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How do I use late Victorian mad-science to tame lost world megafauna?
Selective Breeding
Don't rule out selective breeding too quickly. If any of the megafauna reach sexual maturity within one or two years, a decade is plenty of time for a selective breeding program.
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Why wouldn't a human colony that lost its technology mine for metals or use electricity?
The planet that the colonists inhabit has few woody plants, and most of them are ill suited for charcoal burning (though fine for routine carpentry). It also never had any planetary events that produc …
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Plausible way to send a moon crashing into the planet it's orbiting?
The path of least resistance is to reduce the moon's speed. This will eventually upset its orbit so that it falls into the planet.
The challenge then is coming up with a way to reasonably accelerate …