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"Rip and tear, until it is DONE!"

I imagine a warship using energy-intensive weapons such as mass drivers or directed energy weapons would have massive capacitor rings distributed throughout the hull, which any weapon or system requiring sudden spikes of power that a reactor can't possibly supply would tap into. Essentially, the cap...

I suspect that the Umiak warship designers are sane and have designed the ships' airlocks in such a manner that it is mechanically impossible for an airlock to simultaneously be open to space and open to the ship's pressurized interior. That said, opening something large like exterior cargo bay door...

To me, it just looks like light being reflected through the glass (or whatever high tech material Loroi might be using) faceplate on his helmet.

On the other hand, I reckon Loroi should outlast a human in the hot desert due to lower body temperature. Although I don't if know if it would be long enough to make much difference. Hours would. Minutes? No. I would think it would be the other way around, just from pure thermodynamics. The greater...

So Tempo is downright scary. If you pulled a gun on her she could move your fingers so that you dropped it, or if the gun weighed a kilogram or less she could pull a Darth Vader vs Han Solo trick by pulling it out his hand with PK and going further, shooting him using PK with the same gun. Just as ...

...hoo boy. This reeks of 'suicide mission' to me. Leave one crewman out for the boarders to find while everyone else hides. The boarders shoot her, then don't immediately find anyone else aboard and leave. Pragmatic, but callous (to Cloud) all the same. A low chance of success by virtue of it relyi...

I would guess that it means there is supposed to be a relay, beacon or station in the indicated positions but they have been destroyed, occupied, or otherwise rendered inoperative.

While obviously handy against battle damage, this can also be a problem when overheating is a concern. There's a reason our computers have fans. Using the air in your ship's compartments to absorb heat from ship systems will result in a cooked crew. The Mass Effect series addresses this in the desc...

That's one of the things I like about SpaceX's Mars plan: it's privately funded. As long as they're not using my tax dollars for it, they can be as frivolous as they want in their space ambitions. Well, they could be using your retirement fund instead. Alphabet (Google's parent company for those un...

Just to add to the point about heels on riding boots, they only need to be an inch or two (2-5cm) at most to grab the stirrups. Wearing high heels while riding a horse is a good way to get your feet caught and tangled up in said stirrups when mounting or dismounting. Where I work, enough clients hav...

But we can go on what we have now and costs and the fact the Mech can have a large amount of its components made out of cheaper materials then metal and its joints are not under anywhere near the same amount of friction loading as a wheeled/tracked system for heavy vehicles. When we deal with ficti...

Don't remember where I read it but somewhere it was mentioned that humans have a 10° higher body temperature than the Loroi. That's a lot. Have you ever touched someone with a high fever? That's how Alex should feel to the ladies if they have a similarly sensitive temperature sense for their fellow...

Heathen barbarians, the lot of you!



Mmm.... licorice.

I have no personal experience with zebras, but an acquaintance of mine who works in the exotic animals industry tells me that a zebra can be broken just like a horse, and put under a saddle and bridle. The difference is that a zebra is more 'twitchy' (as she puts it) and prone to spook. I would gues...

<-- takes care of horses for a living. Horses don't really need much variety besides hay and small amounts of grain if they can't graze, especially if they aren't being worked at the time. In the modern day, the grain is usually in the form of pellets processed in a grain factory, but before the 20t...

I would guess they're some kind of Loroi equivalent to an electrolyte drink. The protein shakes or liquid nutrition supplements in MREs and other field rations have too much 'stuff' in them to be translucent like these are; I can't imagine how these would be any different. Though they could just app...

At the risk of being pedantic... < snip> Due to their maneuverability, helicopters are very dangerous opponents when matched against fixed winged aircraft. To this day, the basic lesson is that fighters should stay away from helicopters, and only attack from high altitudes or at long ranges (beyond ...

I did think of one scenario where a really tall walker might be useful, albeit this is really stretching things. Think of a medieval siege tower with legs. This could be a good option for breaching the upper floors of a skyscraper in an urban environment, where landing troops on the roof isn't an op...

I think mechs, in a looser sense of the word, become impractical as soon as they're too big to fit through a shipboard hatch or an average doorway in a house. At that point, a wheeled, tracked or flying vehicle can do more than a walking mech of similar dimensions. Powered armor that could fit, thou...