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Phobophilia posted:Because while the attack on the Donnagher was well planned and executed, they must have gone in with the expectation of losses (especially the boarders). So we have five super secret next-generation stealth light-attack ships, what's the best way to use our STEALTH ships? Oh I know, let's burn directly at the enemy battleship in a big rear end group to make sure they see us coming from hours away, so we can get rolled by the enemy's superior firepower and armor.
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Of course there is a lot of AI and advanced automation on the ships. Think about how many sailors are needed to crew a modern warship. Now imagine you have to bring air and water and food into space for every guy on board. The only practical way to conduct long range space missions is to automate most of the functions and have a minimal human crew of officers and technicians to perform the supervising duties. The downside to this automation is lack of bodies on hand to do damage control (firefighting, plugging leaks) and the inability to have redundant people around in case of casualties. Also with less sailors, you're more vulnerable to boarding actions. That's basically the only way the Donnager was able to be boarded successfully by a smaller craft.
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Sep 8, 2016 16:23
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Baronjutter posted:Why don't the space people just spin their poo poo a bit faster? An asteroid may not be a solid hunk of iron ore but a gravel pile loosely held together by gravity. Or there may be fissures and structural weaknesses in the rock. Spinning too hard might cause the whole thing to fall to pieces with obviously bad consequences for the inhabitants. Also above 1-2 RPM even the most acclimated individuals will suffer from horrible vertigo.
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Jan 12, 2017 18:46
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0.3g is horrible to work in unless everyone had gravity boots or something. Imagine you have the same mass and inertia of your body but only 1/3 the friction for your feet. It would be like walking on ice, and you won't have any leverage to do any manual labor without being strapped down.
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