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On December 13 2014 00:29 SKC wrote:
Plus you need to be protected against random shit in space anyway if you are travelling at near lightspeed velocity. Its not like space is completelly empty, if accidently running into a miniscule meteorite fucks you up because of how fast you are going, you arent really in a very safe ship.
Yeah, there's a reason FTL travel in Dune literally is only possible using precognition.
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On December 13 2014 00:27 Qbek wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2014 00:23 Plansix wrote:On December 13 2014 00:14 Qbek wrote:
I could go on and on about stuff like this but I've got better things to do, like laying in bed listening to music.
Why the fuck are the sensors exposed during combat thou? It's not like the amount of radiation and what not a ship would leave in vacuum can't be detected through some armor. Its space, there is a lot of nothing out there. You need sensors to see and target. Plus both sides are throwing up shit to get fuck with the other sides ability to see them. If your senors are perfectly protected, your blind. You use sensors to detect when the danger is close and hide them reactively. Not like a ship in space can do a u-turn, you don't need to see them 24/7
Well the ships are more like subs in space, they can't see each other and they are really far apart. The combat took place over hundreds of miles. There is nothing in space, so they could shoot really far.
Its not Star trek combat. At one point in the book they are using water change course so the enemy ship can detect their heat signature. Its a lot more "hard science" in tone, so the sensors are 100% necessary and you can't pull them all in.
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Well, you are still able to drop a ton of sand from really, really, far away and make sure it arrives at the exact position the other guy is traveling to, at very high speeds. You kinda need very good data about his trajectory and velocity to do that reliably.
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So on an unrelated note, what kind of ice cream does LDOOTGD prefer? I have a craving for it right now, but can't decide what kind I want. n_n
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On December 13 2014 00:39 SKC wrote:
Well, you are still able to drop a ton of sand from really, really, far away and make sure it arrives at the exact position the other guy is traveling to, at very high speeds. You kinda need very good data about his trajectory and velocity to do that reliably.
They were able to predict it due to the speeds they were traveling and knowing where the ship would end up. Both ships were working to engage the other. The sand was deployed by drones right before the battle.
I haven't read it in years, but all both ships were attempting to engage each other and it took them several days to get into firing range. They had a lot of time to plan, which seemed to be standard when ships decided to fight each other.
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On December 13 2014 00:33 Plansix wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2014 00:27 Qbek wrote:On December 13 2014 00:23 Plansix wrote:On December 13 2014 00:14 Qbek wrote:
I could go on and on about stuff like this but I've got better things to do, like laying in bed listening to music.
Why the fuck are the sensors exposed during combat thou? It's not like the amount of radiation and what not a ship would leave in vacuum can't be detected through some armor. Its space, there is a lot of nothing out there. You need sensors to see and target. Plus both sides are throwing up shit to get fuck with the other sides ability to see them. If your senors are perfectly protected, your blind. You use sensors to detect when the danger is close and hide them reactively. Not like a ship in space can do a u-turn, you don't need to see them 24/7 Well the ships are more like subs in space, they can't see each other and they are really far apart. The combat took place over hundreds of miles. There is nothing in space, so they could shoot really far. Its not Star trek combat. At one point in the book they are using water change course so the enemy ship can detect their heat signature. Its a lot more "hard science" in tone, so the sensors are 100% necessary and you can't pull them all in.
How is it hard science when it's referencing 1940s tech? The arms race in far future would have taken the ships so far that even thinking about fighting is suicide. I personally greatly dislike the very idea of combat in space, like how would you even meet someone? Any encounters would need to happen in the gravity well of a star to even make the encounter last any time, since at any point one of the sides can fuck off in a random direction without that, and in space magnitudes 3 seconds of headway let's you shake any tail.
And then there's nukes.
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On December 13 2014 00:42 dismiss wrote:
So on an unrelated note, what kind of ice cream does LDOOTGD prefer? I have a craving for it right now, but can't decide what kind I want. n_n
mint chocolate chip or chocolate chip cookie dough.
if its soft serve, pistachio or plain vanilla with rainbow sprinkles. fuck yea
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Well this is a crazy future where everyone is immortal and they are fighting a race of collective AI's and the cyborg people that live as part of the collective. Its crazy future tech. One is trying to destroy an fledging AI on a planet and the AI ship is trying to protect it. So its near a star.
And I don't think nukes would be that effective. Those ships were really far apart and you would need to get them to the enemy ship without them being shot down. It was all about lasers and amazing amount of mass. As nano bots, so many nano bots.
Its a good read, people should check it out rather than listening to me. Its pretty quick and action packed.
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Northern Ireland22208 Posts
On December 13 2014 00:56 BluemoonSC wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2014 00:42 dismiss wrote:
So on an unrelated note, what kind of ice cream does LDOOTGD prefer? I have a craving for it right now, but can't decide what kind I want. n_n mint chocolate chip or chocolate chip cookie dough. if its soft serve, pistachio or plain vanilla with rainbow sprinkles. fuck yea
if its gonna be on a cone, i always ask for one scoop of strawberry and one scoop of chocolate chip
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United Kingdom14103 Posts
my eyes burn with the fury of satan im so tired god damn it
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On December 13 2014 01:05 Targe wrote:
my eyes burn with the fury of satan im so tired god damn it
Finals as well?
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funny americans have finals in mid semester
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On December 13 2014 01:04 ahswtini wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2014 00:56 BluemoonSC wrote:On December 13 2014 00:42 dismiss wrote:
So on an unrelated note, what kind of ice cream does LDOOTGD prefer? I have a craving for it right now, but can't decide what kind I want. n_n mint chocolate chip or chocolate chip cookie dough. if its soft serve, pistachio or plain vanilla with rainbow sprinkles. fuck yea if its gonna be on a cone, i always ask for one scoop of strawberry and one scoop of chocolate chip
After eight is so good, but I'm not sure if they have it at the closest supermarket. sad life.
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Raspberry ripple. Can't beat it.
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French vanilla with hot fudge, because classics are hard to beat.
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United Kingdom14103 Posts
On December 13 2014 01:06 TheEmulator wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2014 01:05 Targe wrote:
my eyes burn with the fury of satan im so tired god damn it Finals as well?
ye courseowkr deadlines -_-
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On December 13 2014 00:31 Qbek wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2014 00:29 SKC wrote:
Plus you need to be protected against random shit in space anyway if you are travelling at near lightspeed velocity. Its not like space is completelly empty, if accidently running into a miniscule meteorite fucks you up because of how fast you are going, you arent really in a very safe ship. Yeah, there's a reason FTL travel in Dune literally is only possible using precognition.
Yes and no
they use mainly those juiced up things to calculate the speed/angle
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On December 13 2014 01:27 Erasme wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2014 00:31 Qbek wrote:On December 13 2014 00:29 SKC wrote:
Plus you need to be protected against random shit in space anyway if you are travelling at near lightspeed velocity. Its not like space is completelly empty, if accidently running into a miniscule meteorite fucks you up because of how fast you are going, you arent really in a very safe ship. Yeah, there's a reason FTL travel in Dune literally is only possible using precognition. Yes and no they use mainly those juiced up things to calculate the speed/angle
Rofl that's true too, they don't even have any computers in Dune. Just EVIL JEWS FROM OUTER SPACE!
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