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Why Halo ringworlds would tear themselves apart

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Those awe-inspiring galactic super-weapons look incredible in a skybox, but applying any logical physics breaks the illusion. Without impossibly strong magical materials keeping them together, the sheer rotational force would immediately shred them into cosmic dust.

Why Halo ringworlds would tear themselves apart
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