Recent content by baithammer

There are only 2 anti-vehicle weapons on that turret, the rest are anti-personnel, so still fitting in the triple mount frame. :)

The Black Globe functions similar to the warp bubble, everything inside the bubble operates normally, everything outside of the bubble acts normally, but anything that hits the bubble is affected by the bubble. Another mechanism also appears to be in effect, where the bubble isn't really...

Physics, as 5 cm was easier to achieve while still providing enough energy at the target end. Would be interesting to see if any improvements have occurred though.

The beam is about 5 cm wide at the target for an ideal particle beam.

You'd want to not be accelerating while jumping as you'd build up 2 weeks worth of acceleration within jump space. I now see where Miller was going with reduction in g-drive / m-drive thrust for being further out than 10/100 diameter limit. As for Jump sig, size isn't going to matter as it...

Barter trade is subject to more flux than a currency based exchange, for example. the handmade goods only go for higher price in markets where that is in fashion and its value is negated when a more conservative fashion comes into popularity. ( Also can be undercut if other materials become...

Turrets listed displacement is for room taken up inside the ship not the overall turret. Vehicles provides some information which can determine the exterior dimensions of the turret however. 1 space = 0.25 dt 1 spaceship turret weapon = 1 space / 0.25 dt minimum 1 crew position = 1 space /...

Particle beams aren't firing radiation at the target, instead its a stream of particles that on contact with the target super heat it and create ionization. ( Radiation flash.) Fusion guns are a bit trickier, as they are an up gunned plasma gun which creates plasma and the usual means to...

Would be better to say its a negative space sensor, where it maps an object's structure through the negative space from less dense points on the interior.

Given the system as presented doesn't use vectors and deals strictly with comparing the intercepting object to the range band of the target with adjustment for relative velocity of the pairing.

Which is how weapons that produce radioactive secondary effects are supposed to work, at the point of impact.

The radiation trait operates differently depending on scale, with ship scale having enough shielding to prevent self flashing. ( Further, the weapon is outside the hull.) Personal scale lacks enough shielding to prevent self flashing.

Budget power plant has the advantage of being one tech level lower so can be built and maintained with lower tech level yards.

Dog fighting assumes both sides are mobile, if the craft hasn't taken off then it's a sitting duck.

Moot point, as it's explicit in mgt 2nd that jump bubbles use hydrogen in forming the bubble.