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by Typhonis 1
2015-12-10 07:16pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Science fiction without FTL?
Replies: 32
Views: 9044

Re: Science fiction without FTL?

Transhuman Space. Takes place in the Solar System in 2100 AD. No FTL communications or drives. Trips can take weeks or months.
by Typhonis 1
2015-11-30 05:10am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: Rebels
Replies: 2565
Views: 675095

Re: Star Wars: Rebels

R2 and 3P0 crossing the hallway while the stormtroopers were filling it with blaster fire and neither were shot out of hand? The fact they were hitting their targets ? Also it was a choke point but they still managed to take it and enter the ship. The fact Tarkin mentions this plan of Vader's had be...
by Typhonis 1
2015-11-29 11:03am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: Rebels
Replies: 2565
Views: 675095

Re: Star Wars: Rebels

Storm troopers were very accurate if Vader didn't order them to miss the protags. Think about it they wanted them to escape but it had to look real ...and killing them before they could escape and reveal where the base was, was stupid. Imagine being the trooper whom hit Han or Leia, how would Vader ...
by Typhonis 1
2015-11-29 10:54am
Forum: Pure Star Trek
Topic: Next generation starship program
Replies: 175
Views: 57173

Re: Next generation starship program

If I commanded a Starfleet ship, I would issue orders that when the ship is at battle stations, the holodeck be repurposed as a CIC. It's extremely configurable, can display information in an unlimited arrangement of ways, and clearly has advanced, massively intelligent computer support or it would...
by Typhonis 1
2015-11-27 08:30am
Forum: Pure Star Trek
Topic: Next generation starship program
Replies: 175
Views: 57173

Re: Next generation starship program

Keep the bridge, however steal an idea from the 40's that we use today. CiC Combat Information Center. This is where the ship is fought from where the sensors and weapons are controlled. Leave the bridge for navigation concerns but have a separate , dedicated warfare center deep inside the ship. Hel...
by Typhonis 1
2015-11-20 07:35pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Death Star Conspiracy
Replies: 32
Views: 11602

Re: Death Star Conspiracy

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

BTW the surface guns did nail a few ships in the fight.
by Typhonis 1
2015-11-20 06:11pm
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: Fallout 4... is coming (10 Nov 2015)
Replies: 283
Views: 116532

Re: Fallout 4... is coming (10 Nov 2015)

Adhesive is gold. 3 tato+ 3 mutfruit+ 3 corn + 1 purified water = 5 adhesive. All you need are some plants or settlements...Abernathy Farm and Greygarden....a cooking station Sanctuary Hills and viola....caps and experience for free.
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-30 02:28pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: New GIANT starship comparison sheet BIG!
Replies: 38
Views: 10601

Re: New GIANT starship comparison sheet BIG!

I wonder where the Beast Planet is from Shadow Raiders?
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-29 03:46pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: New GIANT starship comparison sheet BIG!
Replies: 38
Views: 10601

Re: New GIANT starship comparison sheet BIG!

Enigma wrote:Still no Dahakverse battle moons. :(
Well Our moon Luna is on that chart so Dahak himself is there. Or something the size of an Utu class planetoid.
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-29 03:37pm
Forum: Star Wars vs Star Trek
Topic: How powerful is the Enterprise's main deflector dish?
Replies: 84
Views: 33667

Re: How powerful is the Enterprise's main deflector dish?

Borgholio, War of the Worlds 1953, not the Tom Cruise remake. They have saucer shaped fighting machines held aloft by three tractor beam emmiters. The things also have force fields capable of surviving a proximity blast from a nuclear weapon. The things land inside giant meteorites , that are hollow...
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-24 10:03pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Alternate Galla
Replies: 1
Views: 3987

Alternate Galla

Alternate Galla By Typhonis. This story is written for fun, not for profit. All owners own their respective properties. Celestia leaned in close to Twilight Sparkles ear. Just a single word. A single word to cause this whole, entire , fiasco to explode in a most wonderful manner. She was about to ut...
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-24 09:18pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Mobile Suits
Replies: 80
Views: 15368

Re: Mobile Suits

Weren't they supposed to be remote controlled Merkeva's? Then again it sounds like the entire test was a showpiece staged for all to watch and ohh and ahh over. Besides 'modern' Battletech is a supply officers nightmare. Imagine the Hell the supply officer of a mech battalion goes through making sur...
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-24 08:33pm
Forum: Pure Star Trek
Topic: Star Trek: Star Fleet Technical Manual
Replies: 5
Views: 6115

Star Trek: Star Fleet Technical Manual

Star Trek: Star Fleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph. Anyone else have a copy of this 1970's book?

How does it stand up to 'modern' Trek information ? Is it still a good source or is it merely nostalgia?

http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star ... cal_Manual
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-24 07:30pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Mobile Suits
Replies: 80
Views: 15368

Re: Mobile Suits

I agree. though BattleTech explores that issue, it seems to me that the only true advantages that a 'mech would have over a tank would be maneuverability and adaptability. A 'mech could walk in places where tanks could not, and they could drag other mechs off the battlefield, and mechs with over si...
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-23 02:12pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Mobile Suits
Replies: 80
Views: 15368

Re: Mobile Suits

As weapons of war? They suck donkey balls. For the same weight of gundanium a TANK will still be far better protected. It will still be far harder to spot and have a far more powerful weapon due to the fact it's center of gravity will be much lower. The tank will be easier to produce and maintain. S...
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-17 06:22pm
Forum: Pure Star Trek
Topic: Warp strafing, why isn't it used more?
Replies: 76
Views: 31731

Re: Warp strafing, why isn't it used more?

Depending on how cannon it is...all combat takes place at warp speed in Star Fleet Battles. In fact the speed varies from Warp 1 to a little over warp 3. Then again in SFB they can travel 500 parsecs a MONTH at cruising speed and usually carry 3000 parsecs worth of fuel. They can go Warp 9 BUT their...
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-16 09:21am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Thanas presents: shit Homeland told me
Replies: 52
Views: 14671

Re: Thanas presents: shit Homeland told me

So fear mongering pandering to the quote from P.T. Barnum "There's a sucker born every minute." and another quote, "A fool and his money are soon parted." Amuricha Fuck Yeah! The series. Right will watch if I can see it for free...even then will just mute the damn thing and make ...
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-15 05:04am
Forum: History
Topic: Earlier Arnament
Replies: 12
Views: 7689

Re: Earlier Arnament

What would we see small arms wise? More Garands and fewer Springfields and does this mean little Wake island has a few tanks?
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-13 03:30pm
Forum: History
Topic: Earlier Arnament
Replies: 12
Views: 7689

Earlier Arnament

September 1, 1939 and the US Congress sees the writing on the wall. By that afternoon a sweeping spending bill is passed. A bill to enable the U.S. to arm itself to defend against foreign agressors. The bill sends money for anament prgrams to accelerate the development and building of planes, tanks,...
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-13 03:06pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: South Park season 19
Replies: 17
Views: 5542

Re: South Park season 19

The last I have seen of South Park is South Park Bigger, Longer and Uncut. I have also seen er played Stick of Truth. What's a good way to get to the good episodes and miss the crap ones?
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-12 12:21pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Can someone tell me the mass of the Executor?
Replies: 34
Views: 8764

Re: Can someone tell me the mass of the Executor?

Couldn't we use the rough density of a modern or WW2 Warship then multiply that number into the Volume of a pyramid roughly the size of the Executor and get a good ballpark eastimate?

The lady Ex is a pyramid of sorts,but her width is greater than height.
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-11 09:00am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: Rebels
Replies: 2565
Views: 675095

Re: Star Wars: Rebels

[ yeah it's likely that there's more to it then sending the message "excute Base Delta Zero" to the ship captain in question. It should be noted that in Legendaries Base Delta Zero as was done by just cranking the weapons to Max yield without any special equipment and as far as I can tell...
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-10 09:10pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Harry Potter: Inquisition
Replies: 1
Views: 4547

Harry Potter: Inquisition

First posted by yours truly elsewhere. A fun look at how claiming to be something you aren't can have unintended consequences. I do not own Harry Potter nor Monty Python. This fic is written for my own amusement and for the amusement of others, free of charge. ======================= The Great Hall ...
by Typhonis 1
2015-10-10 04:25am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: Rebels
Replies: 2565
Views: 675095

Re: Star Wars: Rebels

An Imperial propaganda broadcast early on said that some planet or other fell under the Base Delta Zero initiative for it's own benefit, which makes no sense, because if you're trying to cover up the fact you're glassing planets, the last thing you're going to do is make the command code for doing ...