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by The Fedral Union » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:20 am
by Lemonius » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:51 am
by Arthropoda Ingens » Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:17 am
Most hypotheses regarding FTL require a remarkably funky set of preconditions that, among other things, includes more energy than the universe contains.The Fedral Union wrote:I never claimed it wasn't feasible only that most types of theories regarding FTL require more power than a fission reactor could ever provide. In NS of course you have all sorts of wacky inventions but the key is safety. Though its not bad as antimatter.
by Feazanthia » Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:36 am
by The Fedral Union » Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:43 am
Arthropoda Ingens wrote:Most hypotheses regarding FTL require a remarkably funky set of preconditions that, among other things, includes more energy than the universe contains.The Fedral Union wrote:I never claimed it wasn't feasible only that most types of theories regarding FTL require more power than a fission reactor could ever provide. In NS of course you have all sorts of wacky inventions but the key is safety. Though its not bad as antimatter.
Whether you use a fission or a fusion reactor makes about as much of a difference as using a single burning twig or two burning twigs to keep your naked self warm during winter.
On Pluto.
The 'Wacky Invention' you speak of is 'FTL'. Not 'Low-energy-requirement' FTL, but 'FTL'. If you believe you're 'More Realistic' or whatever because your FTL is more of a power hog than someone elses, you're just bullshitting yourself.
... Also, didn't Trekkie FTL kinda require antimatter? I guess you've changed your techbase quite thoroughly since I last checked - admittedly, that was a fair while ago.
by Balrogga » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:47 am
Lemonius wrote:Hello FT people,
I've been off of NS for well over a year but I'm beggining to make a comeback.
I'm curious as to whether anyone knows what happened to the ESUS Alliance Galaxy map, it is most likely old news but I haven't been keeping up to date with NS happenings Is there a replacement of any kind, I know of the NS Galaxy map, but I was thinking of any other deticated sites as such.
Thanks for the help
- Lem
by Shuggy555 » Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:53 am
by The Fedral Union » Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:34 am
by Lord Atum » Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:34 pm
Feazanthia wrote:Trekkie FTL just needed the energy densities provided by M-AM reactions IIRC. Theoretically you could do it with a good enough fusion plant.
by OMGeverynameistaken » Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:06 pm
by The Fedral Union » Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:21 pm
by OMGeverynameistaken » Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:25 pm
The Fedral Union wrote:So like every other FTL drive?
by The Fedral Union » Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:27 pm
by Rethan » Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:30 pm
The Fedral Union wrote:Oh, all right then Though I have the image in my head of coal being fed in to them for some reason.
by The Fedral Union » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:25 pm
by Dbrought » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:42 pm
The Fedral Union wrote:Well does he have overseers whipping slaves piling in shovels filled with coal in to the engine in dark cramped conditions?
by The Fedral Union » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:44 pm
by Dbrought » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:45 pm
The Fedral Union wrote:Serf's Slaves.. .same thing to me different name.. IIRC serfs used the land provided by the nobles and were constantly indebted to them. So they are sort of finical slaves.
by Michael Kenmore » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:55 pm
Dbrought wrote:The Fedral Union wrote:Serf's Slaves.. .same thing to me different name.. IIRC serfs used the land provided by the nobles and were constantly indebted to them. So they are sort of finical slaves.
Slaves have no rights and can be bought and sold. Serfs have a social contract with their nobles. They work for them and the nobles protect them and give them food, shelter, necessities for living etc. its a step up and they can claim they don't have slaves. or at least a certain (gender, ethnicity, group,) type of slaves
Mike the Progressive wrote:Goob? Can I call you Goob?
Look Ralph, it's like a good porno. Idiotic plot, excessive moaning, and it's unreal as shit. But at the end of the day: Who cares?
New Amerik wrote:Each share represents a single hair on your Manly Moustache of Manliness.
The more shares you've collected, the more follicles you've got and the more luxurious your luscious, gentlemanly, simply outstanding Moustache of Manliness will be.
For comparison, Max Barry currently has about the same level of Moustacheness as Theodore Roosevelt.
by Morningstar Coalition » Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:03 pm
Arthropoda Ingens wrote:Though of course, the usefulness of fusion's energy density comes down mostly to 'I can have bigger pewpew' (Which in turn requires a pretty spiffy materials science, otherwise fission is technically enough, if logistically disadvantageous, for reasons pointed out by Feazanthia).
Claims that 'FTL requires fucktons of energy' are of course bullshit. An FTL variant I made up myself, and for which I'm saying that it requires a fuckton of energy', yes. But there's nothing, absolutely nothing, that stops people from saying that their FTL/ Timetravel/ Teleport/ Whatever method requires only miniscule amounts of energy. Say, the heat energy you get from rubbing your hands together for five seconds.
by Derscon » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:14 pm
by Feazanthia » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:17 pm
by Derscon » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:20 pm
by The Steampunk Empire » Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:39 pm
Zepplin Manufacturers wrote:I see one small problem with this concept.. One tiny chink in an otherwise splendid steam punk aether treading star ship with great reflective sails and masts.. Im sure youve considered it.
When far away from a star such a ship shall need to put on exponentially more and more sail, indeed without a real..jump its going to get mighty ah ..Slow to change V once you’ve gone past your sail mass/ power / delta v ratio, and indeed somewhere there there’s going to be a limit. While having a space prop could possibly give you as much thrust as you want (indeed precisely as much thrust as you want) (and even FTL) than just a thermal solar rocket or straight light sail there’s going to be points that get hard to ..Um navigate. of course that could and would add to the fun of it buuut
There are some mighty dark gaps between some stars and even in the outer planets light tends to get a little ..scarce and then we get to the other thing..
"Now entering planetary totality, coasting and on remaining boiler temperature and coal dust turbines for the next 4 minutes. "
Which means that engagements in the dark will be ..Interesting especially if someone figures out that deploying a few serious light sails is a hoot.
by Balrogga » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:03 am
The Steampunk Empire wrote:we dont spend much time in the void between stars, cause well, its all cold and dark an there's nothing there except scary scary lovecraftian horrors that want to eat our souls...
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