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Arioch wrote:Also, they don't poop everywhere.

Hah ha.... ha ha ha ha ha ha ah ah BULLSHIT they don't.

I mean this: Civilization! = Empire. To illustrate the difference, the Roman Empire was indeed an Empire, but it had too many unrelated nationalities within it to be a Civilization. Meanwhile, the ancient Greeks were at least one civilization, but until Alexander and his father they were not an Emp...

That's also why I was saying what happens after the war is going to be very important too. Humanity is dangerous to the Loroi because they have no way of detecting humans or their ships unless they use actual shipboard sensors. If they let us get tech sufficient to fight them in space, they would h...

If you go back and read those posts again, you'll see that it was entirely about commercial relevance. For FTL traffic to be commercially meaningful, you need relatively large volumes of materials that are profitable enough to worth going to the expense of transporting them with an FTL drive. For p...

That could probably be better worded. Once the space war was lost, the Delrias didn't expect to win any large-scale battles, but they considered themselves to be unconquerable; because they are so large and physically dangers, and of a culture in which nearly every fit adult has fighting skills, th...

Quick question! I thought it was pretty funny how you say in the insider that the delrias relying "on their strong martial traditions and physical prowess to be able to repel Loroi planetary invasions" didn't they get the memo that ultimately in outsider the loroi doesn't even care if your big on th...

I don't see how FTL is not relevant in any way shape or form when it comes to our future in space. FTL is what allows you to have a interstellar civilization to begin with. In fact it's so relevant that entire fictitious universes are build around it (star trek, mass effect, babylon 5 etc...). Merel...

so the varangians that settled into the rus were probably not varangian GUARD, and therefor probably mostly scandinavian(predominantly swedish.) and we all know what happens every time someone tries to invade russia.... Well luckily they didn't invade Russia as it didn't exist at the time but they ...

I don't know if i asked this before but do the Loroi have people equivalent of Tzun Tzu, Stalin, Vlad Tepes, Alexander the great, Genghis khan, Gandhi (just kidding)?
In terms of historical significance and reputation in Loroi society.

the ancient Rus were basically vikings(correction, varangians, slight difference there.)but they got genetically outbreed by the locals, same with the language, russian is slavic, as are the people really. True i forgot that vikings were Germanic. We usually refer to them as Scandinavian (nationali...

Russian is Slavic? I figured it would be Germanic, like the ancient Rus. The Rus were not Germanic last time i check. They were east-Slavic tribes centered around what is now Kiev. The name Rus is said to have been given to them by Swedish vikings after a place called Roslagen when they united them...

Thanks. I have, as you might imagine, a great fondness for the late Dr. Sagan. He was a great teacher. The "Humanity in 2160" page isn't new per se, just edited and renamed (from "The Terrans"). I don't think I've met anyone who's into science fiction and heard of Sagan without liking him. Somethin...

I just found the new page in the insider on humanity and i have to say I really like your Carl Sagan .
He looks very much alike except much younger and more macho for some reason, like he's flexing his muscles (wouldn't that be something to see when he explains the universe to us laymen).

Absalom you're right. reading again what i wrote i came to realize that in the big picture you're right i did actually chose my design for aesthetic reasons and was too proud too admit it. I tried to convince myself that what i did was different but instead argued like a bit of an idiot. I'm not pro...

Let's start with this. Here, I'm basically accusing you of the same thing that you're accusing "battleship lovers" of: thinking about aesthetics to the detriment of design. What you need to do is: (Drops monocle) :shock: "Why i never..." I accuse you of straw manning and nitpicking. :x And i challe...

Box like? As opposed to what, the twin pyramid like (or, alternatively, twin cone) design of a over/under single-hull battleship? The base designs are equally simple: the Omega is a hammer, and the battleship is two pyramids with their bases stuck together. The question of which to choose really de...

Regretfully, the Omega-class is designed for a far different setting: one without easy gravity control, and with fist-fight combat ranges. Now, if one inexplicably showed up in TCA territory, and the stardrive still worked like in B5, it would oh-so-very be a candidate for retrofitting, and (at lea...

szurkey wrote:When it comes to Terran starship designs, I am a traditionalist...


You just cannot beat the Japanese in Starship design...

I have to disagree my friend



This is a real starship .

@Jericho, OUCH my ears, THAT PAIN IS YOUR DOUBT LEAVING YOUR BODY. REVEL IN IT FOR YOU ARE SAVED! (You can thank me later :) ). Show respect. The wisdom of ages past resides within this shell, and I have seen much that has been forgotten. ;) I'LL SHOW YOU THE RESPECT OF THE SWORD! NO HUMAN LIVES LO...

Indeed, sir. One just doesn't know how to deal with the young these days. Violence reigns supreme in the minds of our children. May the Emperor guide their troubled hearts. VIOLENCE IS THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF LOVE FOR OUR EMPEROR HEATEN. THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NOT SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUN...