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I wonder who is considered "next" in the expendable sweepstakes? Spiral, probably. I'm gonna assume that these four have first grade plot armor and will survive whatever happens: https://well-of-souls.com/outsider/images/fearsomefoursome14.jpg Talon appears on the cast list, which gives her second-...

The Umiak Captain had no reason to want to meet a "hot space babe". However, he just couldn't resist the word "click". Such a nice word.

How much do the Umiak know about and fear the Historians' ability to compromise computer systems? It seems like when their territory was invaded, the Historians preferred to cede ground and "recruit" the Loroi to fight for them instead of actually attempting to fight off the Umiak by themselves. So ...

Also, I wonder if the Umiak destroy empty shuttles because they've obviously been controlled by a personality construct of that weird Historian race.... The question would be "how much do the Umiak know about the Historians' 31337 h4><><0r1ng skills, and how much they fear, or rather ph34r, them. B...

Cloud was vaporized. She will be mist.

Seemed obvious she was sent on a suicide mission here, and the single blaster shot here just before boarding checks out.

I wouldn't worry too much about constraints on how the starship looks -- after all, who says all of it has to rotate? Only the places where the crew is expected to spend over 50% of their time really needs it. Technical areas (engineering, storage, etc.) can be left without artificial gravity. The m...

Bamax wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:06 pm

No wonder Stillstorm looks annoyed... it's not just Alex... Tempo likely is an annoyance to her too.

That much was known since the "hey guys, Stillstorm asked me to fuck off too, got room for one more?" episode. We can presume everyone onboard was on the captain's shitlist. Yes, even shoegirl.

IF* humans would ever be incorporated into a starship crew, or (more likely) into the crew of a rear-echelon post, he or she would likely be given a position that is: (1) not likely to compromise the ship/station or the mission, (2) not have any real authority within the chains of command, (3) not ...

Picture a pinecone. You've got a central stem around which are arrayed bract scales. I figure a star warship would be like this. The central stem carries the warp drive or whatever is needed for FTL travel (assuming it cannot easily be miniaturized) and surplus equipment. The bract scales detach and...

With all due respect, "30g" represents a vessel's acceleration , not its speed.  Speed alone would not require inertial damping. Yes. But also speed alone is quite an insignificant metric in space. You can't really do meaningful comparison between spacecraft by comparing their "cruise speed" as the...

The aliens never understood the threat. A single sandbag was drifting in space, towards their battlestation. Sensors had scanned it: inert material, no explosives or electronics. If it were an attack, it was only a kinetic one, and at the speed it was going, it couldn't do any damage. So they ignore...

Keklas Rekobah wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 25, 2022 6:52 pm

So, unless you want your pseudo-Loroi girlfriend to have pincers for hands and leave a trail of slime wherever she goes, you had best stick with the pure Human template.

So that's Blipdoolpoolp's origin story!

Even if these problems could be overcome, there is still the issue of one' brain being "hacked" and loaded with an entirely new personality.  Imagine a crucial battle going on and all of your elite infantry soldiers suddenly being turned into bakery chefs, and all your crack fighter pilots instantl...

Telepathy: Using science bio-computing is actually a thing. In theory you could code a bio-computer with data preloaded into every 'Loroi' you make. It would allow them to see and use an 'air' touch screen that only they could see as an individual. This has nothing to do with telepathy as presented...

Demarquis wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:23 am

The Umiak deserve the Borg.

The Loroi deserve the Eldar.

The Historians deserve the Culture.

The Empire from Starwars deserve the Umiak.

The Federation deserves the Loroi.

SG5 deserves the Cylons.

And who deserves the Instrumentality of Mankind?

Isn't "welcome" a noun, a verb, and an adjective? I'm not trying to be picky here, but English is my second language and I still find its grammar... slippery. As Watterson's Calvin once remarked, "verbing weirds language". https://i.imgur.com/2m6mqoA.gif But yes, English is remarkably prone to adje...

This global A.I. also sends out smaller versions of itself for more remote interactions . . . One could imagine they'd go try to sow trouble for the other civilizations so as to examine how they react to crises. They'd complain about substandard precision in intelligence reports and they'd encourag...

The game Frontier, the sequel to Elite have a similar jump drive system. You can visit the Centauri system but, well the coloni orbit Proxima Centauri and jumping into the system arrival are at a "jumpzone" relative to the two central stars. There are no "micro jump" to reach Proxima so it is a VER...

Are the visions in hyperspace all mental, like a dream experience? Otherwise, I'm curious if anyone actually can see in hyperspace, or does everyone have a reflexive action that causes them to shut their eyes, and would there be any significant danger if anyone were to be able to physically see any...