Tag: Kardashev scale

Case I of First Contact, an Article by Torn MacAlester

This arti­cle is the first fol­low-on to a series on first con­tact.     This is part of a series of arti­cles about sci­ence fic­tion world build­ing: From the moment the first exper­i­ments with radio began, the pos­si­bil­i­ty of detect­ing alien trans­mis­sions became real. If there was an advanced civ­i­liza­tion on Mars, it would be […]

Civilization and Power

It’s All About Pow­er­Part 3 of World Build­ing for Sci­ence fic­tion: This is the def­i­n­i­tion of the Kar­da­shev Scale.  Since it is a mea­sure of the pow­er gen­er­at­ed by a civ­i­liza­tion, it is titled: All about Pow­er. In case you’ve missed the pre­vi­ous posts in the thread, Part 1 begins here. The pre­vi­ous post in this […]