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Or Star Trek Star Trek's approach to technology is generally a combination of applied handwavium and concentrated technobabble. Or is it the other way around? Still, Star Trek is generally sufficiently out there in the realm of soft sci fi that nobody really expects Trek to be particularly realisti...

That's only if you're going with magnetic drivers. Which, admittedly is generally going to be the most common form of mass driver. Gravitic drivers would settle the dead weight issues, but it wouldn't do a thing for the acceleration issues. True. That's how Mass Effect does it, not that they would ...

Hello! No. 2: What would be the best way to shield a ship against lasers? Maybe some kind of regenerative or cooled armor? I have problems to imagine how a Star Trek type deflector shield could work here... http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewardefense.php#id--Armor "the maximum aspe...

If you're going for soft then it's easy. The hitting power of a mass driver will far outstrip the effectiveness of any other plausible weapon except a Tsar Bomba level nuke. If anyone asks how you're shooting a slug at 300kps just respond "SCIENCE!" and leave it at that. Yes and no ... take soft ma...

I always find it amusing when people go "OH CUTE!" and rush towards a wild animal and then get hurt. Like those retards who climb into zoo enclosures, I think they should be left in there permanently. C'mon, man, that's harsh, cruel, and uncalled for. They shouldn't have to put up with that. What d...

Yeah ... how soft/hard you want your universe will be is a major factor on evaluating the viability of various systems.

If you're going with a harder universe, mass drivers, barring specific tech constraints, are likely to be largely ineffective, and require extremely short ranges to be viable.

An example would be Mass Effect. Though, I have to say, I'd expect mass drivers would be made largely ineffective relatively early on, because (a) ships can maneuver, and (b) you'd need kinetic durability to deal with impacting space debris and such at higher relative velocities. Oh, there you go, s...

So no Human/Loroi hybrids, oh well there's always adoption! I could be wrong but I think Arioch mentioned earlier that the similarities between Humans and Loroi would be a future plot point about who the Loroi are descended from (the Sola?). This could be a Farscape like situation where the Sola ha...

fredgiblet wrote:

Michael wrote:Whoa, whoa, whoa, lets not throw that particular "N" word around guys

That's kind of what I heard too, it's hard to miss the connection there.

Likewise.
The entire last two sentences/last line was completely unnecessary.

Mr moderator fredgiblet sir, you clearly have sources of information that I have not been able to find. Stats pages for the Outsider characters in some kind of game. Are they canon, and where are they located? http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z206/fredgiblet/gurps_beryl2-1.gif Thanks - I should h...

ed: my point was that a horse can graze and live off the land, most vehicles since the discontinued use of steam power cant, so the horse also has an advantage, under specific circumstances. what i was NOT saying in any shape or form was that horses were superior to modern vehicles, just that they ...

Anyways ... the original point was that an early gun-armed soldier would have been more expensive (for his time) than a pike infantryman (for his time). Pikemen are not replacements for arquebusiers and vice versa. Arequebusiers are replacements for longbow/crossbowmen primarily, the guns might be ...

Early guns were relatively simple , mechanically speaking, true. However ... the actual process of making one required a relatively rare specialist - gunsmiths were less common than armorers. Making one was very much not cheap, though I'll concede the raw materials wouldn't have been extraordinarily...

daelyte: two points, first being you can fight with only one arm but not with only one leg. second, LACK of space can also work to your advantage, if for instance you are on a small rope bridge you will only face one at a time, or a small alley same thing, two can move side by side but in a fight t...

The guards are clearly thinking "I feel sorry for the poor bastard".

I have to admit, if I were in Alex's place, I'd be feeling more than slightly terrified at how Beryl is acting in the last few panels. She's scary cheerful about it.

fredgiblet wrote:Was that a generic fanfic, or a slashfic? I'm not sure which is worse

Come on, dude. There are some things it is better to not inquire about.

Absalom wrote:"Personal space" Beryl, "personal space".

Almost exactly what I was thinking.

You'd think the Loroi would have an even more enhanced (relative to humans) opinion on personal space, due to their thing about physical contact.

ed_montague wrote:Sounds wonderful. As soon as the worse of the bleeding stops (good God, I had no idea this amount of blood could fit into a human head!) I'll grab a bite to eat.

Ooh, ouch.

Drinking some icewater (or other cold drink) could help slow the bleeding a bit.

just thought, since Alex will technically be the alien, he'll have to get punched in the face for that meme to work :) They're all aliens from the other side's point of view. 'Sides ... he's nominally got diplomatic status - be a major faux pas to punch the ambassador in the face. Of course ... sin...

The "Rosetta Stone", so to speak, is in the heads of the humans fluent in Trade. Also, the "rosetta stone" would not need to be particularly durable as you would not need - or want - for it to survive the destruction of the ship. Plus, there's also the handy fact that with computers and various data...