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CKingX123 t1_j1iquj3 wrote

Reply to comment by HelloWorld1352 in [WP] As the aliens blasted this strange blue planet with there hottest heat-ray, they were horrified to find the creatures below bundling up and speaking of “a chilly spring” by Ungus_Bungus_Lungus

Is it implying aliens live in a cold world and their interpretation of hot is cold for us? (Say their normal temperature is -70 degree Celsius and their heat ray is 8 degrees)

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HelloWorld1352 t1_j1khfl5 wrote

I don’t think it matters what the discrepancy in room temperature is. The heat ray would seem like a candle rather than an actual death ray but it doesn’t sound possible for it to be chilly.

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Nealithi t1_j1l62cb wrote

Oddly this gave me a thought on the aliens themselves. They generate intense internal heat but cannot regulate it themselves. The cold environment is what keeps them down to a proper temperature. The development of a heat gun raises the temperature at a given point and the target broils their own body as they cannot shed the heat now.

Of course the device was not designed as a weapon. It was actually intended as a medical device to assist in mating. It was supposed to be a radiator to lower the body temperature to induce mating season. But the projector managed to melt one of the onlookers for the demonstration.

As to why they would try to attack Earth when it is too warm for them. They do not want Earth, they want to colonize Europa. But humanity might protest.

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