[OOC] From Stardust, To Stardust

[So Boerd]

Number of planets inhabited

[King Solterra]

Alright Wilson, it;s Planet N1 that's under attack by the Spore Hive Mind, correct?

[TehAlphaGamer]

You'd have to ask for a list. I can tell you now that Sazkarjhia has 10.

[ASTA]

I admit, that 50% lightspeed figure should be toned down, and will be toned down. Drastically. Also, that 10c cruising speed? Yeah... we have that technology already. Nobody's broken the lightspeed barrier, but the mechanism for doing so has existed since the late 90's. Thing is, we have absolutely no idea how to create the negative energy (yes, real thing) fuel that it would need. Plus, by the original design, it would need multiple universes of that. Using modern designs created by Edward White and his team at NASA, that figure can be reduced to the mass of the Voyager space probe. We still don't know how to create a single particle of this stuff though, but it probably exists according to quantum physics. Besides, that's a really, really slow ship to the rest of the galaxy. A few weeks to Alpha Centauri for humans, and the Eternal union just pops in at Mars from somewhere outside Sol in seconds.

My idea for the humans in the long run, however, is that they use "primitive" science to great effect. A high-power railgun could one-shot an alien ship, despite being "primitive" in comparison to "generic DEW".

I like harder (Not that hard, but harder) sci-fi (hence why I chose the Alcubierre Drive instead of a "Hyperdrive" or "Warp Drive"), but I've always been bad with research. In fact, I was going to make those cannons less "whoops I forgot a projectile at that speed would destroy a planet" and more "Cutting beams, but, like, molten metal". Think Sovereign's main gun from Mass Effect. Instead, I was lazy and picked a number less than 90, said "eh, it'll work", and threw it in.

Also, I'm kind of surprised that nobody complained about the fact that a sublight vessel (a fighter, no less) made it to Mars in 20 minutes. That's another thing to fix.

The Eternal Union probably used FTL to traverse that distance in such a short span of time. I figured the ship's "cruising speed" was the general velocity it operated at during ship-to-ship combat or when it was merely coasting through space using sub-light engines. Or something along those lines. I don't know why I thought that.

And, the idea that railguns or other types of projectile weapons are primitive is never justified in science fiction for some reason. I mean for one, you lose the indirect fire capabilities of projectile weapons---unless your DEWs defy all physics and somehow can arc over hills, mountains and around corners.

In the vul'kruun's case, they just modernized the firearm and standard solid-propellant cannon technology as well. And the railgun, the coilgun or its helical sub-types were never actually invented, but they were successful in creating shaped charges (both high-explosive and nuclear) that could propel a projectile through a barrel at extreme velocities. Sort of like a voitenko implosion gun, except minus the device's habit of self-destructing during the firing procedure. There are also light-gas guns, combustion light-gas guns, electrothermal light-gas guns, standard electrothermal guns, electrothermal-chemical guns, and scram cannons.

[Kyelin]

Sorry bout not posting last night, I was unexpectedly surprised with a movie by my partner :D in terms of getting the story of my Nation moving, expect to see a lot more activity in your frontier sectors soon ^*

[WilsonTurner]

Cale Tucker said
Alright Wilson, it;s Planet N1 that's under attack by the Spore Hive Mind, correct?

Yes, it's the outermost planet in the Valkian system. Although, you might want to crash onto the two with-atmo moons, N-1-M1 or N-1-M2

[King Solterra]

They'll just crash everywhere.

Edit: Do the Explorer ships have a Bridge that has a large... well... windshield, of sorts? Or is it just camera's? Either one works.

[WilsonTurner]

So Boerd said
Number of planets inhabited

TehAlphaGamer said
You'd have to ask for a list. I can tell you now that Sazkarjhia has 10.

I have 14. One system.

[WilsonTurner]

Cale Tucker said
They'll just crash everywhere.

All that crash on N-1 will die. Just saying. That, or taken hostage. And, mind you, everything they have will look bland and in strange shapes. Valkians can't see- they detect mass. A metal figure of a water droplet could be considered art, while a painting will be nothing more than a strange, meaningless piece of clothing.

[King Solterra]

1 Hive can launch about 4,000 eggs, and that's a minimum. Each egg holds 10+ creatures. The spores can not affect them also, as they would be taken control of directly by a Praefectus

Edit: Mind you, this doesn't mean they will FIRE EVERYTHING. They reserve so many eggs in case they are fired at by enemy ships and use them as shields, er, well, meat shields.

Edit2: For those that may just be reading this and think this may be gamebreaking; the Esurienti's technology is numbers. Any Esurienti, excluding the Tormenta's, are nearly defenseless. While they have carapace armor.... well, this is an example. a Modern day human Soldier could take down 10+ of them without effort with the standard rifle and ammo, and still have bullets left over in the clip. A Futuristic human soldier could take down probably 20+ without effort. It's expected for them to die and majority of the time they are used as sacrifices. They are also the soldiers and civilians. They burrow, create nests, catch food to feed themselves and communicate. They are the military force and population. In the unlikely event that the Hives launched every egg they had for a ground assault, it would require only a minimum of 3,000-5,000 troops in fortified positions to take them all down. Which in this situation, appears to be exactly that.

[King Solterra]

Sorry, I will rephrase, they will safely crash anywhere that does not kill anyone or damage structures. However, this means they would land on a roadway or a field.

Also, I had made this edit:

Edit: Do the Explorer ships have a Bridge that has a large... well... windshield, of sorts? Or is it just camera's? Either one works.

[King Solterra]

Oh, they detect mass? I wanted to speak about that. Hives give off a small heat signature, but they are entirely organic, so the best they can give off is a mass signature or radiation give-off.

Edit: P.S. - They aren't just spamming eggs onto the planet, they will be sending something that is essentially a greeting to the ships above before sending down their pods. They wouldn't send any pods down at all usually, but they sense the presence of another Hive mind, and they can get jealous.

Edit2: Apologies, disregard the Windshield/camera question. I apologize if I may have insulted your peoples blindness. The blindness wasn't connecting with the windshield/cameras for some reason at first

[Kyelin]

So, duck, are your stations detecting my ships? Just want to clarify... If so, I will have a response when I get back from work. Just so every one knows, I'm a nurse, hence why I never get time to post :S

[ASTA]

So Boerd said
Number of planets inhabited

11 for my civilization. Planets are not close to one another, but are many light years apart. Terraforming technology was never discovered, so hunting for suitable worlds for colonization has been a challenge.

EDIT: Some kind of map would be useful.

[null123]

Kyelin said
So, duck, are your stations detecting my ships? Just want to clarify... If so, I will have a response when I get back from work. Just so every one knows, I'm a nurse, hence why I never get time to post :S

Sorta of, normal non-magic systems aren't, but magical based detection systems are registering faint signatures.

[Kyelin]

No, that makes sense. Ethereals have no concept of magic, and as such no real defended against it. You're in the fine :3

And they are spiritual essences, so they do give off magical signatures

[WilsonTurner]

Cale Tucker said
Oh, they detect mass? I wanted to speak about that. Hives give off a small heat signature, but they are entirely organic, so the best they can give off is a mass signature or radiation give-off.Edit: P.S. - They aren't just spamming eggs onto the planet, they will be sending something that is essentially a greeting to the ships above before sending down their pods. They wouldn't send any pods down at all usually, but they sense the presence of another Hive mind, and they can get jealous.Edit2: Apologies, disregard the Windshield/camera question. I apologize if I may have insulted your peoples blindness. The blindness wasn't connecting with the windshield/cameras for some reason at first

By mass detection, I mean matter. More of a seeing-all-around-them-with-brain kind of thing, as if they literally had eyes in the back of their head... and everywhere else. Their eyes still 'function,' they still are alive and the Valkians do blink, but it's more like something that they lost the ability to use, but never actually lost it.

Of course, if duck-
nevermind.

[null123]

Watcha ya want you Wilson?

[WilsonTurner]

duck55223 said
Watcha ya want you Wilson?

If your people did something, it could cause an incident, but I'm not going to tell you anything regarding future plans or weapons or something or the other, since you'll use the OOC info to IC-prepare. You do it, don't lie, and the best way to prevent you from using OOC information of metagame is to just not say anything at all.

[null123]

WilsonTurner said
If your people did something, it could cause an incident, but I'm not going to tell you anything regarding future plans or weapons or something or the other, since you'll use the OOC info to IC-prepare. You do it, don't lie, and the best way to prevent you from using OOC information of metagame is to just not say anything at all.

No im pretty sure your mixing me up with yourself.