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On September 28 2013 04:45 Rassy wrote:
Oh only now see the dyson sphere.
Wonder if this is actually viable, wouldnt it get incredibly hot inside as all radiation stays inside?
And how to prevent it from exploding due to the build up of heat?
I read about the concept before but when you think about it, it seems kinda impossible no matter how advanced technology is.
It is essentially the size of a solar system. Heat buildup would not be a problem, especially not since it is hypothetically designed to use all the energy for something.
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Netherlands45349 Posts
On September 28 2013 05:28 Gamegene wrote:
it's not about the size of your spaceship it's the size of your laser that really matters.
macross wins!
Its your flow of how you shoot missiles.
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I am disappointed by the distinct lack of Phalanx.
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An scv is larger then a hydralisk? TT
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United States22883 Posts
On September 27 2013 21:01 MoltkeWarding wrote:
The obvious conclusion to draw is this: Darth Vader's Star Destroyer which made its debut in the Empire Strikes Back was designed for its visual effect, and aura of domineering size. Its was not designed with nerdometric concerns in mind.
Isn't this true for basically everything in Star Wars? When have they ever approached it like typical science fiction, rather than space opera/fantasy?
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Cayman Islands24199 Posts
no love for dune? a heighliner from dune is over 20km long. there are other stuff like no-ships that can hold le worms of arrakis
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Well, to be fair SW can get away with going nearly full fantasy with some of its stuff given that the action is set in a different galaxy that evolved in its own way.
The history of SW is also phenomenally long, with something ridiculous along the lines of hyper-drive being first developed 100k years before the battle of Yavin, the force being discovered 35k years before the battle of Yavin. And all along there have been millions of wars that have raged forcing the acceleration of technology or the destruction of some.
The only other comparably long timeline is the Warhammer universe which had its history span 40k years, only 40% of the length of SW and for vast periods of time solar systems where in isolation from each other due to chaos storms, so technological sharing and development was substantially slowed.
Yeah I can imagine technology developing at a rather frightening rate and able to reach nearly absurd levels of sophistication in 100k years.
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Ah, lore wise -- how do 12 marines shoot down a Battlecruiser?
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How do 2 scourge take down a science vessel or 5 scourge take down a carrier?
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It's kind of hilarious thinking of that massive void ray being out ranged by the tiny viking and phoenix.
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On September 28 2013 06:57 Yorbon wrote:
An scv is larger then a hydralisk? TT
SCVs are actually massive. That glass in the front is a cockpit, not a visor.
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What is a Grizzly and why have I never heard of it before?
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I thought battlecruisers would be bigger
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Yay, SG-1! I love me some flying pyramids.
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I thought Aberrations would be bigger, according to the campaign...
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On September 28 2013 07:51 Destructicon wrote:
Well, to be fair SW can get away with going nearly full fantasy with some of its stuff given that the action is set in a different galaxy that evolved in its own way.
The history of SW is also phenomenally long, with something ridiculous along the lines of hyper-drive being first developed 100k years before the battle of Yavin, the force being discovered 35k years before the battle of Yavin. And all along there have been millions of wars that have raged forcing the acceleration of technology or the destruction of some.
The only other comparably long timeline is the Warhammer universe which had its history span 40k years, only 40% of the length of SW and for vast periods of time solar systems where in isolation from each other due to chaos storms, so technological sharing and development was substantially slowed.
Yeah I can imagine technology developing at a rather frightening rate and able to reach nearly absurd levels of sophistication in 100k years.
Not to be nitpicky, but technically the 40k refers to the Imperial calendar. Other species, such as Necrons and Eldar, supposedly had warp-tunneling technology billions of years before homo sapiens even evolved, so the overall history of technological development in the WH40k is considerably longer... however, as you pointed out, it's not precisely a history of technological advancement because much knowledge has been lost to ongoing wars and catastrophes (so that some types of old machinery display mechanisms than the current state of the art cannot even begin to comprehend, so that they are now operated by priests rather than engineers).
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On September 28 2013 05:39 h41fgod wrote:Show nested quote +On September 28 2013 04:45 Rassy wrote:
Oh only now see the dyson sphere.
Wonder if this is actually viable, wouldnt it get incredibly hot inside as all radiation stays inside?
And how to prevent it from exploding due to the build up of heat?
I read about the concept before but when you think about it, it seems kinda impossible no matter how advanced technology is. It is essentially the size of a solar system. Heat buildup would not be a problem, especially not since it is hypothetically designed to use all the energy for something.
Yeah, that is kind of the whole point of the dyson sphere, to completely harvest the energy a star emits.
Also, afaik the general idea of a dyson sphere is usually NOT to have a solid sphere, but a huge amount of smaller orbiting segments which in total absorb all of the energy of the star. Which is a lot more viable, since it is pretty easy to get something to circle a star, while you would need an absurdly strong material to actually build a sphere the size of a solar system because you could only cancel out gravity with centrifugal force on a ring, not a sphere.
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Stargate's Wraith Hive looks a little too big. Or is it the Super-Hive from the SGA series finale?
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this is irritating and soo cool at the same time. 
but i really wonder how the magog worldship from andromeda would fit in. theoretically, it had the size of an entire solar system. so in theory, it would need to have a diameter which is about 25 times bigger than that of the dyson sphere...
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