Doing some weapon-effects spreadsheets has me thinking about actually happens when laser-armed ships are zapping away at each other. (Note: this is not at all...
... Don't know, but last Time I tohught about this I concluded that ships would deploy drones to do the sensor work for them, and use communicators hidden from...
... Right. You can put the sensors back out of harm's way. That leaves the guns to shoot at. Most parts of a laser cannon can be put behind armor, but not...
The thing is, you're going to need a lot of armor regardless of laser armed opponents. You'll need lots of armor just to survive in space; i think the figure...
Greetings: Any group members part of the Cherrylist (discussion mailing list on the works of C.J. Cherryh)? I've sent more than a dozen messages to the mailing...
Greetings: Spotted this in a story about the proposed "cheap" space plane... ============== He said they are resisting unnecessary bells and whistles and not ...
... Have the iris on the inside of the mirror, so that the mirrors exposed (at that range it can take the pain - it's no worse than the energy it deals with...
... that ... The last part is the deal killer. The mirror, as you say, should be able to take the zap, since it takes its own laser's zap. (At least, if both...
... think the ... I've seen that figure, and it's a nasty one. ... this ... The formula is correct. ... armor ... Does the whole living space of the ship have...
I did postulate a storm shelter scenario for armor farther down in my original email. My concerns were that some equipment would have to survive radiation...
... my ... survive ... maintenance ... First, a general check about all ships, not warships specifically. As I understand it, the "storm shelter" is called...
I don't know how this will effect things overall, but one thing that I believe that was overlooked originally is that the armor is going to be much more...
... based ... a ... At least in principle, you should be able to keep the laser pretty much "on spot," not scratching a line or punching a linear series of ...
Another potential factor will be the availability of counter-measures and ship rolling. If you assume a ship can change its orientation in any axis, and can ...
Matthew S. Taylor
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Sep 2, 2003 4:04 pm
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... Reasonable enough! ... ports ... enemy can ... have a ... sensors ... Hmmm, lessee. I don't think rolling by itself is enough. If I have Jane's Fighting...
... ISTR last getting a digest maybe 2-3 months ago....
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Sep 2, 2003 5:41 pm
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Rick, there may be a fallacy in your assumption that a laser makes a good telescope. 1) By definition, that mirror is only going to focus (and thus image) ...
... I hope one of our optics mavens jumps in here - this is above my knowledge pay grade. :) First, though, we may be talking about slightly different things. ...
... thick ... laser ... do ... intact. ... Except you're thinking of that parabolic mirror as being one piece...and being as fragile as a telescope mirror, or...
... Can anyone give good links to explanations of MEMS technology. (A quick google search only gave very sketchy explanation - plus lots of sites of companies...
... than ... I shouldn't really say "far more vulnerable" than anything else - just "particularly vulnerable." This is mainly because a couple of key ...
... I general respond to a comment like this every third or fourth time I hear it, and it's been a while since I've said it, so I think I am due. The above...
... And for various definitions of successful. That shouldn't be taken as a slam -- it's a verbalization of Ken's comments regarding the target audience, of...
Hi everyone, The Power Projection Website has been updated. http://www.powerprojection.net/ On it, you'll find a shiny new PDF with the 'Red Glory' Class...
... useful FTL ... in which ... other issues ... But how "plausible" is tactical FTL? A fair answer, of course, is "as plausible as any other kind of FTL." FTL...
I'm off to the Alliance Open House in Ft Wayne, IN. Alliance has picked up AV:T; this is an opportunity to pitch the game to Alliance's retail customers in the...
Saw on the CNN Headlines ticker tape yesterday that Firefly had been picked up for movie production with Whedon as director. :) Also found this update link,...
Has this come out on DVD yet in the US? The series has run in the UK including the last couple of episodes that apparently were not shown in the US. Despite...
