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As stated above, this option looks tailor made for exploitation.
Ship Design Philosophy
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Spaceships: Weaponry, Snoopy and Macross Missile Massacre
1. Dogfighting missiles are one fourth the volume, and interceptor ones are half the volume of default missiles
2. Unfortunately, rate of fire remains the same.
3. You could sabot the dogfighting missiles and launch them from the sandcaster; it's a cold launch, the missile is pushed out into the void, where it locate it's target, corrects itself, and accelerates.
1. Dogfighting missiles are one fourth the volume, and interceptor ones are half the volume of default missiles
2. Unfortunately, rate of fire remains the same.
3. You could sabot the dogfighting missiles and launch them from the sandcaster; it's a cold launch, the missile is pushed out into the void, where it locate it's target, corrects itself, and accelerates.
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Spaceships: Weaponry, Container Launchers, and Macross Missile Massacre
1. Obviously a downsized version of ye missile pack.
2. Presumably, since four missiles or one torpedo are the contents, the cost of the ordnance is pro rataed.
3. Speaking of which, I doubt that one size fits all, even though the volume is the same; you probably have to have specific shaped containers for different sized ordnance.
4. You could stuff in sixteen dogfighter missiles, which actually seems a more attractive option.
5. Unlike the missile pack, the ordnance can be fired individually.
6. The missile pack was listed as weighing in at one tonne, which was probably rounded off from one point one or one point two, since you still have to add in the fire control equipment.
7. That means the container launcher is likely half a tonne.
8. I think that as a fast ad hoc measure, it probably makes sense to install on vessels with free hard points.
9. You can't install them on firmpoints, though you could put two dogfighter or one interceptor missile on an exterior rail, which would save you the cost of the container launcher.
10. If your ship doesn't have a pre existing fire control for missiles, you could after market that, for what seems to me a very cheap price.
11. Speaking of pro rataed, I assume that seventy five thousand bux is for one tonne of forty eight dogfighting missiles.
1. Obviously a downsized version of ye missile pack.
2. Presumably, since four missiles or one torpedo are the contents, the cost of the ordnance is pro rataed.
3. Speaking of which, I doubt that one size fits all, even though the volume is the same; you probably have to have specific shaped containers for different sized ordnance.
4. You could stuff in sixteen dogfighter missiles, which actually seems a more attractive option.
5. Unlike the missile pack, the ordnance can be fired individually.
6. The missile pack was listed as weighing in at one tonne, which was probably rounded off from one point one or one point two, since you still have to add in the fire control equipment.
7. That means the container launcher is likely half a tonne.
8. I think that as a fast ad hoc measure, it probably makes sense to install on vessels with free hard points.
9. You can't install them on firmpoints, though you could put two dogfighter or one interceptor missile on an exterior rail, which would save you the cost of the container launcher.
10. If your ship doesn't have a pre existing fire control for missiles, you could after market that, for what seems to me a very cheap price.
11. Speaking of pro rataed, I assume that seventy five thousand bux is for one tonne of forty eight dogfighting missiles.
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Traveller missiles don't vanish if the launching unit does. Therefore I assume fire control is just target selection at launch, and the missile will do the rest. I can't remember any reference to being able to re-target them in flight, which supports this.
Mk 41 uses canisters to fill its launch cells. One SM-2 (or similar large missile) or 4 ESSM (or similar small missile) in each canister.
I'd imagine a future advance for space would be to shoot the missile from a cannon to add initial velocity.
Mk 41 uses canisters to fill its launch cells. One SM-2 (or similar large missile) or 4 ESSM (or similar small missile) in each canister.
I'd imagine a future advance for space would be to shoot the missile from a cannon to add initial velocity.
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The Manticoreans can do midflight correction, don't recall if it was ever an option in Traveller.
Mass driver, or railgun: smoother acceleration, and no explosion.
Since, let's say like the drop tanks, there are no additional costs and/or internal volume requirements, these aren't launch cells.
Speaking of launch cells ...
Mass driver, or railgun: smoother acceleration, and no explosion.
Since, let's say like the drop tanks, there are no additional costs and/or internal volume requirements, these aren't launch cells.
Speaking of launch cells ...
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Spaceships: Weaponry, Launch Cell, and Aftermarket Compartmentalization
1. The Harrier has the option to transform their one tonne missile turret into a two cradle torpedo launcher.
2. It's implied that the autoloader has been removed, possibly due to space constraints, and reloading has to be done manually, though no word if that's externally or internally.
3. This would be a launch cell, possibly, individually or together, torpedoes could be prepacked into launch canisters.
1. The Harrier has the option to transform their one tonne missile turret into a two cradle torpedo launcher.
2. It's implied that the autoloader has been removed, possibly due to space constraints, and reloading has to be done manually, though no word if that's externally or internally.
3. This would be a launch cell, possibly, individually or together, torpedoes could be prepacked into launch canisters.
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Spaceships: Weaponry, Marie Kondo, Sparking Joy, and ...
1. Rearming a CAPTOR Mine costs more than simply scrapping it after use, and collecting the recycling fee, especially the large variant.
2. I've reread the entry several times over the past day, in case I misunderstood it.
3. I can't figure out why you have to pay an additional one hundred and fifty kaybux to rearm the mine, besides the actual cost of the torpedo.
4. What you could do, Manticorean style, is to tow the CAPTOR Mines behind your ship on a rope, like pearls on a string, and command detonate them.
5. Or, you could attach them directly on the hull, like missile pods.
6. Maximum range to target would be medium.
7. Optionally, you replace the torpedoes with missiles.
1. Rearming a CAPTOR Mine costs more than simply scrapping it after use, and collecting the recycling fee, especially the large variant.
2. I've reread the entry several times over the past day, in case I misunderstood it.
3. I can't figure out why you have to pay an additional one hundred and fifty kaybux to rearm the mine, besides the actual cost of the torpedo.
4. What you could do, Manticorean style, is to tow the CAPTOR Mines behind your ship on a rope, like pearls on a string, and command detonate them.
5. Or, you could attach them directly on the hull, like missile pods.
6. Maximum range to target would be medium.
7. Optionally, you replace the torpedoes with missiles.
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Condottiere said:
Mines are nobody's friend. I think you have to disarm the anti-tampering mechanisms.
edit: There should never be an override code, in case the wrong people get hold of the codes. Therefore you have to disarm the self-destruct mechanism the hard way.
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Emperor Mongoose
Not at one hundred fifty kaybux a pop; besides, rearming means that it's already shot it's bolt, so what exactly is going to blow up?
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Spaceships: Hulling, Bridging, and Popping The Weasel
1. Pop out turrets are based on the final tonnage of the hull.
2. That means, when they are de popped, you minus that volume from the hull volume to adjust the performance of the drives.
3. Hull volume has to account for the totality of the pop out turret, not just in it's nesting state.
4. That means that in borderline cases, such as ninety nine tonnes and hundred tonnes, a hardpoint has to be based on the hundred tonnes, which means you have a full turret with three (or four) weapon systems, that when de popped, reduces the hull volume to ninety nine tonnes.
5. If the default hull volume is ninety nine tonnes, a firmpointed turret remains single, and de popped reduces the volume to ninety eight tonnes (in theory, since I don't ascribe to the presumption that a single firm pointed turret is one tonne in volume); three firmpointed weasels would lower that to ninety six tonnes.
6. Default bridge size would have to be based on the final tonnage of the hull, hence at hundred tonnes that would be for a small starship, and apparently, at ninety nine tonnes it would be a large smallcraft with a double cockpit.
7. In case you're wondering, how to stabilize a ninety nine tonne shuttle during that trip down the rabbit hole, glue on a one tonne container on it's hull.
1. Pop out turrets are based on the final tonnage of the hull.
2. That means, when they are de popped, you minus that volume from the hull volume to adjust the performance of the drives.
3. Hull volume has to account for the totality of the pop out turret, not just in it's nesting state.
4. That means that in borderline cases, such as ninety nine tonnes and hundred tonnes, a hardpoint has to be based on the hundred tonnes, which means you have a full turret with three (or four) weapon systems, that when de popped, reduces the hull volume to ninety nine tonnes.
5. If the default hull volume is ninety nine tonnes, a firmpointed turret remains single, and de popped reduces the volume to ninety eight tonnes (in theory, since I don't ascribe to the presumption that a single firm pointed turret is one tonne in volume); three firmpointed weasels would lower that to ninety six tonnes.
6. Default bridge size would have to be based on the final tonnage of the hull, hence at hundred tonnes that would be for a small starship, and apparently, at ninety nine tonnes it would be a large smallcraft with a double cockpit.
7. In case you're wondering, how to stabilize a ninety nine tonne shuttle during that trip down the rabbit hole, glue on a one tonne container on it's hull.
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Condottiere said:
Can the mine recognise friends or be command-controlled?
If so, the circuit for that must be protected by an anti-tamper mechanism, that blows it up if anyone tries to handle the mine.
I don't even know why it's possible to reload a mine. If I designed that thing, it would take itself out if anyone got close and it couldn't launch at them. Space is big, anyone coming with a few meters of your mine knows it is there.
edit: Not having the full rules doesn't help but I'm not picking up any more up util they sort their editing out. Could also be special gear on the torp to allow a non-standard launch, like a disposable turret.
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More accurately, they're sniper booby traps parked in space, waiting for the USS Indiana Jones.
I'd say the operator has a large range of options when laying the minefields, including command controlled. It probably depends on the threat assessment when automatic, triggering one wouldn't activate all mines in proximity unless the programme concluded that what was trespassing was a major warship.
A CAPTOR Mine being more of a launcher container, so reloading is an option.
I'd say the operator has a large range of options when laying the minefields, including command controlled. It probably depends on the threat assessment when automatic, triggering one wouldn't activate all mines in proximity unless the programme concluded that what was trespassing was a major warship.
A CAPTOR Mine being more of a launcher container, so reloading is an option.
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Spaceships: Weaponry, Sowing the Seeds of Love, and Daisy, Daisy, Give Me Your Answer Do
1. A specialized mine laying bay spits one out every one or two rounds.
2. You could spread them like caltrops if a more defensive strategy is called for, and Identify Friend or Foe should be uptodate.
3. You could also use them to dissuade pursuit, if you have to make a run for it.
4. Personally, I'd see no difficult in installing racks in a rear facing cargo hatch, and kicking them out the door there.
1. A specialized mine laying bay spits one out every one or two rounds.
2. You could spread them like caltrops if a more defensive strategy is called for, and Identify Friend or Foe should be uptodate.
3. You could also use them to dissuade pursuit, if you have to make a run for it.
4. Personally, I'd see no difficult in installing racks in a rear facing cargo hatch, and kicking them out the door there.
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Starships: Thoughts on the Stinger Mantis (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gpRQ55gBTE
1. Folding wing.
2. Forward floor slanted windows.
3. Needs a lot of clearance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gpRQ55gBTE
1. Folding wing.
2. Forward floor slanted windows.
3. Needs a lot of clearance.
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Spaceships: Hulls and Why Did A Rocket With A Secret Payload *Implode* on the Pad?
Sure, I cover exploding rockets all the time, but much rarer are the cases where rockets did the opposite. Some Rockets designs rely on gas pressure to support their tanks, and when leaks happen the tanks implode and collapse. These are called 'Balloon Tanks' and they enable much thinner, lighter tanks to be used, improving the performance of the rocket at the expense of making them harder to handle on the ground.
The Atlas Rocket used Balloon tanks up until 2005, and the centaur upper stage still uses them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWExql1xCsM
1. Balloon tanks.
2. Internal pressure sustains exterior structural integrity.
3. Explains paper thin spaceship hulls; all we need is to overpressure the interior.
4. Drop tanks built this way have hundred percent chance of deformation.
Sure, I cover exploding rockets all the time, but much rarer are the cases where rockets did the opposite. Some Rockets designs rely on gas pressure to support their tanks, and when leaks happen the tanks implode and collapse. These are called 'Balloon Tanks' and they enable much thinner, lighter tanks to be used, improving the performance of the rocket at the expense of making them harder to handle on the ground.
The Atlas Rocket used Balloon tanks up until 2005, and the centaur upper stage still uses them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWExql1xCsM
1. Balloon tanks.
2. Internal pressure sustains exterior structural integrity.
3. Explains paper thin spaceship hulls; all we need is to overpressure the interior.
4. Drop tanks built this way have hundred percent chance of deformation.
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Starships: Is the Razor Crest A Modified Clone Wars Dropship?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DKs01B1jUc
1. Neat; I have a ninety nine tonne (assault) shuttle concept.
2. I thought he meant the carbon freezing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DKs01B1jUc
1. Neat; I have a ninety nine tonne (assault) shuttle concept.
2. I thought he meant the carbon freezing.
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Spaceships: Weaponry, Macross Missile Massacre, and I'm Ready For My Close Up
1. Close escorting is getting defined.
2. Only ten percent of the hull volume of the defended ship may be the total of subsidiary vessels dedicated to it's defence.
3. Seems arbitrary, maybe any more and the possibility exists that some missiles relock onto one of the close escorts, and that escort needs at least a round to reacquire the target, during which time it doesn't fire at that missile/salvo.
4. In any event, each close escort can only target one missile, regardless of the number of weapon systems allocated to interception, though you get a bonus.
5. Each larger vessel can target one threat per turret, though I'm not sure what defines a larger vessel, non-smallcraft?
6. Vessels dedicated to area defence appear to have no limitations in terms of tonnage or numbers of weapon systems.
7. So, definition of close escort now is a vessel capable of directly defending another ship by being in close proximity and using it's weapon systems to intercept incoming ordnance.
1. Close escorting is getting defined.
2. Only ten percent of the hull volume of the defended ship may be the total of subsidiary vessels dedicated to it's defence.
3. Seems arbitrary, maybe any more and the possibility exists that some missiles relock onto one of the close escorts, and that escort needs at least a round to reacquire the target, during which time it doesn't fire at that missile/salvo.
4. In any event, each close escort can only target one missile, regardless of the number of weapon systems allocated to interception, though you get a bonus.
5. Each larger vessel can target one threat per turret, though I'm not sure what defines a larger vessel, non-smallcraft?
6. Vessels dedicated to area defence appear to have no limitations in terms of tonnage or numbers of weapon systems.
7. So, definition of close escort now is a vessel capable of directly defending another ship by being in close proximity and using it's weapon systems to intercept incoming ordnance.
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Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Accomodations, Pop Up Acceleration Benches and How Airplane Oxygen Masks Work Given They Aren't Hooked to Tanks & How Planes Get Oxygen at Altitude
Ever wonder why the plastic bag attached to the drop down emergency airplane oxygen masks don't necessarily inflate? Well, wonder no more- it turns out how this system works is extremely interesting. To begin with, because the economics of having large oxygen tanks aboard airliners simply doesn’t work out (not to mention that the air quality inside the plane would rapidly become unpleasant if fresh air wasn’t constantly supplied, regardless of the oxygen levels), commercial airplanes have a very clever system installed to solve the problem of ultra-low pressure atmosphere at cruising altitudes....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi2KKtnLDyI
1. These should be placed around the spaceship, and in an emergency, instead of oxygen masks dropping down from the roof, these pop up, together with their own (possibly limited) oxygen supply, not just pressure loss, but also toxic fumes.
2. To save oxygen, breathe through your left nostril.
Ever wonder why the plastic bag attached to the drop down emergency airplane oxygen masks don't necessarily inflate? Well, wonder no more- it turns out how this system works is extremely interesting. To begin with, because the economics of having large oxygen tanks aboard airliners simply doesn’t work out (not to mention that the air quality inside the plane would rapidly become unpleasant if fresh air wasn’t constantly supplied, regardless of the oxygen levels), commercial airplanes have a very clever system installed to solve the problem of ultra-low pressure atmosphere at cruising altitudes....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi2KKtnLDyI
1. These should be placed around the spaceship, and in an emergency, instead of oxygen masks dropping down from the roof, these pop up, together with their own (possibly limited) oxygen supply, not just pressure loss, but also toxic fumes.
2. To save oxygen, breathe through your left nostril.
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Spaceships: Hulls, Breakaways and Performance
With breakaway hulls, even if one section is loaded with most of the drive(s), while volume ratio of the engines might not be higher so that the spacecraft could accelerate faster and or jump further, performance cannot exceed that for which that particular drive was factored at that particular technology level.
So, if a manoeuvre drive on a combined hull makes up three percent built at technology level ten, one where a split might give the breakaway hull a volume of five percent manoeuvre drive, the best acceleration it can muster remains at factor three, at default values.
With breakaway hulls, even if one section is loaded with most of the drive(s), while volume ratio of the engines might not be higher so that the spacecraft could accelerate faster and or jump further, performance cannot exceed that for which that particular drive was factored at that particular technology level.
So, if a manoeuvre drive on a combined hull makes up three percent built at technology level ten, one where a split might give the breakaway hull a volume of five percent manoeuvre drive, the best acceleration it can muster remains at factor three, at default values.
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Inspiration: Star Wars Anime (Full episode)
We did not animate this! This is a Fan Re-edit! The Galaxy of Adventures animation team went all in for these 50 sec star wars kids videos. The animation style begs the question, what if we had a whole show in this anime inspired feel? We took clips from half a dozen videos from Galaxy of Adventures and crafted an episode from empire strikes back and over dubbed it in Japanese of course. (you have no idea how hard it is to find Japanese dubbed star wars BUT we did it anyway!)
Many fans have made anime openers from GoA clips (like the original opener for this video by Ivan Ortega) but no one had actually made an episode, so it had to be done. Thanks for watching!
Let us know what you think in the comments and subscribe if you want to see more! (We have an idea to actually make a series or full 22min episode based on a New Hope!)
Share this video with someone who would appreciate it.
Thanks again, and may the force be with you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gEoFNYKW30
We did not animate this! This is a Fan Re-edit! The Galaxy of Adventures animation team went all in for these 50 sec star wars kids videos. The animation style begs the question, what if we had a whole show in this anime inspired feel? We took clips from half a dozen videos from Galaxy of Adventures and crafted an episode from empire strikes back and over dubbed it in Japanese of course. (you have no idea how hard it is to find Japanese dubbed star wars BUT we did it anyway!)
Many fans have made anime openers from GoA clips (like the original opener for this video by Ivan Ortega) but no one had actually made an episode, so it had to be done. Thanks for watching!
Let us know what you think in the comments and subscribe if you want to see more! (We have an idea to actually make a series or full 22min episode based on a New Hope!)
Share this video with someone who would appreciate it.
Thanks again, and may the force be with you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gEoFNYKW30
