So, me and a friend were working on something for an RP forum and it got me thinking a bit. The problem is related to a plothole in Sailor Moon (Manga specifically) and it is how does the Crystal Palace and Crystal Tokyo arise?
I started wondering what the Palace itself was made of and started to think about alloys. So I went researching alloys and found a class of them called Complex Metal Alloys (CMA for short) and many of them seem to have shapes that are crystalline from what I read up on them.
The palace itself is a
huge structure itself, containing a building at the top about the size of Buckingham Palace itself possibly. This would make it the tallest and biggest thing ever made or what not if it could be really made.
So I posit two questions to the Engineers, aAchitects, and Material Scientists/Chemists for you.
First: Could one create an alloy (CMA) strong enough to make this building a reality and also give it resilience and shape needed? I am putting bets on the reciple to include Carbon and Titanium but I figure there is more here. One of the features besides light weight is strength; i.e. , it can handle up to a Tomahawk Cruise Missile or Hypersonic(Mach 7+) Railgun round hitting it with either none to light/moderate damage to the structure at any one point.
Second: Could such a building be made and what would the superstructure be like?
This is the layout given in the Manga for reference. Keep in mind not only does it need to have the above but also must have a crystalline-shape, deal with building sway, and handle Earthquakes/Tsunamis/Typhoons.
Have fun guys and I am hoping to see a potential and plausible explanation that can satisfy