Greetings: "For example, AV:T is probably harder SF than anything that's appeared in a wargame to date...and matches your second definition: There's FTL, but...
That's one that I never played, but had several friends that did so, very enthusiastically. It was also one of the few that actually made money consistently...
... Yup Legends has always been good at making money. I've never seen another PBeM that can charge a $10.00 setup fee and a .30 cents per order charge and...
Yeah, Edi was an interesting guy. Met him and had a conversation with him one year at PBMCon when it was still in Cleveland. Who was the guy with the long hair...
... First, let's be clear on terminology. What people normally mean by "active search" is search that radiates something out to where targets might be to see...
... radiates ... not ... wanted, ... us) ... Brian, An interesting (to me at least) question would/might be "What if the object being detected is moving at...
... When I said passive search, I meant continuously scanning the area around a spacecraft, but not doing a high defination inch by inch scan of the area. The...
On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 11:19:08PM -0000, Greg Ellis distributed foul capitalist propaganda: [...] ... With active narrow-beam scanning (like LIDAR) - well,...
... You may have problems with initial detection, however -- if the object is moving fast enough to cover multiple pixels during the duration of an exposure,...
Anybody know if it's true or accurate? It has "nuggets" of truth, but what about overall? (Posted from Rantburg.com). Thanks, Greg Why WARSIM Was Late and Over...
... possibly. ... object ... of an ... as ... Hmmmm... Modern radio telescopes and even optical detectors are notoriously slow. Sophisticated tracking systems...
I'm working up the description of Alverez Station (AKA Fomalhaut Station) for the SFRPG FTL:2448. In the game the station is miles long and was not really...
original source www.strategypage.com usually QUITE reliable and is run by the founders of SPI scott ... From: Greg Ellis To: sfconsim-l@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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i've been interested in exploring the use of unmanned remote controlled combat vehicles in a space naval combat setting. Or as Ken might call it, remuneration...
... What level of decision-making is required of the operator? Can he just sic the dogs onto a target? Or does he have to more or less hand-fly each drone,...
... The simplest way to load balance a large rotating object such as an O'Neill Cylinder is to make the mass of the moveable components (dynamic load) trivial...
... I knew there was an error in this numbers. I checked my calculations five times. I found the error 63 seconds after i sent the message. ... 130.000E6 m^3 ...
... That could easily be remedied. -- We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are...
the operator(s) would pilot, navigate, shoot multiple direct fire weapons ( nine? ), launch missiles, detect, identify, and track targets, broadcast ECM... ...
... No argument there. ... I assumed a 100m structural depth, for reasons given below. I get an enclosed volume pf 1,780,235,850m3 (1600m length, 1,000m...
... Best guess, 3-6 operators. Pre-AEGIS used 11-15 operators in CIC. Modern ships - dunno, but 6 is a good guess. The ultimate consolidation is 3 - 2 junior...
... Thanks Gordon... I'm trying to decipher what these numbers mean. Do you mean that the mass per person is 4,295 or am I misreading this? Sorry, I'm a bit...
... Based on what you said below, it may not be enough room. "Oblate hemispheroids" is a shape I can't quite image. Sorry Matt. So, if we were to double the...