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Post by 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖈𝖑𝖊 on Nov 25, 2017 8:53:41 GMT
I was just wondering if there was a "best material" for the amount of shielding you get per kilogram of material
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Post by The Astronomer on Nov 25, 2017 8:58:37 GMT
I was just wondering if there was a "best material" for the amount of shielding you get per kilogram of material Li-6 by far. But that thing can, and will be activated into tritium so I don't recommend that. Try boron stuffs like boron carbide or boron nitride. Some people talks about gadolinium, but mine doesn't work. |
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Post by RiftandRend on Nov 25, 2017 11:26:08 GMT
Polyethylene and boron work very well.
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Post by Rocket Witch on Nov 25, 2017 18:15:55 GMT
Has anyone tried using hydrogen tanks purely for shielding? It could be the most effective mass-wise, though certainly not cost- or space-wise.
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Post by Kerr on Nov 25, 2017 18:28:19 GMT
What kind of radiation? Gamma rays? Mass, high-Z materials. Neutrons? Hydrogen or materials that absorb neutrons like some lithium and boron isotopes.
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Post by n2maniac on Nov 25, 2017 19:46:55 GMT
Li-6 ingame. IRL, neutrons and gamma rays have kinda opposite trends (high Z for neutrons, low atomic mass for n).
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Post by Kerr on Nov 25, 2017 20:58:09 GMT
The best universal shielding per kilogram is a tether. Distance shielding is effective against everything and requires moderate to low mass (depending on the acceleration the tether has to endure)
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Post by Enderminion on Nov 25, 2017 22:11:49 GMT
not a good option for warships which are packing armour
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Post by 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖈𝖑𝖊 on Nov 26, 2017 0:07:14 GMT
not a good option for warships which are packing armour I do that with stations though |
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Post by Enderminion on Nov 26, 2017 3:06:36 GMT
not a good option for warships which are packing armour I do that with stations though not a good idea for battlestations either |
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Post by 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖈𝖑𝖊 on Nov 26, 2017 4:02:44 GMT
I do that with stations though not a good idea for battlestations either I use it for missile defense/launch stations and ships that I dont intend to armour. |
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Post by jtyotjotjipaefvj on Nov 26, 2017 12:06:55 GMT
not a good option for warships which are packing armour Empty space is best armor though. With some redundancy and most of your armor covering empty space, your ship can take literally minutes of GW power lasering or high-powered railgun fire. See my space train design a few pages back in the designs thread if you want to see proof of it working in-game. I even beat 11 of apo's laserstars simultaneously with one spaced armor ship. It was able to withstand around a minute of 20 GWs worth of optimized lasers and still survived. |
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Post by Kerr on Nov 26, 2017 12:25:30 GMT
not a good option for warships which are packing armour Empty space is best armor though. With some redundancy and most of your armor covering empty space, your ship can take literally minutes of GW power lasering or high-powered railgun fire. See my space train design a few pages back in the designs thread if you want to see proof of it working in-game. I even beat 11 of apo's laserstars simultaneously with one spaced armor ship. It was able to withstand around a minute of 20 GWs worth of optimized lasers and still survived. 11 Deep Fryers? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. |
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Post by jtyotjotjipaefvj on Nov 26, 2017 12:45:04 GMT
Empty space is best armor though. With some redundancy and most of your armor covering empty space, your ship can take literally minutes of GW power lasering or high-powered railgun fire. See my space train design a few pages back in the designs thread if you want to see proof of it working in-game. I even beat 11 of apo's laserstars simultaneously with one spaced armor ship. It was able to withstand around a minute of 20 GWs worth of optimized lasers and still survived. 11 Deep Fryers? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. That thread is full of designs capable of rekting different numbers of Deep Fryers and later drone designs based on the deep fryer, while being cheaper than the laserstars. I think the best I got was three deep fryers for the price of one. They're not that hard to beat. |
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Post by treptoplax on Nov 27, 2017 17:52:14 GMT
Specialized anti-laser designs can definitely beat them, especially when operated by AI. Give them some real dodging and it'd get interesting. We need another tournament.  |
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