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by SVlad
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Replace Alex With a Gigachad Who Acted Like A Gig... How Would The Story Be Different? Funny and Serious Answers Welcome
Replies: 11
Views: 1478

Re: Replace Alex With a Gigachad Who Acted Like A Gig... How Would The Story Be Different? Funny and Serious Answers Wel

So, you want Duke Nukem instead of Alex?
I'm your worst nightmare; you uninvited alien scum sucker and right now you're all that stands between me and a planet full of babes. So get ready to bend over and kiss your ass goodbye.
(Duke to Kikitik)
by SVlad
Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:47 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Merry Christmas 2023 everyone!
Replies: 41
Views: 244609

Re: Merry Christmas 2023 everyone!

There is lots of free ai generator there.
Just open website, type some keywords, look at result, rinse and repeat:
Example:
https://getimg.ai/img/img-1EzNE9b80DanTlvHloHjj
by SVlad
Wed Dec 27, 2023 4:44 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page: 225 - Krak, KRAK!! WHOKK!!!
Replies: 69
Views: 741768

Re: Page: 225 - Krak, KRAK!! WHOKK!!!

From Umiac Insider page:
the forward pair of legs can also be used to strike (in the manner of a rearing horse)
Looks like this one do exactly that.
by SVlad
Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Outsider humor thread
Replies: 186
Views: 622973

Re: Outsider humor thread

I really doubt anything can be ejected from ship during jump. As description says "The jump is nearly instantaneous, so there is not much you can do while in hyperspace."
In that context "nearly" likely meaning interval only atomic clock can measure.
by SVlad
Tue Sep 05, 2023 11:16 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
Replies: 6272
Views: 4260576

Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread

SaintofM wrote:
Tue Sep 05, 2023 6:21 am
How do the Loroi (and by extension) the other races create gravity for their ships?
Onboard artificial gravity generators.
by SVlad
Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:31 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Sex Questions
Replies: 30
Views: 69367

Induced ovulation

TIL there is such thing as induced ovulation. Cats for example. Seems like Loroi have exactly that mechanic.
by SVlad
Sat Jul 29, 2023 12:42 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 222: Take Care What You Choose For Cover
Replies: 120
Views: 545525

Re: Page 222: Take Care What You Choose For Cover

There's no reason why you couldn't use an Arleigh Burke to move grain from Odessa to Port Durban. But, while the ship is physically capable of moving some grain, decisions made in designing the Arleigh Burkes mean it will never carry out that role as well as a bulk carrier. Russia uses landing ship...
by SVlad
Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:30 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 223: Most Fortunate!
Replies: 45
Views: 165345

Re: Page 223: Most Fortunate!

Probably it's just kind of translation convention?
by SVlad
Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:27 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: "Earth should be about HERE..."
Replies: 47
Views: 83530

Re: "Earth should be about HERE..."

That has certain interesting military implications, vis a vis the value of reconnaissance, and the relative advantage of offense and defense. The Loroi farseers may not be as much of a game changer as I thought they were. In outsiderverse everyone sees everyone in the same star system. As there is ...
by SVlad
Wed Jul 05, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
Replies: 6272
Views: 4260576

Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread

I remembered an old conversation about "how Loroi can recreate telepathy amplifiers if they don't even understand how telepathy works" . And I think I found a good example in real life: Pagl1zg0j4A These resonant camerton boxes can be recreated at almost any tech level, down to probably the Bronze A...
by SVlad
Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:46 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
Replies: 6272
Views: 4260576

Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread

Their economy with all this state owned sectors really resembles USSR. And warriors and workers are like party and non-party citizens. I wonder if they inherited inefficiency and corruption of Soviet economy.
by SVlad
Sun Feb 12, 2023 9:28 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)
Replies: 34
Views: 42997

Re: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)

How you manage the problem with different color presentation on different monitors and different interfaces?
by SVlad
Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:19 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)
Replies: 34
Views: 42997

Re: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)

What a strange coincidence - a couple of weeks ago, my main HDD also began to die (perhaps due to the fact that when I relocated, I slipped on ice and fell exactly when I was carrying the computer case). So I've already passed the way of migrating windows data from dying hardware. There are two tips...
by SVlad
Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:52 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
Replies: 6272
Views: 4260576

Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread

Demarquis wrote:
Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:25 am
"Sugar is really fundamental and universal hydrocarbon"

Is it really?
Yes. Proof link
by SVlad
Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:52 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
Replies: 6272
Views: 4260576

Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread

I still want to see how a Loroi might react to sugar and caffeine. Coffee might be a very popular export to the Union later on. Sugar is really fundamental and universal hydrocarbon, and it's hard to imagine loroi biochemistry doesn't use it the same way we do. So sugar should be well known for lor...
by SVlad
Fri Dec 30, 2022 5:59 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: How Taimat Might Work (take it or leave it Arioch)
Replies: 16
Views: 28922

Re: How Taimat Might Work (take it or leave it Arioch)

A bit unrelated but do the word taimat is somehow related with tiamat?
by SVlad
Sat Dec 03, 2022 10:39 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Are We Gods Or Will We Become Like The Soia?
Replies: 17
Views: 18826

Re: Are We Gods Or Will We Become Like The Soia?

An average person already lives long enough to learn several languages, play a musical instrument and a trade, see the world, raise their children, teach that next generation everything they know (including how to be better people) and be a grandparent. If said average person was luck to born in a ...
by SVlad
Thu Dec 01, 2022 12:54 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 218: The Volunteer
Replies: 67
Views: 74525

Re: Page 218: The Volunteer

And people fall for it. The most expensive washing detergent in my local supermarket is Euro 7.25. The cheapest is Euro 1.35. The cheap one hardly gets sold because "it's so cheap, it must be crap". But as I found out it washes just as well as the expensive ones. Lucky you. Here in Russia the cheap...
by SVlad
Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:45 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: MoO II races and their parallels in Outsider
Replies: 76
Views: 66404

Re: MoO II races and their parallels in Outsider

I think I played Master of Orion 3 for a grand total of about 30 minutes. Same here. Actually, MoO3 resembles Stellaris in it's game model, but without all lore side events, and with messy interface and lack of balance. Even comparing to Stellaris itself that is not known for interface and balance.
by SVlad
Tue Nov 01, 2022 7:52 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 218: The Volunteer
Replies: 67
Views: 74525

Re: Page 218: The Volunteer

Arioch wrote:
Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:46 pm
It's a rough 3D model overpainted by hand.
New style? I hope it would make work on backgrounds easier.