Ship's Locker: Out of the Closet

[Condottiere]

Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell "Star Wars Episode 1" Commercial 1999

Another 1999 Star Wars Episode 1 themed ad. This one featuring Colonel Sanders, the Taco Bell dog and some pizza girl (because Pizza Hut doesn't have a mascot) being attacked by a battle droid. The whole ad just feels awkward.

 

[Condottiere]

Pilot

Astrogator

Engineer

 

[Condottiere]

Master chef - most dangerous human in the galaxy.

 

[Condottiere]

Groundspeeder.

 

[Condottiere]

Gauss Rifle Ammunition Cost

1. I was considering logistics costs, and comparing advance combat versus gauss.

2. Despite the two technological level difference for the rifles, the ammunition is pretty basic to manufacture for the gauss rifle, and half the cost, depending on quotation.

3. Or so I thought.

4. I believe that the ammunition for the gauss rifle has, in the meantime, doubled in price.

 

[Condottiere]

 

[Geir]

Pardon the thread interuption, but...
Not exactly a TL8 laser carbine:

Northrop Grumman Delivers Mini Laser to U.S. Government

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Aug. 24, 2023 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has delivered a miniaturized high-energy laser source to the U.S. government. The laser is ruggedized for field use and miniaturizing it allows for rapid placement in...

news.northropgrumman.com

 

[Condottiere]

That's not a problem, if it's equipment.

 

[Condottiere]

Aussie company SYPAQ develops cardboard drones for defence of Ukraine | 7NEWS

An Aussie company is playing a unique role in the defence of Ukraine.

SYPAQ has developed disposable drones made of cardboard, now used by soldiers for spying, supply drops and lethal missions.

My first thought was, does this work in space?

The waxed cardboard.

 

[Anstett]

Aussie company SYPAQ develops cardboard drones for defence of Ukraine | 7NEWS

An Aussie company is playing a unique role in the defence of Ukraine.

SYPAQ has developed disposable drones made of cardboard, now used by soldiers for spying, supply drops and lethal missions.

My first thought was, does this work in space?

The waxed cardboard.

There are real world cube sats made of plywood so my guess would be yes this would work outside of atmosphere for a limited time. The key factor for longevity is the equipment withstanding solar radiation.

I could see deploying these as a cheap short lived stealth type of drone that would not show up on any but the most focused sensors.

 

[Condottiere]

Manoeuvre drive and reactionary rockets are too hot (for cardboard), so maybe ion drive.

You'd have to harden individual pieces of equipment.

A missile warhead, and launched to drift in the right direction.

 

[Condottiere]

Mateba Unica 6: A Semiauto Revolver in .44 Magnum

The Mateba 6 Unica is the culmination of a series of revolver development by Italian designer Emilio Ghisoni (1937-2008). The Unica 6 is one of only a few self-cocking revolvers to see commercial production and sales (the other two being the Union and the Webley-Fosbery). It was available in .357 Magnum, .44. Magnum (like today's example), and .454 Casull. All three could be used with the associated Special ammunition with a recoil spring swap. In addition, the Unica 6 fired from the bottom chamber of its cylinder, which allowed it to use an open frame design with powerful magnum cartridges (Ghisoni was also involved in the other common revolver with this feature, the Chiappa Rhino).

Confederation Navy Ceremonial Revolver, option.

 

[Condottiere]

DUNE CITIES: Fiction or Reality?

00:00 INTRO
01:18 DUNE ORIGIN STORY
01:56 Backstory, spice, and Cli-fi
03:14 ARRAKEEN
04:16 ARRAKEEN LAYOUT
05:07 THE GRAND PALACE
08:25 A SAND PROBLEM
11:00 THE FREMEN

1.

2. Oxygen cycle?

3. Wind deflection.

4. Light diffusion.

5. Drink Canada Dry.

6. Import sand.

7. In fact, import water.

8. Rammed earth and water?

9. Underground settlements.

A. Synthetic igloo.

B. Wind capture.

 

[Seffix]

DamiLee is always an inspiration

 

[Condottiere]

Why Don't Cities Use Hexagon Blocks?

Most cities have streets with gridded, organic, or cul-de-sac patterns. Why don't they use hexagons? They can be tiled indefinitely and create safer intersections.

This video relied on this great article:
Ben-Joseph, E., & Gordon, D. (2000). Hexagonal planning in theory and practice. Journal of Urban Design, 5(3), 237-265.

Post interstellar cities.

 

[Condottiere]

The World’s Most Advanced Water Gun

 

[Condottiere]

Model: Tonnage - Input - Technological Level - range - damage - default cost/megastarbux

0.25-0-7 - * - * - 0.011 support mortar
* 0.014-0-7 - b/6 - 3 - 0.9 - 0.0001 explosive artillery

0.25-0-6 - u/3 - * - 0.01 light autocannon magazine/500
* 0.0004-0-6 - * - 1 - 0.6 - 0.000002

0.25-0-7 - u/6 - * - 0.012 vulcan machinegun magazine/1000
* 0.0002-0-7 - * - 0.5 - 0.4 - 0.00000125

0.25-0-A - s - * - 0.016 tac launcher magazine/4 Scope, Track (Anti-aircraft)
* 0.0-0-A - / - 10 - 0.8 - 0.002
0.25-0-A - s - * - 0.012 tac launcher magazine/4 Scope, (Anti-personnel)
* 0.0-0-A - b/10 - 6 - 0.4 - 0.001
0.25-0-A - s - * - 0.015 tac launcher magazine/4 Scope, (Armour-piercing)
* 0.0-0-A - a/10 - 6 - 0.8 - 0.0015

0.25-0-6 - u/3 - * - 0.015 rocket pod magazine/18
* 0.0-0-6 - b/5 - 1.5 - 0.4 - 0.0004445

traits: a/-.+ [accuracy/minus.plus#], amm [anti missile missile], a/# [armour piercing/factor], e/% [energy/percentage], b/# [blast/number], e/r.# [easy/repair.number], h [hardened], i [ion], i/f [intense/focus], l/r [longer/ranged], m/# [missile/number], o/b.s [orbital/bombardment.strike], p/d-.+# [point/defense/minus.plus#], r [radiation], r/# [resilient/number], s [smart], t/# [torpedo/number], t/% [tonnage/percentage], u/# [automatic/number], y/h.v [yield/high.very]


turret compatible

 

[Condottiere]

Model: Tonnage - Input - Technological Level - range - damage - default cost/megastarbux

1-0-6 - u/3 - * - 0.045 heavy autocannon magazine/100
* 0.006-0-6 - a/10 - 1 - 1 - 0.002

1-0-C - u/3 - * - 0.1 gauss cannon magazine/200
* 0.014-0-7 - a/10 - 2 - 1 - 0.0001

traits: a/-.+ [accuracy/minus.plus#], amm [anti missile missile], a/# [armour piercing/factor], e/% [energy/percentage], b/# [blast/number], e/r.# [easy/repair.number], h [hardened], i [ion], i/f [intense/focus], l/r [longer/ranged], m/# [missile/number], o/b.s [orbital/bombardment.strike], p/d-.+# [point/defense/minus.plus#], r [radiation], r/# [resilient/number], s [smart], t/# [torpedo/number], t/% [tonnage/percentage], u/# [automatic/number], y/h.v [yield/high.very]


turret compatible maximum

 

[Condottiere]

Battlefield Meson Accelerator

1. Cost benefit says a technological level eleven fifty tonne bay is better than a technological level fifteen sixty tonne, despite costing two and a half times as much, and needing a dedicated thirty power points.

2. You do get one more dice of damage, and range jump from 150 to long.

3. You do need a fixed mounting, but won't need to allocate any power, I assume, as long as you can keep basic systems functioning.

4. Though I assume that range is capped at six hundred klix for extreme range.

 

[wingsday]

Battlefield Meson Accelerator

1. Cost benefit says a technological level eleven fifty tonne bay is better than a technological level fifteen sixty tonne, despite costing two and a half times as much, and needing a dedicated thirty power points.

2. You do get one more dice of damage, and range jump from 150 to long.

3. You do need a fixed mounting, but won't need to allocate any power, I assume, as long as you can keep basic systems functioning.

4. Though I assume that range is capped at six hundred klix for extreme range.

Fwiw the cannon fires 72 times for every time the bay fires