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Post by caiaphas on Mar 8, 2017 17:39:22 GMT
using mini-nukes would not allow mutipule shots, even if the laser medium survived the first shot, all the other nukes did not I am by no means an expert, but wasn't the original nuclear-pumped laser idea just a bunch of x-ray spectrum gain rods being exploded by nukes? You'd dump them out the arse of your project Orion battleship and turn them in the direction of the enemy to produce a deadly high frequency radiation burst. That would be Project Excalibur that you're thinking of. Related to Orion and Casaba-Howitzer, different mode of operation. Idea was that you'd, yes, "dump them out the arse" of the Orion craft and let your next propulsion charge pump the lasing rods.
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Post by darthroach on Mar 9, 2017 22:27:51 GMT
I am by no means an expert, but wasn't the original nuclear-pumped laser idea just a bunch of x-ray spectrum gain rods being exploded by nukes? You'd dump them out the arse of your project Orion battleship and turn them in the direction of the enemy to produce a deadly high frequency radiation burst. that was casabal howitizer, a nuclear shaped charge I most definitely did not mean the Casaba Howitzer. Something along the lines of this: Wiki: Project ExcaliburThough the first time I read about the idea was on Atomic Rockets regarding some sci-fi novel where aliens get BTFO by a gigantic orion battleship. ETA: Didn't see your post, caiaphas
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Post by Argopeilacos on Mar 16, 2017 8:43:07 GMT
Though the first time I read about the idea was on Atomic Rockets regarding some sci-fi novel where aliens get BTFO by a gigantic orion battleship. That would be Footfall. I am currently reading it, only 100 pages remaining and it is still being built
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Post by darthroach on Mar 16, 2017 21:42:08 GMT
Though the first time I read about the idea was on Atomic Rockets regarding some sci-fi novel where aliens get BTFO by a gigantic orion battleship. That would be Footfall. I am currently reading it, only 100 pages remaining and it is still being built Yes, thank you. I suppose you're in for some explosive 100 pages.
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Post by Deployed on Mar 19, 2017 14:14:48 GMT
I've just learned of this game, and won't be playing it for a few months as I don't have a capable computer with me at the moment. But I'm getting excited as hell- I'm an Attack Vector:Tactical player- and upon reading up on it I have to say that I would love to see both Excalibur and CASABA HOWITZER implemented. IIRC Excalibur used many lasing rods, all pumped by the same nuclear detonation simultaneously, so they could even target different, er, targets. And weren't they grazers or xrasers or something else ridiculously energetic? And further, CASABA HOWITZER has always been one of my favorite crazy-but-totally-doable cold war ideas. I understand that the dev's intent is "only things that have at least been prototyped" but... damn. Wouldn't that be fun? And the physics for both was heavily researched and is well known- it should be enough to model them. (Albeit, IIRC, parts of them are still classified, aren't they?)
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Post by Deployed on Mar 19, 2017 14:19:46 GMT
Actually, Excalibur WAS protoyped! I just read up a bit and they tested it during both the Diablo Hawk and Dauphin nuclear test detonations, though the former was a flawed design that didn't work, and Wikipedia cites "ten known test detonations."
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Post by vegemeister on Mar 19, 2017 16:01:55 GMT
I've just learned of this game, and won't be playing it for a few months as I don't have a capable computer with me at the moment. But I'm getting excited as hell- I'm an Attack Vector:Tactical player- and upon reading up on it I have to say that I would love to see both Excalibur and CASABA HOWITZER implemented. IIRC Excalibur used many lasing rods, all pumped by the same nuclear detonation simultaneously, so they could even target different, er, targets. And weren't they grazers or xrasers or something else ridiculously energetic? And further, CASABA HOWITZER has always been one of my favorite crazy-but-totally-doable cold war ideas. I understand that the dev's intent is "only things that have at least been prototyped" but... damn. Wouldn't that be fun? And the physics for both was heavily researched and is well known- it should be enough to model them. (Albeit, IIRC, parts of them are still classified, aren't they?) You don't need that capable of a computer. I'm playing it through Wine on Linux with an Intel HD 4600 integrated GPU, overclocked by 33%, at 1918 x 1179 in windowed mode. The only graphics setting I changed for performance was turning off the diffraction shader. If you have any discrete GPU at all, you'll be CPU limited. And there's nothing that requires super-low-latency reactions, so 20 FPS is fine for gameplay. More is just for aesthetics. Having a slower CPU will limit your ability to deploy very large swarms of missiles and drones, but that can be worked around with fewer, more heavily armored missiles.
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Post by acrosome on Mar 22, 2017 12:20:33 GMT
New name! (I registered.)
My deployment computer is a nice rugged Panasonic Toughbook running Linux Mint, but I'm simply not smart enough to be able to use Wine reliably. I can wait until I get back to my MacBook Pro.
Kinda annoying, though, that there's no Linux version, given that OS X is essentially Linux...
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Post by n2maniac on Mar 23, 2017 6:46:02 GMT
Random thought: can a nuclear reactor's radiation pump a laser cavity? Why use nuclear to pulse the laser medium in a likely destructive manner if you can run it continuously instead? yes, the thermal radiation from the reactor is used to power the Arc Lamp
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Post by Enderminion on Mar 23, 2017 12:08:28 GMT
I mean it goes through a phase change or two first but it started out as radiation
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Post by elukka on Apr 7, 2017 15:15:01 GMT
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Post by Enderminion on Apr 10, 2017 13:31:23 GMT
that sounds like there may be... issues with directing large beams, maybe, I don't know, but large volumes sounds scary
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Post by samchiu2000 on Apr 11, 2017 1:13:55 GMT
Well what we need now is a equation. IIRC there is a equation of EFP , which may be useful in making NEFP...
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Post by samchiu2000 on Apr 11, 2017 1:21:27 GMT
Got it~ although it is not related to nuclear laser , it will still be a interesting stuff
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Post by tuskerkerman on May 11, 2017 4:35:16 GMT
If I'm not mistaken a nuclear pumped laser is essentially a nuclear shaped charge. it just directs the blast in a beam instead of omnidirectionally.
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