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SCENE 1 – ORBITING NEPTUNE
The spaceship floats above Neptune’s violent atmosphere. The gas giant looms below, swirling with electric blue and violent gusts.
DAN: ThatX, confirm our current position.
THATX: Geosynchronous orbit above Neptune’s upper troposphere. Altitude: 55,000 kilometers. Velocity: 24,000 km/h. Radiation shield holding. Hull temperature: -175°C and dropping.
DAN: Alright. Let’s get those diamonds.
THATX: Reminder: atmospheric entry is ill-advised. Neptune’s storms make Jupiter look like a summer breeze.
DAN: Begin the environmental scanning. I need the complete data before we go fishing.
THATX: Atmospheric conditions as follows:
- Pressure: Over 1 million times Earth’s surface pressure.
- Temperature: -220°C.
- Wind speeds: Sustained at 200 km/h, with jetstreams reaching 2,100 km/h.
- Chemical composition: Hydrogen (H₂), Helium (He), Methane (CH₄).
Corrosive environment confirmed.
SCENE 2 – TENSION BUILDS
DAN (gritting teeth): What’s the margin for structural failure?
THATX: Our base station would collapse at 0.1% of the existing pressure. The propulsion system cannot stabilize against lateral wind shear. Worse: Methane and Hydrogen will corrode the thruster nozzles and outer panels.
DAN: There has to be a workaround. We didn’t fly 4.5 billion kilometers to tuck tail and run.
THATX: Recommendation: full retreat. Attempting harvest is suicidal.
DAN: We don’t need a full harvest. What if we just grab a handful? Run a small-scale test?
THATX: Retracting previous alert. Attempting robotic arm deployment to collect samples.
[The ship creaks. A telescopic mechanical arm extends, descending into the thick Neptunian clouds. The visuals are stunning—blue haze, diamond-like glimmers below.]
THATX: Caution: Atmospheric turbulence increasing. Hold duration must not exceed 90 seconds.
DAN: Understood. Let’s bring home something shiny.
SCENE 3 – THE HARVEST
The robotic arm sweeps across a patch of swirling atmosphere. Tiny specks of crystalline carbon—diamonds—are sucked into the containment capsule.
DAN (whispers): Actual diamond rain… thousands of carats falling like snowflakes.
THATX: Sample secured. Retracting arm. Recommend immediate retreat.
DAN: One last thing before we go—how much energy can we pull from these?
SCENE 4 – THE ENERGY EQUATION
THATX: Diamonds are carbon atoms in tetrahedral crystalline lattice.
Oxidation formula:
C + O₂ → CO₂ + Energy
Energy released per mole: 394 kilojoules.
DAN: Right… Let’s say one handful equals one mole. How many handfuls to power a long-range warp jump?
THATX: Calculating…
Total energy required for long-range jump: 10⁴⁶ Joules
No. of moles needed = 10⁴⁶ / 394,000 = ~2.54 × 10⁴⁰ mol
Mass = 2.54 × 10⁴⁰ mol × 0.012 kg/mol = 3.048 × 10³⁸ kg
Convert to Earth masses:
1 Earth mass = 5.97 × 10²⁴ kg
Earth mass equivalents = 5.1 × 10¹³ Earths
DAN (processing the numbers): So… we’d need 51 trillion Earths’ worth of diamonds… to fuel one full jump?
THATX: Affirmative. Current technology is insufficient. Even harvesting one-millionth of this would require planetary-scale infrastructure and centuries of mining.
SCENE 5 – ACCEPTING LIMITS
DAN (sits back, defeated but thoughtful): That’s not just impossible. It’s mythic.
THATX: Suggest alternative strategies. Solar extraction? Quantum vacuum decay? Antimatter harvesting?
DAN (staring at the diamonds): No. We test these first. Store them. Study them. Energy may not be direct. Maybe structural properties could help us.
SCENE 6 – ESCAPE FROM NEPTUNE
Alarms blare. The ship shakes violently. A new storm front approaches.
THATX: Red Alert. Jetstream approaching. Time to leave—now.
DAN: Full thrust. 30-degree elevation. Get us the hell out.
[Exterior shot: The spacecraft rockets out of Neptune’s pull. Blue storm clouds crash together below. The robotic arms retract. The diamond capsule glows in containment.]
SCENE 7 – INTERSTELLAR SPACE
Silence. Deep space. The ship now drifts, calm. Stars twinkle beyond the viewport.
THATX: Query: What substance are you ingesting?
DAN (smiling): Space whiskey. Helps me think.
THATX: Alcohol impairs cognitive efficiency.
DAN: Not if you’re thinking crazy enough. Maybe we can compress diamond energy. Find catalysts. Use micro-fusion. What if the structure of diamonds can bend light or gravity? What if we’re thinking in the wrong direction?
THATX: Logging irrational but potentially creative hypothesis.
DAN: One small scoop of impossibility might unlock a bigger door. And if it doesn’t?
THATX: Then we at least made history.
DAN: Cheers to that.
He raises the flask to the viewport where Neptune glows like a forbidden jewel.
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Tuhin is recognized across the globe for his vision to revolutionize digital transformation industry with the help of cutting-edge technology. He won bronze for India at the Stevie Awards USA as well as winning the India Business Awards, India Technology Award, Top 100 influential tech leaders from Analytics Insights, Clutch Global Front runner in digital marketing, founder of the fastest growing company in Asia by The CEO Magazine and is a TEDx speaker and BrightonSEO speaker.
