Ship Design Philosophy

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Spaceships: Engineering and Did NASA Just Discover Clean, Unlimited Energy?

NASA Scientists recently discovered a way to conduct Fusion that bears some resemblance to the Cold Fusion Experiments of 1989. Is this the real thing, or another hoax?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZcAnqCscIw


So the Blackbird can hit half a gee acceleration.

 

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Spaceships: Crewing, Accommodations, and Surprise Discovery That Moon Cycle And Sleep Are Connected

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about an unusual discovery that relates human sleep to the moon cycle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujyYnU_Bbx4


1. Increased sanity.

2. Likely, spaceship illumination would be adjusted to reflect normal planetary cycles.

 

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Spaceships: Hulls and The Disruptor? Meet The SE200 – A New Green 264 Seat Widebody

A new concept widebody aircraft has been unveiled by an Alabama startup. SE Aeronautics (the SE standing for Super Efficient) have reworked the entire concept of an airliner, and revealed an innovative tri-wing aircraft that they say will have an 80% lower carbon footprint than similar traditional planes. Here’s what you need to know about the SE200.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_m0IgEshYc


1. Three sets of wings.

2. Decreased drag.

3. Fuel consumption decreased seventy percent, probably more relevant with reactionary rockets.

 

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Spaceships: Where are the Routs and Surrenders in Sci-Fi Space Battles?

Spacedock investigates the curious absence of retreats and surrenders as a factor in Sci-Fi Space Battles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbpssR2o-GM


1.

2. Bayonette charge as ramming.

 

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Inspiration: "Imperial Wrath" Scene 1&2 Complete!

Okay - I think I'm done with this, since I don't hate it anymore!
(Changes)
Guns move
Moons stay put
Lancer removed, to increase impact of fleet reveal
Atmosphere added to

Music by the fantastic Bastien Boiton!
Interdictor 418/Vindicator by me
Magister Class Fleet Carrier by me
XG-1s Starwings are by me
Imperial Nebulon-B by E.C. Henry, modifications and materials by me
Lancer Frigate by IrfanCAYLI, modifications and materials by me
TIEs by Ansel Hsiao, modifications and materials by me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FemZ33lVZwk


I like to think Confederation Navy fighter carriers look like that.

 

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Starships: Engineering and Does the Universe have Higher Dimensions? Part 1

What do physicists mean when they talk about higher dimensional spaces, or space-times? How could we possibly not have noticed if space was not three-dimensional? In this first part, we will talk about the history of spaces with extra dimensions and how they became connected to dreams of unified theories, especially Kaluza-Klein theory, its achievements and its problems. Next week, we continue with the modern theories of additional dimensions of space.

0:00​ Intro
0:33​ Higher Dimensional Geometry
4:37​ Kaluza-Klein Theory
6:00​ Predictions of Kaluza-Klein Theory
7:48​ Problems with Kaluza-Klein Theory
8:42​ Kaluza-Klein for all Forces
9:48​ Sponsor Message

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS2hJLIN1DM


1. The jump field could be a transition through one or more dimensions to a predicted point within range of it's predictor, time being one of those dimensions, or possibly just split in three or more or less aspects, like realspace.

2. Higher harmonics - it is a sound field.

3. Astronavigation - geometry on a galactic scale?

4. Charged particles - the missing element provided by the jump drive?


Which suddenly made me look up High Guard:

These are accumulators, sweeping up exotic particles captured by a canopy and removing the need to carry separate fuel for the jump drive. This charge is released in a single spike to power a jump drive; collectors cannot be used for normal ship operations.

The hydrogen is transformed into exotic, not charged, particles.

 

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Starships: Engineering and This result could change physics forever

Explaining the exciting new Fermilab muon result to my production team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0roQUZvU-As


1. Time dilation in transition is due to quantum wobble, which explains the variation in time experienced and time of arrival.

2. The jump bubble is quantum foam.

3. Or jumpspace is quantum foam, and the jump bubble is a bubble in the foam.

4. Bingo fuel is when it's impossible to prevent the fuel tanks emptying the hydrogen into the jump drive.

 

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Starships: Engineering and Jump Drive (Prototype) Disadvantages

1. Limited Range: Quarter of a parsec, or let's say eight trillion kilometres; one disadvantage.

2. Kuiper Range: Sixty six astronomical units, or let's say ten billion kilometres; two disadvantages.

 

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Starships: Engineering and How Does Gravity Warp the Flow of Time?

There’s a deep connection between gravity and time - gravitational fields seem to slow the pace of time in what we call gravitational time dilation. And today we’ll explore the origin of this effect. And ultimately, we’ll use what we learn to understand how curvature in time - this gradient of time dilation - can be thought of as the true source of the force of gravity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKD1vDAPkFQ


1. Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve.

2. The jump drive punches through spacetime, possibly by causing it to curve to beyond breaking.

3. If you slow down time locally, it might make the space connected to it brittle.

4. The jump bubble time is out of alignment with Einsteinian space, deliberately.

5. So that when it breaks down, it recreates that brittleness in space, allowing the starship to exit back into Einsteinian space.

 

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Starships: Engineering and How Does Gravity Warp the Flow of Time?

There’s a deep connection between gravity and time - gravitational fields seem to slow the pace of time in what we call gravitational time dilation. And today we’ll explore the origin of this effect. And ultimately, we’ll use what we learn to understand how curvature in time - this gradient of time dilation - can be thought of as the true source of the force of gravity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKD1vDAPkFQ


1. Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve.

2. The jump drive punches through spacetime, possibly by causing it to curve to beyond breaking.

3. If you slow down time locally, it might make the space connected to it brittle.

4. The jump bubble time is out of alignment with Einsteinian space, deliberately.

5. So that when it breaks down, it recreates that brittleness in space, allowing the starship to exit back into Einsteinian space.

 

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Inspiration: The Flagship of the Free Navy: The Pella Full Breakdown | The Expanse

Today we return to The Expanse with a breakdown of the Pella, Marco Inaros' light cruiser and the flagship of the Free Navy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZg1ocpLXOE


1. Buttons.

2. Hologrammes.

3. Platforms.

4. Soulless chic.

5. Non lethal cutlery.

 

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Spaceships: Engineering and Thermal Nuclear Propulsion Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN2rK38Oniw


1. ... five passengers set sail that day, for a twenty five thousand hour tour ...

2. The sieverts started getting rough, the tiny ship was toast.

3. Do we have a nuclear option?

 

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Starships: Engineering and Does the Universe have Higher Dimensions? Part 1

What do physicists mean when they talk about higher dimensional spaces, or space-times? How could we possibly not have noticed if space was not three-dimensional? In this first part, we will talk about the history of spaces with extra dimensions and how they became connected to dreams of unified theories, especially Kaluza-Klein theory, its achievements and its problems. Next week, we continue with the modern theories of additional dimensions of space.

0:00​ Intro
0:33​ Higher Dimensional Geometry
4:37​ Kaluza-Klein Theory
6:00​ Predictions of Kaluza-Klein Theory
7:48​ Problems with Kaluza-Klein Theory
8:42​ Kaluza-Klein for all Forces
9:48​ Sponsor Message

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS2hJLIN1DM


1. The jump field could be a transition through one or more dimensions to a predicted point within range of it's predictor, time being one of those dimensions, or possibly just split in three or more or less aspects, like realspace.

2. Higher harmonics - it is a sound field.

3. Astronavigation - geometry on a galactic scale?

4. Charged particles - the missing element provided by the jump drive?


Which suddenly made me look up High Guard:

These are accumulators, sweeping up exotic particles captured by a canopy and removing the need to carry separate fuel for the jump drive. This charge is released in a single spike to power a jump drive; collectors cannot be used for normal ship operations.

The hydrogen is transformed into exotic, not charged, particles.

You may want to watch (and link) part 2 where she destroys the concept of higher dimensions - Sabine is not a proponent of string theory

 

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Spaceships: Engineering and Thermal Nuclear Propulsion Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN2rK38Oniw


1. ... five passengers set sail that day, for a twenty five thousand hour tour ...

2. The sieverts started getting rough, the tiny ship was toast.

3. Do we have a nuclear option?

The nuclear option is pretty well explained in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMLgJlJX0Rk

 

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1. The problem with the current version of the ion drive is that it's too slow for Traveller space travel, in which basket you can chuck solar sailing; outside of very specific use case. Probably great for orbital adjustment for space stations.

2. If you can scale linearly at even a proportion of the manoeuvre drive an ion engine, at say ten percent, and at a fraction of capital outlay and operating cost, sign me up for a factor seven ion drive.

3. I'm not too sure how our reactionary rockets work, but they become somewhat unfeasible in the shift from First to Second Mongoose, outside of the fact that are now optional as afterburners.

4. I'm pretty sure that in Traveller you can get a coating of materials denser than liquid hydrogen, that will act like a condom (come to think of it, fuel bladders), our issue tends to revolve more around volume than mass.

5. It it's a case of direct conversion from electricity, our solar panelling and fusion reactors are actually super efficient.

6. What we would want from the nuclear propulsion would be a considerably more efficient method than the default reactionary rockets, and again, if it isn't, why bother?

 

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Starships: Engineering and the Jump Governor

Jump Governor: It is possible to procure a jump governor for ships produced according to Book 2. It allows such a ship to utilize fuel more efficiently; instead of consuming all fuel when performing a jump, regardless of jump number, the ship will consume fuel equal to O.1MJn, where Jn is the actual jump number used, rather than the maximum jump number available. Available at any industrial world with tech level 10 or higher. Cost: Cr300 000. Mass: 1 ton. Ships produced according to this book already have the jump governor as part of their drives.

If this is still a component in current jump drive design, I'd rip it out of factor one jump drives, and save a tonne in volume and three hundred kay starbux.

Of course, there's still the issue with minimum ten tonne volume.

 

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That's not how it worked.
In 77 CT ships used all their jump fuel regardless of the actual distance jumps (note that MegaTraveller erroneously resurrected this idea).

HG79 allows ship designed with those rules to make a jump at lower fuel use rates, and the jump governor was included as a fix to the LBB2 drives to give them the same performance but at the surcharge you have listed.

In HG80 there is no mention of a governor, and by 81 CT the letter drives are now capable of using only the fuel required by the jump distance, again with no mention of a jump governor. The jump governor is now just assumed to be a standard component of the drive itself I suppose with no surcharges involved. Put another way the jump governor has been retconned out of existence, in the same way as maneuver drives as fusion rockets (also HG79) has gone the way of the dodo.

Can you save space by removing the governor? I would say no since it is now an integrated part of the drive. Could you build a smaller drive with no governor in the first place - probably as an option in HG2e.

 

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It's more of a thought experiment, in the quest to design the cheapest possible jump drive.

If the assumption is that the jump governor actually is physically one tonne, and can be removed, highly likely from the five tonne overhead, essentially from a jump drive where the performance wouldn't require one, basically a Factor One.

Doing extrapolation, taking the default ten tonne model, at technological level it would be capable of a two parsec range, where you would want a jump governor; in any case, the volume remains the same, which implies that the jump governor either gets integrated at technological level nine, or it remains an empty space, for the integration at later technological levels; there is no increase in volume or cost.

 

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But there is no evidence the jump governor is even still part of a jump engine. The letter drives of LBB2 81 are not one ton heavier than the letter drives of LBB2 77, the whole need for 1 ton of the jump engine to be a jump governor appears to have just gone away with a wave of the retwand.

 

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I know.

Unlike capacitors, I can't grab the jump governor and pull it out.

If it were possible, I could squeeze the default overhead tighter to three tonnes, and reduce the bill of goods by three hundred kilostarbux.