Old Beringia wrote:Rhinocera wrote:
Building an airship that lacks practical maneuverability is one thing (I’m not up to date on the specifics of the craft to be honest) but with other stuff that’s been deployed in this thread it’s nothing. We’ve got Gundams, mega lizards, aerial strike carriers, and AA rail weaponry. I’m all for scaling it back a bit, but y’all gotta recognize the ridiculousness as well. Whatever happened to conventional military armaments? Is a catch a lady falling into a volcano with a net drone from the atmosphere realistic? I’d lean towards no, but neither is half the stuff I’ve seen deployed here. I mean I’ll live with some of it, but I gotta draw a line at giant lizard monsters and gundams.
Practical maneuvability is the least of your concerns. That ship is supposedly 3km long, that is over seven times the height of the original WTC, and 2km wide. Just two of them could cover the entirety of LAX and most other international airports. And it supposedly flies at Mach 8. How you consider that tame by comparison to even a railgun is beyond me.
To add to that, finding a material that could withstand pressure of void within, multiply by the fact that it's 3 kiometers long, add financial costs of building it and mainetnance, and Godzila becoes far more feasible than what Aus has. So no, I want to keep the Lizard in. Oh, and doesn't Ausitoria have ponies? Soryu plays a very important role in regulating global pony populations by controlling them and ensuring they won't destry environment too much, which, with NS sized Earth, is extremely important. Of course, that is because he considers ponies his favourite snack, and from what I heard, Ausitoria has enough to his taste.