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True, I suppose I should have said no reason in regards to producing energy. you can harness a profound amount of energy by building collectors around the star. in that respect there is no reason to pull anything physical from the star.

"The Machine" From the Series "Person of Interest" I feel the series did a wonderful job fleshing out the humanity in a character that almost never speaks directly. Until the very last few episodes it always communicated in directly with the characters but it was my favorite character out of...

As others have stated, building a shell or swarm around the sun would be the best way to collect the energy. There is no reason to physically collect matter from the star. If you did remove matter you would not "drain" the star, in fact you would lengthen its lifespan because you would be...

I agree with Ryan_m_b. There are plenty of logistical reasons that a probe would have a far easier time then humans. manned crafted would have to be many times more massive just to house all the air, food and water needed for the crew, not to mention radiation shielding If you are going with...

Janus said the half life was about 15 minutes so that gives you a time frame to work with. Could your character crawl 30 feet in 15 minutes? probably, so maybe make it a longer tunnel. and I would say being out of the tunnel when the first explosion happens would be a good idea because after...

The side effect of explosive e-comprresification leads to an interesting drama point in the story. The tunnel is only a meter wide by 10 meters long so it is going to take time to crawl through it. As stated however, as the effects of the ray dissipate, the original mass will begin to explode...

For practical, real life applications, this could be a night mare side effect of the device. For a story however, it is a pretty awesome side effect.

I think the implication is a severe radiation hazard.

Most of what makes up matter is pretty much space, consider an actual neutron star, it has a mass greater then our own sun, yet on average, they are only a few kilometers across. Collapsing down 300sq. meters of rock would still take up a microscopic amount of space.

Another idea is that the device could increase the matter's density, causing the molecules within the affected area to collapse together, perhaps even to neutron density. so zap a door and the door would seem to vanish, the matter the door was made of would still be there, it would just be a...

Thank you, you are correct in that is what I was looking for, I need something that would cause extreme damage to the ozone layer. I am looking for a culprit for a mass extinction. I wanted to avoid asteroids because they seem the go to for all all end of the world plots.

Though doing a sequel like this does kind of ruin the mystery of his character being a Replicant or not.

are you posting from the future? Currently Ford is still alive, at least according to my subjective present.

Thank you for the clarification.

I believe the only known mechanism to alter Time, is gravity. so if you had a situation where time was so distorted that it bent back on itself, then you would also be in the presence of a gravity well so enormous that time looping would be the least of your worries.