military
“So we’ve all laughed at Imperial warship design, even when it scares the hell out of us. Impressive, yes, but also flying hotels. Everyone down to the janitors gets private cabins. And we snicker at the Flight Commander’s private garden and jacuzzi, and the crew swimming pool, and
Hurricane-class carrier
HURRICANE-CLASS DRONE BATTLESHIP (CARRIER) Operated by: Empire of the Star Type: Drone Battleship, General Operations Construction: Palaxias Fleet Yards Length: 2.3 km Beam (avg.): 0.8 km Dry mass: 2,900,000 tons Gravity-well capable: No. Atmosphere capable: No. Personnel: 1,294 * 396 crewers * 514 flight operations * 384 espatiers
military
shrieker: (also ping-pedo) a single-shot directional EM pulse generator mounted in a capsule suitable for mass driver deployment. It is a truism of tactics that active sensors, while much more effective than passive sensors, can rarely be used since they are even more effective at disclosing the user’s position
military
Just to clear up a few misconceptions that may have crept in: David Weber, alas, has done me no favors by convincing much of the SF-reading world that the standard interstellar badass is the dreadnought. And, yes, you may remember me saying “it sure would be nice to build nothing
military
I am removing this post. Why am I removing this post? Because apparently no matter how many disclaimers I stick on some numbers I came up with on the back of an envelope before my morning coffee, concerning both those factors and how they represent a hypothetical extreme case that
military
LEVIATHAN-CLASS DREADNOUGHT Operated by:Â Empire of the Star Type:Â Dreadnought, General Operations Construction:Â Palaxias Fleet Yards Length:Â 3 km Beam (avg.):Â 0.8 km Z-Beam (avg.):Â 0.6 km Dry mass:Â 2,500,000 tons Gravity-well capable:Â No. Atmosphere-capable:Â No. Personnel:Â 6,736 * 4,968 crewers * 1,768 espatiers * Thinker-class
Imperial Navy
(With due apologies to the author of GURPS Lensman, whose work I am shamelessly imitating and which put this thing in my head in the first place…) “Oblong shape and squared-off prow, Writ with words from stern to bow. Drive the mass and make a hole – That’s a Gallie
blogging from a to z
(Alternate words: Beefcake. …well, okay. I said to myself that I would keep all the alternate words that I don’t use first time through for potential later use, but with the best will in the world, I don’t think I can do anything with that one. Sorry, o
Hornéd Moon-class starfighter
(Note: for the avoidance of confusion, this is not the same starfighter class as Raymond McVay has been posting over on the G+ fan community; so don’t be confused by the differences…) “It looks like a blueberry croissant.” “Blueberry croissant… of DEATH!” – overheard at Golden Groves (Principalities) starport HORNÉD
trope-a-day
Worthy Opponent: Played straight quite often by the old guard of the Imperial Navy and Imperial Legions, who are known for feeling respect in the presence and nostalgia in the absence of their fellow professionals on the other side, who know how to fight honorably, in accordance with the Laws
worldbuilding
A commenter raises an interesting point with regard to fleet communications, which as we have seen in various places, tend to look like this: FROM: CS GRITFIST (FIELD FLEET RIMWARD) TO: FIELD FLEET RIMWARD COMMAND (CS ARMIGEROUS PROPERTARIAN) *** ROUTINE *** FLEET CONFIDENTIAL E256 *** OVERDUE FOLLOWUP REF: TASK GROUP R-4-118 REF: OVERDUE
Imperial Navy
“You’re adorable.” Her laughter rang through the bridge like the tinkle of ice on silver bells. “You worked so hard on that speech. I can tell. And you’ve been putting so much effort into trying to get it right. You’ve been cleansing populations left and right, and