In Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Chancellor Palpatine accuses Mace Windu and other Jedi Masters of treason for trying to arrest him. Were they actually committing treason though? First of all, Palpatine had certainly broken the law. He assisted the Trade Federation and therefore had...

So I just thought of a novel or a series, not sure (it was definitely an author's early work) in which humans are colonizing another planet. The plants and animals are pretty dangerous, so they've started with a colony on an island. The island has surprisingly few species. They later discover tha...

“Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is." (Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.)” As a child reading Hitchhiker's Guide, it struck me as rather odd that after the above ...

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I read this in middle school so it would be 2010 or earlier. The boy, main character, had the ability to shapeshift or had some sort of magical ability. The biggest distinction I can remember is that there was a cat(s) that would give him signs about when things were going wrong. I've been googli...

I asked this question about 4 years ago and only received one response which didn't really help with the information I am seeking. Trying again. I'm looking for a novel I once read with a plot that involved the Americans and the Russians scientists developing a biological weapon to be used agai...

This one I read "only" about 10-15 years ago, and I think it was rather recently written at that time. It begins with a weird, probably alien structure being spotted in the solar system, already on its way out. (And no, it is not “Rendezvous with Rama” nor any of its sequels). Some ship, the cap...

I've been looking for the tallest average height but so far the search is proving difficult. It appears that most every member species seem to be roughly the same height. From Human to Vulcan to Benzite, the males seem to average about 6 foot tall. Is there any member species that average much ta...

I'm looking for a novel I once read with a plot that involved the American and the Russian scientists developing a biological weapon. It was to be used against a limited number of the Earth's population to try and stop conflict on Earth by making people think that they were being invaded from spa...

I know that Sam doesn't need it as he became maester.

A scientist who has led a drab but blameless life decides to sell his soul to a demon, or maybe the Devil himself, in exchange for a task. If memory serves, the demon heads the terrestrial branch of Hell, but is only one of many in the Universe. He is not in charge of Hell, but hopes to win the n...

Obi-Wan tells Anakin that Only the Sith deal in absolutes. He uses that as his identification that Anakin had actually turned to the Dark Side. (Anakin's statement of "Either you're with me or against me" ) Then is Yoda making an absolute statement, when seeking to make a deal (getting Lu...

When Cooper (McConaughey) and Brand (Hathaway) return from the ground of the first planet in Interstellar, the scientist (Romilly?) that stayed in the ship aged 23 years because of the effect of Gargantua, right? So, when they traveled to the next planet and met Dr. Mann (Matt Damon), Dr. Mann d...

A sled of mass 1485 kg has four identical rockets. With all four rockets burning, the sled initial acceleration is 50.0 m/s2. If the rocket sled shown in the figure below starts with only one rocket burning, what is its acceleration? Assume that the force of friction opposing the motion is known ...

In the TNG episode, Preemptive Strike, we learn that a someone in Starfleet has been leaking information to the Maquis. From the script: SANTOS: Macias. I've checked with my sources at Starfleet. Her story's true. MACIAS: I was sure it was. Kalita, she'll stay with you until we can ...

I read this book in English some time between 2010 and 2014. Most of these details are vague in my memory and I may have some of them confused, but to the best of my memory these are the details: There were two main characters, and unfortunately I don't remember either of their names. The first...

I read these questions (1,2), but they don't quite answer what I'm after. In several episodes, members of the crew are able to circumvent security protocols simply by removing a panel, crossing some wires or removing a component. For example, in Star Trek: Voyager episode Pathfinder, Barclay o...

There are a few Q&As here that lightly touch on aspects of this subject but are woefully incomplete. Some answers and comments mention the timing (in relation to some other species) of the acquisition of FTL and yet others mention the chronological timing of FTL tech for some species but are scat...

In Flash S6e8 everyone is bombarded with UV rays and the persons affected with bloodwork's infection are cured. How is it possible? Why did Dr. Ramsey not get cured if UV rays can cure others? Also, the people were killed by Bloodwork and then they become zombies so how are they cured with just U...

I am a little bit confused about the tag policy in case of book series vs adaptations: We have currently tag altered-carbon described as "For questions about Richard K. Morgan's novel "Altered Carbon" and its adaptations." All good, we have one tag for the book and the Netflix series. How...

I don’t want to know what he is, just wondering if we ever find out, or is it a mystery till the end?