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@RedDwarfIV, @sweforce, @Geomodder, @Siber, @Witty_Username We're talking about this, more or less (if I understand it correctly, which is not given). If everyone were in the same frame, FTL would pose no issues at all (Fig. 1) . But that's sadly not the case: https://i.imgur.com/4ezL8ev.jpg The rel...

(I wonder, Arioch, if you had given some thought to possible causality violations brought about by the existence of FTL; in a large part, these violations become far less likely if no FTL communications and no "free" FTL travel exists) The system is constructed so that causal violations are essenti...

(I wonder, Arioch, if you had given some thought to possible causality violations brought about by the existence of FTL; in a large part, these violations become far less likely if no FTL communications and no "free" FTL travel exists) The system is constructed so that causal violations are essenti...

hi hi Now that we know the Umiak are bringing their resupply in close proximity to their main fleet, I wonder if their deep jump/main fleet deployment model is meant to keep their main fleet and supplies in reserve until they reach their main target. Edit: triple checked my math. My calculations sh...

This nicely demonstrates the limitations of Outsider -verse FTL technology. The lack of FTL communications can be a major problem. In fact, it makes the scenario even more WW1-like; forces on the fronts of the Great War were also greatly hampered by the primitive communications infrastructure, which...

Considering the Umiaks suicidal tactics I can really see a Umiak ship out of resources for a continued campaign to simply crash their ship into a target. They would in function be a small asteroid damage wise, a city hit by one at high speed would be HURT! Well, if they crashed into the planet at a...

Isn't it basically "game over" for an inhabited planet if even a few Umiak ships get within striking distance? They'll start hitting major population centres and cause catastrophic damage to infrastructure and loss of life, not to mention ecological damage. I don't know how keen the Loroi are on civ...

"Kaiserschlacht" Well, it may seem so for the Loroi, but I am not sure the analogy holds for the Umiak. They're not approaching economic collapse and starvation due to a suffocating blockade, at least as far as we're aware. I am sure the war has put some strain on their resources, but so far all in...

The Loroi commanders seem quite cheerful at the prospect of their impending death.

Alex calling out Talon for trying to impress him seems out of character, particularly since this isn't the time for needless distractions. Him then calling Talon "pottymouth" seems out of place as well. I've yet to meet either a military person or a professional sailor who isn't used to a bit of sw...

I think it would be possible, but obviously with major deviations from and/or additions to the source material. I believed JMS could manage that with grace, but obviously in lesser hands it could become a terrible mess. In any case, I think the show was shelved due to "creative differences" with JM...

While the Mars series are indeed very good books, I simply can't see them as a TV show. A film trilogy would be doable, but not a live-action show over the span of multiple seasons. There's not enough cheap drama or fast-paced action to make for a modern, "marketable" show. It's not nessesarily a b...

First, morale seems that low since Clearbrook decided to bail out, ignoring direct orders. That would be reason enough for a court martial. Aside from the fact that the orders are ambiguous (they should seek clarification from command, though), if they escape and everyone else in the system dies, n...

I am afraid the times are not good for good sci-fi, space opera TV series. I am far more inclined to re-watch Babylon 5 than watch anything produced these days. Even the Expanse is – how to put it without offending anyone... well I can't – dumbed down, full of needless "drama" and artificial "tensio...

Good to see that cowardice is a universal trait.

I have a tangential question about jumping, which I've never seen explained in detail: how, specifically, do ships jump? I mean the procedure, I'll clarify. We know the ship has to have the "jump generator" device and sufficient "capacitors" to accumulate the sufficient energy that's needed to activ...

Seems like my concerns about deep-jumping into a white dwarf system were justified. The Umiak very likely committed their reserves, which they have been accumulating for years, because they are very confident that their new strategy – whatever it is – will succeed. Otherwise they'd hardly be throwin...

Well, now would be the time to ask the Stray if the surrender offer still stands ;) I'd assume deep jumping into a white dwarf system is even more dangerous than an "ordinary" deep jump, given that the stellar remnant's gravity well is going to be much steeper (smaller room for error). I wonder how ...

Ah, inertial dampers fail just a tiiiiiiny little bit to make things interesting

Actually this reminds me a lot of WW2. It is like the Loroi are the Germans always trying to keep strategic reserves while being ground down by the Industrial might of the Soviet and American war machine. The Loroi really needed a rapid victor or to go on the offensive like Israel but have been una...