The SCIENCE! Behind STIMPAKS in Fallout

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Recommends Mephistopheles · 2017-03 · Worldbuilding Stack Exchange · on “Sci-fi Science: Physics of Impossibru: "Force fields"”

Welcome to this fun little series, that will explore all the classic sci-fi tropes and attempts to turn them into reality with the ALMIGHTY POWER OF SCIENCE! Today's topic is: The Force Field [LINK] What do we know? Force fields are a common trope in sci-fi, from Star Trek to Star Wars, just around everywhere. We ging to have a hard time, finding out their exact properties as they vary by franchises, however, what seems to be general in their attributes are: They are capable of deflecting or dampening at least one attack-type If the power of an attack breaks it, it can be regenerated relatively quickly, assuming, that the user isn't dead yet. It can deflect attacks, even if the user doesn't

Cites Z.Schroeder · 2016-10 · Worldbuilding Stack Exchange · on “What's the fastest a genetically or technologically enhanced human could regenerate?”

After watching this brilliant video by Shoddycast about Stimpaks in the Fallout universe: [this video] I started to wonder. Just how many of science fiction's most memorable regenerators, even the ones in supposedly harder sci fi, are complete bullshit? How fast could you reasonably expect an enhanced human to heal given what we currently know about biology and medicine and what we can extrapolate about future technology? How does nanotech healing compare to regeneration granted by gene therapy? Is there a third, more effective/efficiency alternative? Basically, what are the limits of human regeneration in modestly hard science fiction and how quickly could someone enhanced with the future techno

Cites Demigan · 2018-05 · Worldbuilding Stack Exchange · on “What would be an actual real life mechanisms of an accelerated healing factor?”

Healing takes a ton of energy and materials to kill off damaged cells and replace all the damaged/lost cells with fresh new one's. Healing factors like those of Wolverine should kill him within a few bullets as his body uses up all it's reserves and can't sustain the remaining cells. The mad psycho character would become extremely tired and probably metabolize a portion of his fatcells into energy and materials, making him a thin, haunted man quickly after any fight where he gets wounded. Edit: This should be interesting: [this video]

Cites Demigan · 2019-05 · Worldbuilding Stack Exchange · on “If a person had control of every single cell of their body, would they be able to transform into another creature?”

With the current constraints, yes they could. Assuming that the control remains if their brain capacity reduces. For those thinking of a rapid transformation within minutes or days, that's not going to happen: [this video] The catch is the time and energy it takes to transform. It takes an awful lot of energy to change your body in a relatively short timespan, and "relatively short" is already measured in weeks and months. Look at the growthspurt or baby growth for example. And that's when the body does the planning for you! There is also the matter of staying alive during transformation. If your heart or bloodvessels aren't finished yet or finish too quickly, you are going to have cardiovascular

Cites Trioxidane · 2021-05 · Worldbuilding Stack Exchange · on “What ingredient is required to make a salve that can rapidly heal wounds in around 5 minutes?”

Faul language warning for the few here that have a problem with it, but the following has a lot of information that can help: [this video] Just a reminder that a salve or injection won't matter much in the application of the healing itself.