3 minutes ago, AngryAlbatross said:

Acts 16:31 clearly states "They replied, "Believe in the [ASSAULT GUNBOAT], and you will be saved--you and your household.""

You say a book says someone said. Excuse me if I feel a game of telephone is going on.

4 hours ago, Odanan said:

I mean manned. In the XX Century people (including scientists) believed the only solution for humanity would be to colonize other planets. All this is based on miraculous forms of transport (warp) and later cryogenics. Today we know that the future of mankind is to not learn to live in Mars, but in Earth.

And yes, this is a whole philosophical discussion that has nothing to do with Star Wars or Gunboat..

Yes I suspect that for the next few human lifespans at least the challenge will be at making life on earth sustainable. There is no suitable way off this rock. The requirements for interstellar travel are simply too numerous. We can barely manage to survive orbit for extended intervals. Interstellar travel is not likely to be profitable in the human nor economic sense for some time.

1 hour ago, AngryAlbatross said:

Acts 16:31 clearly states "They replied, "Believe in the [ASSAULT GUNBOAT], and you will be saved--you and your household.""

Hmm, I don't quite remember that verse in Acts...

Oh, you're talking about the Holy Gunboat.

1 hour ago, Rakaydos said:

Because, in a moment of weakness, @Odanan pointed out that our world seems doomed these days, and I throw in an obi wan line to transition to a topic with breaking news happening.

No need for warp or cryogenics for mars or the moon.

Oh.

5 hours ago, Odanan said:

I mean manned. In the XX Century people (including scientists) believed the only solution for humanity would be to colonize other planets. All this is based on miraculous forms of transport (warp) and later cryogenics. Today we know that the future of mankind is to not learn to live in Mars, but in Earth.

And yes, this is a whole philosophical discussion that has nothing to do with Star Wars or Gunboat..

Mars sucks. It would take so much time and effort to make it even partially habitable for man kind when we have a (nearly) perfect planet right here. Colonizing barely livable worlds is silly if you have the ability to lift mass out of earth orbit cheaply then why not just build huge space habitats with 1G artificial spin gravity and perfect controlled climates: the ultimate vacation spot. It would take a huge amount of work but the end result would be something far more habitable. Maybe.

floating cities on Venus would be even more awesome, since a room at 1 atm would be buoyant in the dense atmosphere and the gravity is close enough to earth’s that you wouldn’t notice.

i don’t get the last century’s pessimistic view that the earth was doomed. Too many 1970’s dystopian movies I guess. The Day After, a TV miniseries summed up the Cold War fears of Armageddon in stark detail. But I was sure that the 90’s made everyone forget about all that a care more about booty and drugs.

space exploration should be about exploring space, exposing people unnecessarily to hazards when unmanned ships do a terrific job is irresponsible.

Still, even one GUNBOAT would be a huge boon to humanities efforts to explore. Travel to new worlds and blow up stuff!

y'all are overestimating how hard space is. Dont judge by the Republic's weak and ineffective efforts in space, as a single strong leader can bring prices down and the future into reach.

6 hours ago, Odanan said:

I mean manned. In the XX Century people (including scientists) believed the only solution for humanity would be to colonize other planets. All this is based on miraculous forms of transport (warp) and later cryogenics. Today we know that the future of mankind is to not learn to live in Mars, but in Earth.

Gotta move out eventually. That sun ain't gonna last forever.

Aerospace engineer with a specialization in astrodynamics here.

All this talk of real space travel...

Go play Kerbal Space Program and learn yourself how to do it...

And leave this thread to playing with our little plastic "angry flower."

25 minutes ago, DarthEnderX said:

Gotta move out eventually. That sun ain't gonna last forever.

5,000,000,000 years, probably about that time we'll be long gone.

In comparison, the human race has only been around for 200,000 years and civilization as we know it only 6000 years. Industrialization is only 200 years old.

7.45 onwards. Be careful you don't take on too much!

43 minutes ago, Eskandare said:

5,000,000,000 years, probably about that time we'll be long gone.

In comparison, the human race has only been around for 200,000 years and civilization as we know it only 6000 years. Industrialization is only 200 years old.

Unless we take measures now the sun’s ever increasing luminosity will be too much for habitability in merely 0.5 G years! According to certain models.

So we better build those massive solar shades at L1 while we can! Not to mention mitigating asteroid impacts with any of the advanced propulsion systems we have like light sail/laser, ion drives, and such. The next big civilization ending impact may be 10,000 years from now, or today! So those GUNBOATS better get here, SLAM into orbit and Seismic Torpedo those Earth crossing rocks!

3 hours ago, AngryAlbatross said:

Acts 16:31 clearly states "They replied, "Believe in the [ASSAULT GUNBOAT], and you will be saved--you and your household.""

My copy doesn't have the "the" or the "[ASSAULT GUNBOAT]" in it, though I looked again just now, haha.

Perhaps you have the alternate version with the chapters dedicated in describing how to use the holy hand-grenade?

3 minutes ago, clanofwolves said:

My copy doesn't have the "the" or the "[ASSAULT GUNBOAT]" in it, though I looked again just now, haha.

Perhaps you have the alternate version with the chapters dedicated in describing how to use the holy hand-grenade?

Holy termal detonator, you mean.

Just now, Odanan said:

Holy termal detonator, you mean.

Monks: [chanting]
Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem. Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem.
Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem. Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem.
Arthur: [holding the Holy Hand Grenade] How does it, um — how does it work?
Lancelot: I know not, my liege.
Arthur: Consult the Book of Armaments!
Brother Maynard: Armaments, chapter two, verses nine to twenty-one.
Cleric: And Saint Attila raised the Hand Grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this Thy Hand Grenade that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies into tiny pieces...

1 hour ago, DarthEnderX said:

Gotta move out eventually. That sun ain't gonna last forever.

Given a couple billion years I suspect we can build the planet into a space ship with mass drivers, build ant farm style underground living spaces and turn to geothermal and fusion power supplies. I doubt we ever leave earth behind, it's too convenient.

Give us that long and we'll just build a Dyson sphere...

On 9/25/2017 at 11:50 PM, Alpha Xg1 said:

Hey don't forget to page @Mikael Hasselstein our resident ISB agent! Actually, I heard that he's been promoted to Moff.

Indeed! My work as Minister of Truth paid off with a cushy job of Regional Governor (ie. Moff) in a nice Core-Worlds sector (Corellia). Regrettably, the peaceful lives that fine human subjects of the Empire had been living has been marred by a Rebel incursion. Thankfully, the Rebel incursion is well on its way to being crushed.

Unfortunately, this has forced me to take a hiatus from spreading the Truth around the Galaxy. However, by now the Truth should be so well known that anyone who is ignorant of it can check themselves in at the friendly labor resort on Kessel.

4 hours ago, Jetfire said:

Given a couple billion years I suspect we can build the planet into a space ship with mass drivers

Seems unlikely we'd ever be able to turn the planet into a spaceship if people aren't even willing to build boats that are spaceships now.

4 hours ago, NakedDex said:

Give us that long and we'll just build a Dyson sphere...

What good does that do?! Now your trapped inside a ball with your exploding sun!

Re. interstellar travel; firstly - we're never going to get out of this solar system if we keep fighting amongst ourselves. We're already violently competing for resources that are dwindling at an alarming rate; the more we use, the less we have available to make the quantum leaps in technology needed to escape this solar system and colonise other worlds. Unless we start working together and managing resources at a global level, it won't be long before it becomes physically impossible.

Secondly - point-to-point interstellar travel using conventional technology is a pipe dream, with the distances and timescales involved. And contrary to popular belief, space isn't empty. Traveling at the speeds you'd need to to cross the interstellar gulf in a reasonable timeframe, you wouldn't notice the planet sided ball of rock in your way until you'd pancaked into it. You'd need to develop entirely new methods of travel and transportation.

https://www.centauri-dreams.org/

everything you will ever need to know about humanities attempt to travel to the Stars. I’m a big fan of Paul’s work gathering all the resources into one site.

3 hours ago, GrimmyV said:

https://www.centauri-dreams.org/

everything you will ever need to know about humanities attempt to travel to the Stars. I’m a big fan of Paul’s work gathering all the resources into one site.

If you guys are really into space travel, I honestly suggest playing Kerbal Space Program. What is KSP? It is a real physics space simulator that gives you a good idea on how orbital mechanics and rockets, space ships, etc work using patched conics. Mind you, nowadays, we use n-body physics calculations, but the methods we used to get to the moon still work just fine.

6 minutes ago, Eskandare said:

If you guys are really into space travel, I honestly suggest playing Kerbal Space Program. What is KSP? It is a real physics space simulator that gives you a good idea on how orbital mechanics and rockets, space ships, etc work using patched conics. Mind you, nowadays, we use n-body physics calculations, but the methods we used to get to the moon still work just fine.

Mün or bust!

On 5/12/2016 at 6:09 AM, RoK 98 said:

Gunboats Slam

Gunboats will be the Empire Slammers

There

Back on Gunboats

Hmm... Foresight or disregard of lore? Is @RoK 98 on the Design Team!!

Over the course of this thread basically every suggestion that's possible has been proposed for the Gunboat.

Playing texas sharpshooter ain't gonna cut it

Me to everyone when the GUNBOAT releases:

On 9/29/2017 at 6:07 PM, Odanan said:

Holy termal detonator, you mean.

Holy rusted metal Batman!

The metal floor. it’s rusted. And full of holes. Thought I should say something about it.