Recent content by Galadrion

Vehicular weapons. At least. Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Auditioning for the role of Optimist Prime? ;)

By TL9 or so, it probably is quite possible, even for standard fuel processors. After all, depending on the gas giant (or outer system planet) you're scooping from, methane or ammonia may well be much more readily available, so best to be prepared. And it's already possible, just a technical...

Hm... is there some way I can start checking if this is just a really badly written sim...? I mean, not one of Nallir's - he wouldn't fumble a roll like that - but maybe an Imperial Prison programmer...?

Personally, if I got a tidal heating result that extreme, the first thing I would check (besides a calculation verification pass - which you've already done) is whether the moon was inside the Roche Limit. Tidal stresses, after all, are the major mechanical driver behind why the Roche Limit...

I disagree about bays - they absolutely should be able to have size modification. Turrets, yes, those should not have size modifications available; barbettes, I don't see it being particularly effective. But bays are large enough to make size modifications a reasonable tradeoff for the...

As was known during shooting. The problem was that the set was built like an oversized pet "running wheel", and in order to make it scientifically plausible, it would've wound up being the height of a small-to-medium office building - not exactly budget-friendly (and somewhat of a technical...

Fair enough. Most people tend to be such. Even on modern-day Terra, most people never move between counties, other than the occasional temporary visit.

I still think a better (or simpler, anyway) simulator for Benford's Law would be ABS (2D6-2D6), with a result of 0 being set to 1 and a result of 10 being set to 2. But it's a trivial difference, overall.

But what with the Uplifts, I can see "Right turn, Clyde" making an appearance...

Simple enough - d = (1/2) a (t^2).

Larry Niven and Isaac Asimov both wrote short stories which included the notion that FTL travel could take variable time. Those weren't their major works, though. (At least, not explicitly. It isn't excluded in most of their other works, and is usually not mentioned.)

Guys, smuggling doesn't usually - officially - carry the death penalty. You're going overboard with this. (Note: historically, it was sometimes considered a capital crime, but usually only under certain circumstances, such as particularly heinous goods or trading with the enemy.) Smuggling is...

As I recall, it's in a few sources - look at the various rules for the Gravatic Detection Suite. (The Great Rift and Sector Construction Guide, if I'm remembering correctly.) Edit: Looks like I'm not the only one who remembered it.