Why Are Old Sea Bases Rusty?
AgentSkelly
Chicago Illinois At The Moment Join Date: 2017-03-09 Member: 228760Members
Chicago Illinois At The Moment Join Date: 2017-03-09 Member: 228760Members
I Dont know if any body payed attention in school but. Titanium does not oxidize in water or chlorine. are the old sea bases made of steel? Just wondering if any body knows why and no hate. but yes i realize this is a game but it needs to apply these facts to the game. Feel free to leave a comment below. Thanks!
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Or maybe it was left behind as the waste products of bacterial colonies living on the titanium?
Then again, There could just be traces of iron in the degassi bases as they used the materials of their ship to build them if i recall.
There that was genius that actually fixes everything in my head good job!
There are few materials on which biofilm cannot form, and when it does, it opens the door for colonization by everything from bacteria to barnacles. (The red paint you see below the waterline on many ships isn't there for decor; it's antifouling paint which inhibits the development of biofilm and the subsequent flora and fauna which will screw up the ship's fuel economy.)
An active seabase probably keeps a light electrical current running through the skin to disrupt the development of biofilm, but once the power's dead for a few weeks, the hull could easily be colonized. Give those seabases another few years and most of them will probably be barely-recognizable reefs.
Gasopod farts...
Something doesn't quite add up here
DEADLY Gasopod Farts ...
I think that goes without saying, their flatulence is stuff of legends
I figured that being unconscious was what kept you alive. While you were quietly lying in the pod gently bleeding from the head, the hunter-killers were homing in on all the stronger, conscious mental signatures. Ripping holes in their pods and killing them.
Then, once they had killed every conscious human, they missed the one unconscious guy and shut down until the next incident wakes them up again.
Then, you wake up and only have to deal with the background defenses. Which is a pretty good deal for you.
You could have been a friendless loser on the ship. (which the stereotypical janitor is.)
As to why he was not ripped from his pod, could it be the fact it was in the "Safe Shallows" and not in a normal hunting ground for whatever ripped the other pods apart?
Seems we have wandered a bit OT
It's talked about in one of the communiqués.
But that would explain why no one came to rescue him in that obvious escape pod bobbing on the water, oh it's Jan Itor, no one likes him, just let him snooze
As titanium is used in deep sea because it doesn't rust, we have these possibilities:
God only knows what is in the assorted Alien Fish Pee, perhaps on this planet it manages to break down Titanium in some manner. (or even is some kind of metal corroding acid)
Maybe even the combination of the alien flora and fauna detritus is what is causing the reaction.
It's not all that farfetched.
Fair enough, but can you...
But can it run Crysis...
True. Except titanium rust - AKA titanium dioxide - is one of the whitest substances known to science. If anything, those seabases should look cleaner.
I'm sticking with biofilms. (No pun.)
Okay, you got us. We're nerds. Since you disapprove of us so much, I would suggest not associating with nerds or nerd-spawned things - you know, things like medicine, computers, communications other than your voice, construction materials, electronics, electricity overall, agriculture, domestic animals...you know...nerdy stuff.
Gonna make running Subnautica interesting.
Titanium rust is what causes its corrosion resistant properties. Also, Titanium oxides are not reddish in color. However, putting Titanium in the Active Lava Zone will cause corrosion to occur. A form of bacteria like the Carar would be a reasonable explanation for why the abandoned bases look like they are rusted. There is also the starfishes in the abandoned seabases that could cause corrosive effects on Titanium that looks like rust.