The Coalition Of Steel (PMT) (Recruiting)

[YellowApple]

Since I've been bashing everyone else's wank, I figured I'd put forward a wanktacular future thing of my own to be ripped apart. I might use these for a separate FT puppet instead of YellowApple, Inc. itself (Scat-Land could certainly use some fancy unique ships).

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YellowApple, Inc.'s next phase in aerospace defense, the AppleDrive D01 "Swarmer-class" Aerospace Defense Drone is designed specifically for rapid mass deployment as an orbital or fleet defense system. The AppleDrive D01 is piloted by a single crewperson.

The AppleDrive D01 wields a pair of 1/16-meter-caliber kinetic coilguns designed specifically for anti-fighter and anti-corvette operations, capable of firing either kinetic slugs or deploy-upon-launch homing missiles, with the ability to switch freely between up to two different ammunition types. The AppleDrive D01 maneuvers via steering jets throughout its exterior, as well as a gravitational displacement system derived from reverse-engineered unicorn telekinesis, similar to YellowApplan faster-than-light teleportative travel.

The AppleDrive D01 can - on average - maintain approximately two hexadecimal kiloseconds (8192 seconds) of continuous operation before requiring a return to its recharging/refueling station.

Sketch of scandly clad women in last picture.

I support.

Of course. A picture is worthless unless it has an attractive humanoid female as a measurement of length.

[The Seven Realms]

-Snippo-

Needs moar dakka, and maybe longer operational time.

[YellowApple]

-Snippo-

Needs moar dakka, and maybe longer operational time.

Moar dakka and longer operational time would require moar dakka storage and moar energy storage, respectively. Given the scale in relation to the aesthetically-appealing humanoid female in the final image, space is quite limited once the crewperson and life support are factored in.

[The Seven Realms]

Needs moar dakka, and maybe longer operational time.

Moar dakka and longer operational time would require moar dakka storage and moar energy storage, respectively. Given the scale in relation to the aesthetically-appealing humanoid female in the final image, space is quite limited once the crewperson and life support are factored in.

Can't that be autonomous?

[Altaiire]

Doesn't "drone" imply it's remotely controlled or autonomous?

[The Seven Realms]

Doesn't "drone" imply it's remotely controlled or autonomous?

^What he said.

[YellowApple]

Doesn't "drone" imply it's remotely controlled or autonomous?

Imply =/= denote. Though a computerized system could certainly be installed, "drone" in YellowApplan denotation refers merely to an auxiliary unit to a larger parent unit (much like how the queens of certain hive-minded species of insect have "drones" tending to their immediate needs). In this case, the AppleDrive D01 would be a "drone" to a larger capital vessel (generally a transport frigate or something similar that's not typically armed itself) for defensive purposes. The D01 may have multiple variants (D01C, D01M, D01R) for combat, maintenance, and reconnaissance, respectively. Either way, it's designed to be manually piloted in order to avoid issues involving latency in communication between the parent and child nodes. Once FTL wireless communication is perfected in FT YellowApple, most smaller vehicles will be remotely piloted if not loaded with artificially-intelligent pilot software exclusively.

Moar dakka and longer operational time would require moar dakka storage and moar energy storage, respectively. Given the scale in relation to the aesthetically-appealing humanoid female in the final image, space is quite limited once the crewperson and life support are factored in.

Can't that be autonomous?

It could be, but until FTL communications are perfected, it would involve an onboard AI to avoid the latency issues. Said onboard AI would draw more power and probably take up the same volume in electronics, additional power sources, storage media, and cooling systems.

[New Emperica]

Hey, can I have Mongolia on our little WWII-esque map? Just for the lulz?

[Altaiire]

Doesn't "drone" imply it's remotely controlled or autonomous?

Imply =/= denote. Though a computerized system could certainly be installed, "drone" in YellowApplan denotation refers merely to an auxiliary unit to a larger parent unit (much like how the queens of certain hive-minded species of insect have "drones" tending to their immediate needs). In this case, the AppleDrive D01 would be a "drone" to a larger capital vessel (generally a transport frigate or something similar that's not typically armed itself) for defensive purposes. The D01 may have multiple variants (D01C, D01M, D01R) for combat, maintenance, and reconnaissance, respectively. Either way, it's designed to be manually piloted in order to avoid issues involving latency in communication between the parent and child nodes. Once FTL wireless communication is perfected in FT YellowApple, most smaller vehicles will be remotely piloted if not loaded with artificially-intelligent pilot software exclusively.

How exactly is it piloted? From the sense of scale in #4, it seems like being inside the thing is an exercise in claustrophobia. I'm skeptical as to whether or not you'd actually be able to fit someone in there.

[The Seven Realms]

-El Snippo-

Can't you miniaturize the computer more in FT?

Hey, can I have Mongolia on our little WWII-esque map? Just for the lulz?

Sure?

[YellowApple]

Imply =/= denote. Though a computerized system could certainly be installed, "drone" in YellowApplan denotation refers merely to an auxiliary unit to a larger parent unit (much like how the queens of certain hive-minded species of insect have "drones" tending to their immediate needs). In this case, the AppleDrive D01 would be a "drone" to a larger capital vessel (generally a transport frigate or something similar that's not typically armed itself) for defensive purposes. The D01 may have multiple variants (D01C, D01M, D01R) for combat, maintenance, and reconnaissance, respectively. Either way, it's designed to be manually piloted in order to avoid issues involving latency in communication between the parent and child nodes. Once FTL wireless communication is perfected in FT YellowApple, most smaller vehicles will be remotely piloted if not loaded with artificially-intelligent pilot software exclusively.

How exactly is it piloted? From the sense of scale in #4, it seems like being inside the thing is an exercise in claustrophobia.

It is indeed an exercise in claustrophobia. Pilots need to be small and unafraid of being in a very tight space, especially for the D01 and the older Arrow-II Aerospace Reconnaissance Fighter:

Both have hilariously tiny crew spaces, since the former is so tiny and the latter is packed so tight with electronic warfare, cyberwarfare, reconnaissance, and navigation equipment. Thus, YellowApplan pilots for such vehicles are generally either humanoid females (particularly those of the subspecies Homo sapiens felis and Homo sapiens albus, both of which tend to be a bit more petite than Homo sapiens sapiens) or sapient equines, since they're much smaller in size than the male pilots which normally pilot the larger fighters and corvettes.

-El Snippo-

Can't you miniaturize the computer more in FT?

That is miniaturized. If I'm deploying combat AIs, they'd better make (Blue Gene)^100 look like it has the intelligence of a cockroach in comparison

[New Emperica]

Sure?

YAY!

*does an awkward little Ivan dance*

[The Seven Realms]

-El Snippo-

Huh...

So I'm not the only one with a mostly female air force....

Can't you make the drone a bit bigger though?

Maybe use some weird FT power source?

[YellowApple]

-El Snippo-

Huh...

So I'm not the only one with a mostly female air force....

Can't you make the drone a bit bigger though?

Maybe use some weird FT power source?

Nope. Small = harder to hit, and small = less materials = cheaper to build. Besides, uptime isn't much of a big deal for the D01 anyway, since it's typically deployed to escort its parent vessel and therefore D01s would continually be cycled in and out of service, refueled and rearmed by the parent vessel continuously.

[The Seven Realms]

Huh...

So I'm not the only one with a mostly female air force....

Can't you make the drone a bit bigger though?

Maybe use some weird FT power source?

Nope. Small = harder to hit, and small = less materials = cheaper to build. Besides, uptime isn't much of a big deal for the D01 anyway, since it's typically deployed to escort its parent vessel and therefore D01s would continually be cycled in and out of service, refueled and rearmed by the parent vessel continuously.

Damn it...

Guess I'm the only one who loves dakka.

[YellowApple]

Nope. Small = harder to hit, and small = less materials = cheaper to build. Besides, uptime isn't much of a big deal for the D01 anyway, since it's typically deployed to escort its parent vessel and therefore D01s would continually be cycled in and out of service, refueled and rearmed by the parent vessel continuously.

Damn it...

Guess I'm the only one who loves dakka.

Sorry. I prefer fewer guns, since it's easier for one person to control one gun than to control OVER NINE THOUSAND guns.

[The Seven Realms]

Damn it...

Guess I'm the only one who loves dakka.

Sorry. I prefer fewer guns, since it's easier for one person to control one gun than to control OVER NINE THOUSAND guns.

Not if all guns fire at the same time

Full auto cannon, VLS, chaingun, rocket burst fire, GO!

[YellowApple]

Sorry. I prefer fewer guns, since it's easier for one person to control one gun than to control OVER NINE THOUSAND guns.

Not if all guns fire at the same time

Full auto cannon, VLS, chaingun, rocket burst fire, GO!

Meh. Overkill = wasted bullets.

The more enemies you can kill per bullet, the better

[New Emperica]

...so yeah...

[The Seven Realms]

Not if all guns fire at the same time

Full auto cannon, VLS, chaingun, rocket burst fire, GO!

Meh. Overkill = wasted bullets.

The more enemies you can kill per bullet, the better

In Alestria, Overkill is best kill

[New Emperica]

In Alestria, Overkill is best kill

Same here, really. In fact, our usual tactic for dealing with symmetrical warfare is to just completely bomb the sh*t out of everything, then storm the enemy with overwhelming numbers.

[Imperial--japan]

-El Snippo-

Huh...

So I'm not the only one with a mostly female air force....

Can't you make the drone a bit bigger though?

Maybe use some weird FT power source?

No your not. Your not the only one with a mostly female military in general.

[New Emperica]

No your not. Your not the only one with a mostly female military in general.

For some reason a mostly female military just bugs me. I don't mean to be sexist or anything, it's just...meh...
Hey, IDEA: joint training session betweenst Seven/IJ's special forces and mine. The culture shock and sheer awkwardness would be hilarious.

1st Recon Sniper: Wait, so your ENTIRE military is female?
Alestrian Sniper: No - just 95% of it.
1st Recon Sniper: *eye twitch*

[The Seven Realms]

In Alestria, Overkill is best kill

Same here, really. In fact, our usual tactic for dealing with symmetrical warfare is to just completely bomb the sh*t out of everything, then storm the enemy with overwhelming numbers.

I don't like numbers. I like killing tanks with shells the size of their turrets.

There is no such thing as overkill in the military, but for funsies, let's call it that

Huh...

So I'm not the only one with a mostly female air force....

Can't you make the drone a bit bigger though?

Maybe use some weird FT power source?

No your not. Your not the only one with a mostly female military in general.

Hush, I already knew about you

[New Emperica]

So that's a 'no' to the funny culture shock training exercise?

Also, please acknowledge a large population of Unaordists in your nation. We're trying to spread our totally awesome rip-off of Shinto, Taoism, and Buddhism original religion.