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- Tue Dec 31, 2019 12:16 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: It's that time again: Rise of Skywalker
- Replies: 48
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Re: It's that time again: Rise of Skywalker
Personally, I'm done with it so long as Disney owns it.
- Mon Dec 30, 2019 10:37 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: How to Make Mecha Work in a realish setting
- Replies: 224
- Views: 94532
Re: How to Make Mecha Work in a realish setting
The wikipedia article also states: To the surprise of many involved in the program, the helicopters proved extremely dangerous to the fighters when they were properly employed, racking up a 5-to-1 kill ratio over the fighters when fighting at close ranges with guns. The lesson was that fixed-wing ai...
- Mon Dec 30, 2019 9:18 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: It's that time again: Rise of Skywalker
- Replies: 48
- Views: 24167
Re: It's that time again: Rise of Skywalker
Great rundown. Spoilers abound.
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 8:05 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: How to Make Mecha Work in a realish setting
- Replies: 224
- Views: 94532
Re: How to Make Mecha Work in a realish setting
Relevant video. The necessity to right angle your mech out of the path of incoming 20mm fire and pull out non-conventional weapons to be able to beat an airborne fighter highlights the weaknesses of a mech in today's battlefield. Gasaraki was pretty realistic in how they approached near-future tech...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:58 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 169: The most messed up!
- Replies: 127
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Re: Page 169: The most messed up!
Kirk is a great character for a wild west in space, Picard when space is more defined, policed, and alliances are of important to maintain. Sisko is still the best. But only after he grew the beard. Though I think a Stargazer-era Picard would have potentially been the best. In canon, young Picard w...
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 12:19 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 169: The most messed up!
- Replies: 127
- Views: 78963
Re: Page 169: The most messed up!
Beat me to the punch, lol.StarCruiser wrote:Somehow appropriate:
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 12:12 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: How to Make Mecha Work in a realish setting
- Replies: 224
- Views: 94532
Re: How to Make Mecha Work in a realish setting
First and foremost, the square-cube law and (current) material strength limits the size of any prospective mech. Could we reasonably have powered armor? Yeah, I think so. Tank-mass mechs? Only if the benefits outweighed the added cost and complexity. Otherwise, the concept would not be viable for mi...
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 3:46 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: It's that time again: Rise of Skywalker
- Replies: 48
- Views: 24167
Re: It's that time again: Rise of Skywalker
May I present a much better Star Wars movie.
- Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:00 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 169: The most messed up!
- Replies: 127
- Views: 78963
Re: Page 169: The most messed up!
One missing stat...
Attractiveness: Kirkian
Attractiveness: Kirkian
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:07 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 169: The most messed up!
- Replies: 127
- Views: 78963
Re: Page 169: The most messed up!
Fascinating - I had never quite pieced that together. I knew they were advanced, but was always under the assumption that they simply had recovered faster after the fall. That's not to say that they weren't affected by the fall, but they didn't suffer a complete breakdown of their civilization or c...
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 10:11 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 169: The most messed up!
- Replies: 127
- Views: 78963
Re: Page 169: The most messed up!
A partial answer is that they see themselves as passive observers of history more than active participants in it. Their "civilization" (if you want to call it that) predates the fall of the Soia, and they've basically been watching the rest of the races recover and rebuild without really helping th...
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 3:47 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 169: The most messed up!
- Replies: 127
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Re: Page 169: The most messed up!
I wonder if "historian" in trade is the same as the name the Historians give themselves and, if so, why is it that the Historians see themselves as such?raistlin34 wrote:Being the first to document data about their society could get an otherwise unremarkable Listel into the Hystory books if only as a footnote.
- Sat Dec 14, 2019 11:09 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 169: The most messed up!
- Replies: 127
- Views: 78963
Re: Page 169: The most messed up!
It's very cool that you created that level of backstory for all the characters.
- Thu Dec 12, 2019 11:19 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Miscellaneous Umiak/misc. races question-and-answer thread
- Replies: 764
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Re: Miscellaneous Umiak/misc. races question-and-answer thre
Sounds a little like Coming of Age in Karhide though with long-term shifts.
- Wed Dec 11, 2019 2:28 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 169: The most messed up!
- Replies: 127
- Views: 78963
Re: Page 169: The most messed up!
Because of course it wasArioch wrote:Talon's leave was suspended pending disciplinary action.
- Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:32 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: IQ Distribution
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12787
Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
As far as we here speaking about humanity IQ and gender biases in general , such studies would also be unrelevant, because they reflect only one culture biases. The one of many. To an extent. From what I've read, IQ tests are not biased (as uncomfortable as the results may be when applied to demogr...
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 7:00 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: IQ Distribution
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12787
Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
For what it's worth, I don't think you can draw any cultural equivalencies in that lane between Russia and the West.
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 6:57 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 169: The most messed up!
- Replies: 127
- Views: 78963
Re: Page 169: The most messed up!
IIRC, it translates to the given name he provided Stillstorm, Guardian of the Garden. Alex being guardian and Jardin being garden.
- Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:37 pm
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: Page 168: Symbols of fate
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11486
- Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:29 am
- Forum: Outsider Discussion
- Topic: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
- Replies: 2709
- Views: 1886176
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
Based on the latest background posted, we might get to see tiny versions of Spiral and Talon.