge of this event, which is why they want to be constantly drunk and have a sun phobia; it only reminds them of their world's inevitable fate. And Snowball.
In dwarf fortress, all the stars are main sequence stars, formed from the apocalypse of worldgen. in the end times, the cat population becomes so high, it creates a nuclear reaction which destroys all life in the world and ignites the planet into the next sun. This in turn causes another world to be created by Armok. This cycle of events ensures that technology will never evolve too far for the 10,000 years of the planet's lifecycle, and that there will be a controllable genocide to prevent overpopulation. Because intelligence never evolves or disintegrates, dwarves have knowledge of this event, which is why they want to be constantly drunk and have a sun phobia; it only reminds them of their world's inevitable fate. And Snowball.
