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However, I don't recall if Niven ever addressed how you get in and out of the thing. It's got to have a door, and even if the door is made of the same material, the interface is going to be vulnerable. Not only does it need an airlock hatch and hangar doors, but also openings were cables can run th...

There hasn't been 'Word of God' of how Yinghuo's foreign policies developed after the formation of the TCA fleet, but chances are that groups like the Tharsis Independents still keep a wary eye on them.

Well, Humanity already isn't "the good guys" in this setting. Only take a look at how the Yinghuo nation on Mars operates.

Snoofman wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:57 pm

A Barsam, a Mannadi and a Nissek walk into a bar... and everybody stops laughing!

Why, you ask?
The Barsam opens his scriptures.
The Mannadi asks for hair gel.
And the Nissek demands a snack...

Its definitely spooky.

Now if only Phobos was four times larger...

Now I wonder if you read "dogs" or "dogo" in my previous post.

I can imagine Perrein Loroi adoring their dogo's.

Arioch wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:21 pm

Delrias are aggressive toward everyone, especially their own kind.

Is it the same with the Morat?

Famous story 1. Two Dutch CEOs were once reprimanded by a stewardess on an American flight after an American passenger had complained about their conversation. The passenger kept hearing "cool f*ck" and "freeze f*ck", which had greatly disturbed him. The two Dutch gentlemen however, had merely been...

How could external clocks measure the duration of a jump, especially when the transit is faster than light and over interstellar distances? In Loroi case their farseers can detect ship, when it arrives at distant star. Or just simply jump there and back and compare onboard clock time with observer'...

I can imagine Alex will charge in a let's say "wobbly" way with the Loroi. Due to jump sickness.

gaerzi wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:21 am

GeoModder wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 02, 2022 10:43 am

Not to mention the French territory bordering Brazil you implied doesn't have sufficient port facilities.

It's sufficient to offload Ariane rockets! What more do you want?

A couple rockets a year doesn't begin to equal the port capacity needed to ship for a whole country!

gaerzi wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 02, 2022 9:21 am

Arioch wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:29 am

Bolivia is landlocked.

Hence the joke about having access to the same oceans as Austria et al. (They all have access to zero oceans.)

Not to mention the French territory bordering Brazil you implied doesn't have sufficient port facilities.

The question remains, why didn't they return? Hundreds of millennia have passed since the Fall.

On the matter of the mentioned vibrations during jump. Is this something that happens despite your tech level or equipment within the Outsider setting? I can imagine that human jump technology might be cruder then what the Loroi and Umiak use, so the latter might be able to have easier transitions t...

New page!!!

Antropomorphizing is such a great thing...

Am I the first to notice there's an Umiak Strike Cruiser in this named vessels list?

Arioch wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:28 am

GeoModder wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 20, 2022 6:45 am

I fear the Barsam don't see the humor in your remarks.

Alas, the Barsam don't see the humor in anything.

I know, that's why I posted the remark as such
At least the baby Barsam didn't cry this time.