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by junk
Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:41 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Stay Healthy If You Can
Replies: 42
Views: 24910

Re: Stay Healthy If You Can

Yeah health is bizarre more often than not. My Achilles heel randomly decided go give up on me last week.
by junk
Mon Jun 08, 2020 6:20 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: 182
Replies: 29
Views: 12493

Re: 182

Yeah seems that something really did leak.
It might not be normal Loroi PSI and it was Loroi to Human rather than the other way.
by junk
Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:54 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: 172: See something you like?
Replies: 49
Views: 23277

Re: 172: See something you like?

God damn - I adore Talon

That grin is something I aspire to be capable off.
by junk
Mon May 20, 2019 10:43 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 155: But hang on...
Replies: 31
Views: 18075

Re: Page 155: But hang on...

To me the most interesting information to take from this is the offhand comment about the quality of human software. The things to take away from this - not necessarily all true - Humans conducted a lot more cyberwarfare than other races against each other and as such have procedures and methods in ...
by junk
Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:16 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
Replies: 2709
Views: 1609279

Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)

The similarities between Loroi and Humans are so staggeringly close that CLEARLY there MUST have been some common progenitor of both species. Not so much a common progenitor as a blatant copy of the human design using other materials and then modded with things such as longevity and telepathic comm...
by junk
Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:14 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 74, Loroi order of battle
Replies: 23
Views: 16190

Re: Page 74, Loroi order of battle

Here goes: does anyone know of any media portraying space battles elsewhere? proper space battles, with tactics and such, not hero saves the day in a fighter against whole fleet kind of space battles. I'd very much suggest the Honor Harrington series of novels. Originally inspired by the Horatio Ho...
by junk
Wed Jul 22, 2015 9:28 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
Replies: 6272
Views: 4258624

Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread

Out of curiosity - how long did it take loroi to go from flight to spaceflight? I presume it took them less than humanity, considering they had a larger population and 3 worlds.
by junk
Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:18 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: The importance of skill in ever more advanced wars.
Replies: 59
Views: 31612

Re: The importance of skill in ever more advanced wars.

Honestly, I think the best use case scenario for AIs is in the form of neural networks for tactical and strategic computers.
by junk
Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:19 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 74, Loroi order of battle
Replies: 23
Views: 16190

Re: Page 74, Loroi order of battle

I think bab5 tries at times, admittedly don't remember all that much. Particularly in the scenes with the human-minbari war of extermination. Which is actually in some ways comparable to a potential human-loroi conflict. Due to the differences in tech levels and unscrupulousness. https://www.youtube...
by junk
Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:15 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: The importance of skill in ever more advanced wars.
Replies: 59
Views: 31612

Re: The importance of skill in ever more advanced wars.

I think a lot of people also forget that for instance nazi germany was always on the very brink of economic collapse. Yes, the state was supporting a very large workforce, but it was always just ahead of insolvency. One of the methods it used to get to get ahead was by very aggressive expansion, exp...
by junk
Thu Jul 02, 2015 1:09 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Terran question-and-answer thread
Replies: 1204
Views: 994190

Re: Miscellaneous Terran question-and-answer thread

This does bring a different question. Has humanity developed any pharmaceuticals which help to negate or even prevent jump sickness?
And in the case it has, what about other species which feel it.
by junk
Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:33 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Umiak/misc. races question-and-answer thread
Replies: 764
Views: 513303

Re: Miscellaneous Umiak/misc. races question-and-answer thre

About the Pipolsid : How they manage to develop a technological civilization ? Fire is effectively impossible without specialized resources... They use some sort of " seacrete " (somewhat resembling shellfish shells) in their construcions ? I presume that they extract metal supplies from the deep s...
by junk
Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:30 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: The importance of skill in ever more advanced wars.
Replies: 59
Views: 31612

Re: The importance of skill in ever more advanced wars.

Armored infantry armed with the high-tech equivalent of assault rifles. That's sort of what I wanted to dig into. What are "high tech" assault rifles( I keep coming back to self firing guns, but you guys might have different ideas). What else would a Loroi have on them? Why don't they have exosuits...
by junk
Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:38 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Umiak/misc. races question-and-answer thread
Replies: 764
Views: 513303

Re: Miscellaneous Umiak/misc. races question-and-answer thre

In that regard - is there actually any proof of there being a biological race called the historians? Are the Loroi aware of their existance? Or is it possible that those AI constructs are in fact the historians themselves.
by junk
Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:48 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Speculation: What can Humaniti offer the Loroi?
Replies: 155
Views: 91319

Re: Speculation: What can Humaniti offer the Loroi?

hi hi Mr. Tucker, that figure also includes labor and bureaucracy, just like the 450 million per launch figure. It is beginning to look like some of the Umiak's greatest industrial achievements may have been in cutting down the costs of labor and bureaucracy. At least the Umiak don't build torpedoe...
by junk
Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:25 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: What is better not offer to Loroi
Replies: 79
Views: 47689

Re: What is better not offer to Loroi

If one were going to design a race of ground troops, they might look something like... the Barsam. But ground troops are not the only kind of warrior. And in this milieu, they are actually the least important kind of warrior. Wars are won in space, not on the ground; yes, you need troops to hold th...
by junk
Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:07 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Terran question-and-answer thread
Replies: 1204
Views: 994190

Re: Miscellaneous Terran question-and-answer thread

I generally don't answer hypothetical questions about what might or might not happen in the comic. I've got a small question about human uniforms and scafanders in particular. We've seen the fairly bulky ones used by the scout fleet. Does the navy itself have access to less bulky, more modern ones ...
by junk
Thu Oct 16, 2014 1:34 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Terran question-and-answer thread
Replies: 1204
Views: 994190

Re: Miscellaneous Terran question-and-answer thread

I've got a small question about human uniforms and scafanders in particular. We've seen the fairly bulky ones used by the scout fleet. Does the navy itself have access to less bulky, more modern ones in lieu of their probably better financing or do they share most of this equipment with the scout fl...
by junk
Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:01 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Gyrojet Pistol
Replies: 100
Views: 52720

Re: Gyrojet Pistol

If you have a choice, take the T-90 into combat over the T-72. Just ask the Iraqi Republican Guard. Been watching this debate from the side lines, its starting to look like the last one about the Zumwalt :roll: . Might be a good idea to split off into a separate topic. Fun reading along though :D I...
by junk
Sun Oct 12, 2014 11:06 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Terran question-and-answer thread
Replies: 1204
Views: 994190

Re: Miscellaneous Terran question-and-answer thread

No, I'm just saying that providing electrical power to the ship is a secondary function of the main reactors. Ships will also have some kind of auxiliary power source to provide electricity when the mains are offline, as well as batteries for storage. I presume, that their secondary power might be ...