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Post by ash19256 on Jan 15, 2017 2:35:02 GMT
Are propellants that are modded into CoaDE okay? or do I need to re-configure my Fluorine/Lithium Hydride fuelled missiles, my Cubane fueled attack drone, and my N2O4/Pentaborane Orbital Defense Craft?
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Post by The Astronomer on Jan 15, 2017 2:41:54 GMT
Are propellants that are modded into CoaDE okay? or do I need to re-configure my Fluorine/Lithium Hydride fuelled missiles, my Cubane fueled attack drone, and my N2O4/Pentaborane Orbital Defense Craft? I think using stock propellant is safer. The decision will be made later.
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Post by argonbalt on Jan 15, 2017 2:49:16 GMT
> Mars [AVAILABLE, 9/10] - Mars is owned primarily by SAR. It is one of the two economic center of the Sol System other than the asteroid belt, and thus, it has a very good rating of [9/10]. Terraformation project is being done to create the new Earth, now lost to Earth Caretaker. One Martian slot please.
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Post by teeth on Jan 15, 2017 2:51:34 GMT
Who wants to partner with my company? Anyone who could produce guns/lasers, small reactors, or engines better than a company not specialized in them would be a good fit. Currently I have two drone models and one missile that I think are practical, a microdrone with 6 km/s of delta v weighing 6.2 kg, a laser drone with a 1 MW laser weighing 250 kg, and a laser resistant missile with 1 .5mm silica aerogel layer followed by four 1 cm spaced .5mm amorphous carbon layers, it has a 20kg tnt-osmium flak warhead and weighs a total of 72.2 kg with 6 km/s of delta v total, 4 in the drop tanks and 2 in the missile.
EDIT:Also, what system do we use for choosing slots in the solar system? I think I'll take one slot in the asteroid belt to start with. Maybe share a slot with a member of my megacorp if I find one, my operations aren't very big and it's probably a step above an indie team in size.
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Post by ash19256 on Jan 15, 2017 2:57:22 GMT
> Mars [AVAILABLE, 9/10] - Mars is owned primarily by SAR. It is one of the two economic center of the Sol System other than the asteroid belt, and thus, it has a very good rating of [9/10]. Terraformation project is being done to create the new Earth, now lost to Earth Caretaker. > The Asteroid Belt [AVAILABLE, 10/10] - The Asteroid Belt is perhaps the heaven for businesses. With sufficient sunlight, abundant resources and weak gravity well, it is fought for by every factions and megacorps in the Sol System. If I could get one slot in each of these locations, that would be fantastic. Priority goes to the Asteroid Belt, as that location would be brilliant for a shipyard. Worst comes to worst, it's theoretically possible for most Verolan Space and Aeronautics designs to lift off vertically from Mars, mostly due to the fact that they regularly achieve 1+ g of acceleration under thrust. EDIT: I think Vesta would be a good place for the primary Belt shipyard for my corporation, as it is a relatively small, low gravity body in the Asteroid belt. Also, regarding this: Alright then. I'll see if I can dust off some of my older missile designs. Thankfully, the Devastator Mk 6 uses a Decane NTR for propulsion, so I can continue to use it with some modifications. Although, it does seem really weird that nobody would have dusted off the idea of using Pentaborane in rocket engines out in space. The fuel still is toxic, sure, but it's going to be much more heavily isolated from any crew than it would be when launching from Earth. Additionally, the stuff can give you F-1A levels of thrust (or better!) with much higher exhaust velocities, making it optimal for small ships like the Orbital Defense Craft that use chemical propellants instead of NTR engines.
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Post by David367th on Jan 15, 2017 3:11:58 GMT
a microdrone with 6 km/s of delta v weighing 6.2 kg, Is that an MPD? or HD NTR?
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Post by teeth on Jan 15, 2017 3:12:46 GMT
No, it's a fluorine-hydrogen conventional thruster, .6 gs of acceleration and I could get it up to 1 g or more but I prefer having a lighter turbopump.
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Post by The Astronomer on Jan 15, 2017 3:15:50 GMT
Who wants to partner with my company? Anyone who could produce guns/lasers, small reactors, or engines better than a company not specialized in them would be a good fit. Currently I have two drone models and one missile that I think are practical, a microdrone with 6 km/s of delta v weighing 6.2 kg, a laser drone with a 1 MW laser weighing 250 kg, and a laser resistant missile with 1 .5mm silica aerogel layer followed by four 1 cm spaced .5mm amorphous carbon layers, it has a 20kg tnt-osmium flak warhead and weighs a total of 72.2 kg with 6 km/s of delta v total, 4 in the drop tanks and 2 in the missile. EDIT:Also, what system do we use for choosing slots in the solar system? I think I'll take one slot in the asteroid belt to start with. Maybe share a slot with a member of my megacorp if I find one, my operations aren't very big and it's probably a step above an indie team in size. Choose a celestial body to start. If the said celestial body is large, you can share it with other companies.
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Post by teeth on Jan 15, 2017 3:17:03 GMT
I'll choose Ceres then, I imagine it's the hub of the belt and it's big enough for a lot of companies.
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Post by The Astronomer on Jan 15, 2017 4:24:54 GMT
Who wants to partner with my company? Anyone who could produce guns/lasers, small reactors, or engines better than a company not specialized in them would be a good fit. Currently I have two drone models and one missile that I think are practical, a microdrone with 6 km/s of delta v weighing 6.2 kg, a laser drone with a 1 MW laser weighing 250 kg, and a laser resistant missile with 1 .5mm silica aerogel layer followed by four 1 cm spaced .5mm amorphous carbon layers, it has a 20kg tnt-osmium flak warhead and weighs a total of 72.2 kg with 6 km/s of delta v total, 4 in the drop tanks and 2 in the missile. EDIT:Also, what system do we use for choosing slots in the solar system? I think I'll take one slot in the asteroid belt to start with. Maybe share a slot with a member of my megacorp if I find one, my operations aren't very big and it's probably a step above an indie team in size. Actually, the plan is to have every player-made company to join into a single megacorp, since we are helping each other. The name would be 'Prosperous', or just vote.
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Post by newageofpower on Jan 15, 2017 5:57:19 GMT
Altarris Heavy Industries's primary manufacturing nexuses are located around Mercury, for it's extreme energy density and readily available heavy metals. Heavy usage of externalized propulsion and/or MPD allows for mitigation of high fuel costs, and our Peace-Maker™ Interplanetary Laser Propulsion Network and EM Surface-to-Orbit launch sites make shipping costs - even at interplanetary distances - extremely affordable.
Reports that our dominance of Mercurian society and it's economy was achieved through underhanded monopolistic activities, are of obviously blatant agit-prop by rival megacorps.
Ludicrous rumors that we have constructed extensive shadowyard complexes in unclaimed stretches of the asteroid belt for the production of stealth ships and experimental designs are merely the feverish ramblings of deluded idiots. Please ignore them.
Peace, Prosperity, Power™ is a registered trademark of Altarris Heavy Industries.
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Post by David367th on Jan 15, 2017 6:20:05 GMT
Ludicrous rumors that we have constructed extensive shadowyard complexes in unclaimed stretches of the asteroid belt for the production of stealth ships and experimental designs are merely the feverish ramblings of deluded idiots. Hey we here at David's Novilties, Oddities, and Other Gratuitous Items only asked you kindly to step off our Cadmium reservations, and to accept blue lasers into your life. They're pretty!
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Post by The Astronomer on Jan 15, 2017 7:14:54 GMT
Ludicrous rumors that we have constructed extensive shadowyard complexes in unclaimed stretches of the asteroid belt for the production of stealth ships and experimental designs are merely the feverish ramblings of deluded idiots. Hey we here at David's Novilties, Oddities, and Other Gratuitous Items only asked you kindly to step off our Cadmium reservations, and to accept blue lasers into your life. They're pretty! I imagine that the blue laser would be some kind of a beacon and not a weapon, since they are otherwise useless.
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Post by ash19256 on Jan 15, 2017 9:06:49 GMT
Hey we here at David's Novilties, Oddities, and Other Gratuitous Items only asked you kindly to step off our Cadmium reservations, and to accept blue lasers into your life. They're pretty! I imagine that the blue laser would be some kind of a beacon and not a weapon, since they are otherwise useless. Well, considering that lasers are practically the very definition of tight-beam signals, perhaps low-power blue lasers are used as the modern equivalent of morse code signaling lamps? ie. pulsing the laser on and off to send data from one ship to another in a way that's significantly harder to intercept than radio?
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Post by argonbalt on Jan 15, 2017 9:17:32 GMT
You are talking about laser coms, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_communication_in_space, frequency does not really matter until you get to hundreds of thousands/millions of km range. By then you would ideally have a relay station anyways. Either way it is interesting to have.
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