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Post by kuriosly on Mar 14, 2017 8:24:18 GMT
Shit guys you are writing faster than I can respond and I really need to work . Thing is that you are all affected by what I would call "large force" way of thinking and I'm much more inclined to like small nations that defy the forces of the day and do everything possible to protect themselves . Both points of view have their issues. You think investing large amounts of money in military makes your stomping of everybody else somehow more moral and right. I on the other hand like simple cheap solutions that give even small nations ways to defend themselves. We may never agree. And when war starts, there is no moral position. Civilians are as much as targets as anyone else. See why the US entered both WW1 and WW2
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Post by kuriosly on Mar 14, 2017 5:39:58 GMT
The best way of getting yourself embargoed by everyone else ever invented. And a strategic bombardment with nukes from a proper warship is any less immoral, because you are waving your proud flag around, do you really think all those dead people will care? Q-ships are a viable alternative and anyway this is a deterrent weapon so the shit has either already hit the fan and many of the crew's friends and family are already dead, or as a first strike weapon leaves you open to the exactly reciprocal response from the other side. In both cases an embargo is the least of your problems. Pretty sure nukes aren't a deterrent here. They kinda are thrown around like candy. Similar to large bombs used in airstrikes today.
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Post by kuriosly on Mar 14, 2017 1:11:48 GMT
Maybe something like 4-6 drones/missiles a pilot or so? Why are we even assuming drones need pilots? Just give them some general swarm datalink, integrated guidance and targeting computers. Get a couple of officers to look after the whole swarm and be done with it. Why do our guns even need gunners? Connect those guns up into some sort of datalink, give them a target and they basically are mounted drones.
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Post by kuriosly on Mar 13, 2017 23:41:29 GMT
and some guns have wonky behavior when the launch speed is low. I really don't see why a missile cannon needs more then 10m/s of throw when I'm shooting missiles with 3km/s dv + 10ish Gs of acceleration.
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Post by kuriosly on Mar 13, 2017 23:24:06 GMT
The best Q-ships are the ones from other factions (or "independents") who don't know they are Q-ships. "This is a... refined boron container. Yeah. Just pure, harmless boron. Not a concealed missile at all, and especially not with a mechanism to tear the hull and launch it once you are at destination." And certainly not a gigaton nuke missile. What do you mean this cargo pod "leaked" 100-odd KKVs on our capital?
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Post by kuriosly on Mar 13, 2017 22:36:52 GMT
The best Q-ships are the ones from other factions (or "independents") who don't know they are Q-ships. "This is a... refined boron container. Yeah. Just pure, harmless boron. Not a concealed missile at all, and especially not with a mechanism to tear the hull and launch it once you are at destination." What do you mean the container is made of thermite? That's a terrible idea and we'd never do that!
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Post by kuriosly on Mar 13, 2017 21:18:45 GMT
Plus, you still have to hit the target. That itself can be hard when your lightseconds out. It's easier to saturate a cone of probability with kinetics then to hold a beam What is your profile picture from? Haven't been able to find a source. "Survival game club" I believe.
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Post by kuriosly on Mar 13, 2017 18:23:45 GMT
Plus, you still have to hit the target. That itself can be hard when your lightseconds out. It's easier to saturate a cone of probability with kinetics then to hold a beam
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