Basil Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1995828,00.html Life on Titan? Not proven, but plausible enough to use in a Solar System SF campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Re: Solar System life Talking of this, has anyone read Titan by Stephen Baxter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Re: Solar System life I just had this wild campaign idea about Titan being an outpost for an advanced alien race. The reason Titan has an atmosphere is that the aliens are methane breathers and artificially generated the atmosphere, which also prevents their detection from Earth. I haven't developed the idea any further, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Re: Solar System life I just had this wild campaign idea about Titan being an outpost for an advanced alien race. The reason Titan has an atmosphere is that the aliens are methane breathers and artificially generated the atmosphere' date=' which also prevents their detection from Earth. I haven't developed the idea any further, though.[/quote'] I thought the methane level in Titan's atmosphere was very low? Indeed the presence of any was suspicious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Re: Solar System life Reading the Wikipedia article, I see you're right about methane levels being low (although higher than expected). No problem; maybe the aliens don't need as much methane. Or I'll just retcon them to be nitrogen breathers, since nitrogen forms the majority of Titan's atmosphere, and ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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