 War! Kills Seamen, Please, think of the seamen! |
 Dec 27 2010, 07:41 AM
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Ignoring the multiple grammatical errors and misspelled words I've found (but unfortunately not documented... I'll get to that some time) in WAR!, the book so far is a great read with lots of fun information in it. Let's also ignore the strange availability/cost problem (a 26F drone that's only 1.9k (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) ? Really?) for the moment. What we're left with is a very interesting problem in the new naval vessels section: ballast tanks. Now, these are not neccessarily indicative of a problem, but they are when they're added to nearly every ship (and by nearly I mean all but one) and only the submarine has life support. What does that mean? That means that when the Aircraft Carrier or the 120,000 metric ton cargo ship submerge all the seamen on board (and passangers, if any) drown if they don't have SCUBA gear.
Really? I mean, come on, they couldn't catch at least that one? Although the ability to have a missile boat or aircraft carrier rise up out of the ocean as a sneak attack is greatly amusing, it would be better if the ships in question at least kept "skeleton crew" as a more figurative term. |
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Neraph War! Kills Seamen Dec 27 2010, 07:41 AM
Makki Why are you running the shadows? - Because with Wa... Dec 27 2010, 07:50 AM Manunancy I don't have the 'War' book and can... Dec 27 2010, 08:39 AM
Neraph QUOTE (Manunancy @ Dec 27 2010, 02:39 AM)... Dec 27 2010, 08:51 AM
StealthSigma QUOTE (Manunancy @ Dec 27 2010, 03:39 AM)... Dec 27 2010, 01:49 PM toturi QUOTE (Neraph @ Dec 27 2010, 03:41 PM) Re... Dec 27 2010, 08:46 AM hermit It's indicative of the depth of research and t... Dec 27 2010, 09:11 AM Seth QUOTE Ballast tanks are neccessary to turn any wat... Dec 27 2010, 09:49 AM Sengir QUOTE (Seth @ Dec 27 2010, 10:49 AM) That... Dec 27 2010, 11:13 AM hermit Well! Since required reading for prospective S... Dec 27 2010, 11:38 AM Sengir Given the amount of canon and rules violations, th... Dec 27 2010, 01:23 PM Neraph My entire point is that while in the real world it... Dec 27 2010, 05:23 PM pbangarth Even for Dumpshock this is a silly argument. Dec 27 2010, 05:29 PM WyldKnight QUOTE (pbangarth @ Dec 27 2010, 09:29 AM)... Dec 27 2010, 06:18 PM Doc Chase QUOTE (WyldKnight @ Dec 27 2010, 06:18 PM... Dec 27 2010, 06:22 PM Tymeaus Jalynsfein QUOTE (pbangarth @ Dec 27 2010, 10:29 AM)... Dec 28 2010, 03:18 AM Dahrken That is probably a case of bad copy/paste and no p... Dec 27 2010, 05:32 PM WyldKnight I'm trying not to but this whole thread is sta... Dec 27 2010, 06:26 PM Adarael I am in agreement with Dahrken's assesment of ... Dec 27 2010, 06:29 PM Tanegar Pun Police, nobody move! WyldKnight, Doc Chas... Dec 27 2010, 08:10 PM StealthSigma QUOTE (Tanegar @ Dec 27 2010, 03:10 PM) Y... Dec 27 2010, 08:21 PM WyldKnight I got to say the tide of justice is hard to fight ... Dec 27 2010, 08:15 PM Squiddy Attack Mind the pundertow. Dec 27 2010, 08:16 PM pbangarth That's swell! No matter how the rest of u... Dec 27 2010, 08:21 PM hobgoblin put a trifork in me, i'm done... Dec 27 2010, 08:22 PM Brazilian_Shinobi Oh my god, I'm being drowned by bad puns.
Some... Dec 27 2010, 08:25 PM StealthSigma QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Dec 27 2010, 03... Dec 27 2010, 08:27 PM nezumi I'm sorry, that one seems weak. It won't f... Dec 27 2010, 08:59 PM StealthSigma QUOTE (nezumi @ Dec 27 2010, 03:59 PM) I... Dec 27 2010, 09:52 PM WyldKnight All it took was one and now the puns own this thre... Dec 27 2010, 09:02 PM hobgoblin there she blows! Dec 27 2010, 09:04 PM WyldKnight Was there ever a topic to this thread? Oh right, w... Dec 27 2010, 09:07 PM Stahlseele Well, the Titanic, the Bismark and the Yamato will... Dec 27 2010, 09:08 PM hermit We should take the wind out of the sails of those ... Dec 27 2010, 09:15 PM Stahlseele QUOTE (hermit @ Dec 27 2010, 10:15 PM) We... Dec 27 2010, 09:26 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Dec 27 2010, 10:15 PM) We... Dec 27 2010, 09:33 PM Squiddy Attack QUOTE (Sengir @ Dec 27 2010, 01:33 PM) Ho... Dec 27 2010, 09:49 PM WyldKnight I would have taken it seriously if you hadn't ... Dec 27 2010, 09:20 PM hermit Ow! My seamen! Dec 27 2010, 09:47 PM Tzeentch -- A bit more on-topic ...
There are an inordinat... Dec 27 2010, 11:24 PM pbangarth QUOTE (Tzeentch @ Dec 27 2010, 06:24 PM) ... Dec 28 2010, 01:36 AM TheMadderHatter QUOTE (pbangarth @ Dec 27 2010, 08:36 PM)... Dec 28 2010, 01:46 AM pbangarth Well, Tzeentch was specifically talking about subm... Dec 28 2010, 01:59 AM TheMadderHatter My apologies for my misunderstanding; for some rea... Dec 28 2010, 02:01 AM Tzeentch -- Hulls optimized for underwater travel are not v... Dec 28 2010, 02:08 AM Neraph QUOTE (Tzeentch @ Dec 27 2010, 08:08 PM) ... Dec 28 2010, 05:26 PM nezumi Quick question - are the aircraft also designed to... Dec 28 2010, 09:28 PM Tzeentch -- If it is really supposed to be a submersible or... Dec 28 2010, 09:38 PM Mardrax So can the "submerged" aircraft subseque... Dec 28 2010, 10:50 PM Tzeentch QUOTE (Mardrax @ Dec 28 2010, 10:50 PM) S... Dec 29 2010, 11:26 PM Mardrax QUOTE (Tzeentch @ Dec 30 2010, 12:26 AM) ... Dec 30 2010, 10:42 AM The Jopp QUOTE (Mardrax @ Dec 30 2010, 11:42 AM) S... Dec 30 2010, 12:24 PM nezumi That's an excellent question. I haven't se... Dec 29 2010, 02:06 PM The Jopp Im getting a sinking feeling out of this thread. Dec 29 2010, 02:27 PM WyldKnight We just escaped the pun trap, not again! Dec 29 2010, 05:25 PM hermit There's a certain backdraft dragging it into d... Dec 29 2010, 05:47 PM Neraph Well, if it's milspec, the device rating is su... Dec 29 2010, 05:54 PM Draco18s QUOTE (Neraph @ Dec 29 2010, 12:54 PM) an... Dec 29 2010, 05:57 PM sabs Ships are running off of Nexus, not commliks.
The ... Dec 29 2010, 05:58 PM hermit QUOTE And as we all know, its RADAR that does the ... Dec 29 2010, 06:06 PM sabs QUOTE (hermit @ Dec 29 2010, 07:06 PM) It... Dec 29 2010, 06:41 PM Doc Chase Ships communicate via Sat. Maersk's supercarr... Dec 29 2010, 06:09 PM hermit Sounds good. Dec 29 2010, 06:22 PM Tzeentch -- Note that individual ships don't need to ha... Dec 29 2010, 11:29 PM hermit QUOTE Silliness aside, I could definitely see a su... Dec 30 2010, 12:35 PM nezumi You could also put the aircraft into some sort of ... Dec 30 2010, 01:20 PM hermit The poor pilots. Isn't it enough to kill the s... Dec 30 2010, 09:29 PM Stahlseele Well, it would work with drones at least. Dec 30 2010, 10:03 PM Mardrax The aircraft wouldn't need any modifications t... Dec 31 2010, 03:29 AM hermit Yeah, not the best pic ... it's from the supre... Dec 31 2010, 08:04 AM Mardrax Ah. SC never really made it onto my to-do list, so... Dec 31 2010, 11:18 AM hermit QUOTE (Mardrax @ Dec 31 2010, 12:18 PM) A... Jan 1 2011, 05:36 PM Rotbart van Dainig QUOTE (hermit @ Jan 1 2011, 06:36 PM) I c... Jan 1 2011, 06:25 PM Brazilian_Shinobi QUOTE (hermit @ Jan 1 2011, 02:36 PM) It ... Jan 1 2011, 06:49 PM hobgoblin QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Jan 1 2011, 07... Jan 1 2011, 07:34 PM Mikado QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Jan 1 2011, 01... Jan 1 2011, 08:56 PM nezumi QUOTE (hermit @ Jan 1 2011, 12:36 PM) Wel... Jan 1 2011, 10:30 PM hermit Nice. Well, it featured heavily in all Ace Combat ... Jan 1 2011, 06:27 PM hermit Actually, I replied to a side track that said ... Jan 1 2011, 10:46 PM Shaidar QUOTE (Neraph @ Dec 26 2010, 11:41 PM) Ig... Jan 3 2011, 04:14 AM Tzeentch -- I'm not sure sub-launched aircraft work wel... Jan 3 2011, 04:36 AM Mardrax QUOTE (Tzeentch @ Jan 3 2011, 05:36 AM) F... Jan 3 2011, 11:03 AM Tzeentch QUOTE (Mardrax @ Jan 3 2011, 12:03 PM) ..... Jan 3 2011, 11:27 AM Shaidar I know I read it out of Arsenal.
They need a new ... Jan 3 2011, 05:27 AM IcyCool Just to put a little info out there, for those dis... Jan 3 2011, 05:43 AM Draco18s QUOTE (IcyCool @ Jan 3 2011, 12:43 AM) Ju... Jan 3 2011, 03:13 PM Tzeentch -- In Shadowrun terms that's an aircraft with ... Jan 3 2011, 05:47 AM Mardrax We know this, Shaldar. The exact same point has be... Jan 3 2011, 06:10 AM nezumi QUOTE (Mardrax @ Jan 3 2011, 01:10 AM) An... Jan 3 2011, 12:32 PM simplexio QUOTE (Mardrax @ Jan 3 2011, 08:10 AM) ..... Jan 3 2011, 05:59 PM Brazilian_Shinobi Reading the wikipedia article, I think the best so... Jan 3 2011, 06:38 AM StealthSigma QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Jan 3 2011, 01... Jan 3 2011, 02:55 PM Dahrken While it is not forbidden to load a drone (say a S... Jan 3 2011, 11:53 AM Tzeentch The solid-fuel JATO packs?
A jet engine can't... Jan 3 2011, 01:20 PM Stahlseele Well, a normal turbine engine might, but then you... Jan 3 2011, 01:37 PM Tzeentch -- The Russian Shkval is the only supercavitation ... Jan 3 2011, 01:46 PM Stahlseele Yah, that's the one i was thinking about. Jan 3 2011, 01:50 PM Stahlseele Also: Magic.
High Force Levitate Spell or movemen... Jan 3 2011, 03:10 PM Brazilian_Shinobi QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jan 3 2011, 12:10 PM)... Jan 3 2011, 04:17 PM Stahlseele Ferrexample laddie Jan 3 2011, 04:31 PM  |
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