Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-34954086-20120922085545/@comment-34954086-20121005135315

Zergrinch wrote: Question number 6:

Explain the mechanics of Red Volcano's geokinesis. How is it possible that he can reawaken a dormant caldera in Yellowstone? Considering that your explanations all involve nano-robotics of some kind, and yet the magma he's controlling was hot enough to melt him - and the other Reds - to slag.

Question number 7

Magma is basically liquefied rock. Would manipulation of magma be more in the vein of Red Volcano (Earthbending) or Red Inferno (Firebending)? How about mud? Would the manipulation of mud be more in the vein of Red Volcano (Earthbending) or Red Torpedo (Waterbending)?

Damn, was hoping you would pick up on the fact that I didnt provide an explanation for his powers.

6.Two ways I initially considered whilst attempting to plot all of Morrow's creations: 1. Reverse-Metalbending: Magnetism can easily manipulate metals, as the explanation was that trace amounts of earth exist in the metal, the reverse holds, significant trace metals exist in ground, they all ferrous mind you but eh, it's can be overcome. That gives geokinetic potential, now to generate the heat,2: and also account for reactivation of the supervolcano, pressure, PV=nRT, increase in pressure can provide increase in heat, it's basically what causes the internal core pressure that lead to volcanoes in the first place. P=F/A, as for how the nanites could provide a force, working on it. Magnetism would be attractive unless the earth were ionic, when we're looking for repulsive. Gravity requires working knowledge (which is currently only a theory) of gravitons and a means of ejecting them, forming a great amount which would probably require a fair mass, and way of transporting them where the graviton doesn't bond with nanite matter, or if the fusion is difficult instead of insanely easy, a way of fusing them to the matter of the earth which I suppose is possible considering Atom's tech sort of requires it to work. kinetic requires contact which would as you say melt the nanites as they both raised in temperature by zeroth law. I suppose that EM emission, specifically in the infrared range could work fairly effectively, maybe lasers for maximum efficiency. That'd still require an energy source that'd correspond to the heat change. Best source'd probably be geothermal, so maybe direct transfer of heat from deeper within the Earth to higher levels. Maybe this'd negate need for nanites (i'm not up to scratch with geothermal energy but don't think thi's entirely possible, but it's fairly simple if the energy is collected elsewhere, transferred to Volcano, transferred to nanites, transferred to ground. I assume you're familiar with TVTropes? one if Convection Schmonvection, volcano's heat doesnt affect anything unless in direct contact. with EM radiation, graviton beams or magnetism, a range to allow for this to not affect the nanites any more then it affects Red Volcano (which is the same that allowed the Team to survive to close to a volcano.)

7. a)definately Volcanom, no fire in the magma, only heat. heat difficult to channel anywhere near as easily as fluid form earth or air as with Inferno. b) hmmm difficult one actually. there'd be greater metals in the earth which would allow the magnetic effects i use for waterbending to control mud alot more easily then straight water I think.