There's a dedicated "Colonial Mail Service" running between the worlds of Humanity?Arioch wrote:..., but mail vessels can coordinate to relay for periodic expected reports.
Is that something the TCA provides, or is it freelance based?
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There's a dedicated "Colonial Mail Service" running between the worlds of Humanity?Arioch wrote:..., but mail vessels can coordinate to relay for periodic expected reports.
Krulle wrote:It may be a mix: under the auspices of the Colonial Union / TCA, but the actual runs are outsourced to the cheapest bidder.
Just like many parcel services here do not do the runs themselves anymore, but have several contractors do it with their own vehicles.
All in the name the parcel service.
Yes, precisely. Any passing ship will automatically exchange email traffic and news with the communications relays. If there is something like an expected monthly report due and there are no regularly scheduled vessels, the TCA or local government can just hire a local ship to run out to the next system and grab it. The four inhabited human system are all very close together; Alpha Centauri is just one jump from Sol, Tau Ceti is two jumps from Sol, and 82 Eridani is three jumps from Tau Ceti, so retrieving a message is usually just one jump away.GeoModder wrote:Sounds like mail goes with the next ship to a certain destination then.
Email might be the simplest then: simply upload to the appropriate communications relay and then pass it on to the next ship making a jump.
Answer should be found here halfway the page.GabrielGABFonseca wrote:Hy Arioch, I'm very sorry if this has been asked before, but I was wondering about the state of piracy in TCU Space.
I do remember that prior to First Contact with the Orgus, the TCU had a "Shore Guard" kind of navy going on, so that does imply an illegal activity (space piracy?) of some kind, right?
The less exciting possibility being tax evasion, I guess. :p
This is not quite up to date, but it looks a bit like this:Chekist_Felix wrote:I don't think is was asked, forgive me if it was, but... how colonial fleet uniform looks like? Like SC uniform with different patches?
Would that be the on-duty or parade uniform? Also would that be an officer's or a crewman's uniform and would there be any distinction beside rank insignia?Arioch wrote:This is not quite up to date, but it looks a bit like this:Chekist_Felix wrote:I don't think is was asked, forgive me if it was, but... how colonial fleet uniform looks like? Like SC uniform with different patches?
Chekist_Felix wrote:Would that be the on-duty or parade uniform? Also would that be an officer's or a crewman's uniform and would there be any distinction beside rank insignia?
It's a dress uniform; the duty uniform would be a jumpsuit. I haven't got the rank variations worked out. The character depicted is an ensign.Cthulhu wrote:Would that be the on-duty or parade uniform? Also would that be an officer's or a crewman's uniform and would there be any distinction beside rank insignia?
For the Umiak I would suggest:Cthulhu wrote:A somewhat different question: what would be the MOO2 racial stats for Umiak and Loroi? I want to recreate them in-game. I'd try it out in your game, but there are no "space elves" there.
For example:
Umiak: Unification, +2 Production, Low gravity, Warlord, Poor Homeworld
Loroi: pretty much Elerians?
Oh look, it's Acelyn Ventura, the best the colonial fleet pet division has to offer.Arioch wrote:This is not quite up to date, but it looks a bit like this:Chekist_Felix wrote:I don't think is was asked, forgive me if it was, but... how colonial fleet uniform looks like? Like SC uniform with different patches?
I can't answer with any authority or certainty, but the way I see it, this is a reflection of the TCA's Fleet (as you said it yourself) lack of experience in the subject.RedDwarfIV wrote:I noticed that the same was true of the Bellarmine. Despite calling for battle stations, the only people getting into spacesuits were damage control personnel.
On the Bellarmine, the entire bridge depressurises, killing the command crew. The only surviving crewmember is a damage control officer. If the entire crew had been wearing spacesuits, the Loroi might be talking with Captain Hamilton instead of Jardin.
Is this situation likely to change?
Submarines are known to spring leaks with sections partially or fully flooded, this is usually a good reason for drama in movies.entity2636 wrote:Forgot to mention something. Noone in sci-fi wearing spacesuits onboard starships is the same as real life submarine crews not wearing diving suits when submerged. If something bad enough happens to the sub to require diving suits for survival, chances are everyone is already dead anyway and the sub is lost. Space would be very much the same.
Nope, if the crew had been in pressure suits the attacker would have kept firing since they clearly did not want any surviving witnesses.RedDwarfIV wrote:I was reminded of a discussion I had earlier about the Donnager battle in The Expanse, where I noted that one of the points showing the Martians did not have the right mindset for a war was that even after Captain Yao announced battle stations, the majority of the crew wore fabric uniforms throughout the fight.
I noticed that the same was true of the Bellarmine. Despite calling for battle stations, the only people getting into spacesuits were damage control personnel.
This ends badly in both situations. On the Donnager, most of the crew are killed by railgun rounds causing loss of pressure. Only the marines and a few prisoners get spacesuits, which allows the boarding teams from a pair of frigates to overrun an entire battleship. On the Bellarmine, the entire bridge depressurises, killing the command crew. The only surviving crewmember is a damage control officer. If the entire crew had been wearing spacesuits, the Loroi might be talking with Captain Hamilton instead of Jardin.
Is this situation likely to change?