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Carl Miller wrote:

Arioch wrote:or whatever pleases you

Deinarid, Perreiner, Tabenese, Maian.

Also, I imagine that loroi starcraft would use fiber optics at the absolute least. This would of course mean that they need fucktons of sand.

Arioch wrote: I don't have precise estimates for the power requirements of ships; they would be somewhere in the terajoule order of magnitude. The power draw on the Tempest's weapons (especially the pulse cannons) would be much larger than a Rapier's medium blasters, as would the draw of the accumulators that feed the defensive screens/jump drive/wave loom device, so the internal power transmission infrastructure would have to be more extensive for the larger vessel.

I don't know enough about how TL12 power transmission systems would work to be able to say anything meaningful about how they would be constructed. The main power lines originate at the engines and run through the struts to the main accumulators in the forward prongs. Most heavy weapons are situated in the engine nacelles, very close to the power source.

Absalom wrote:

Carl Miller wrote:

Arioch wrote:or whatever pleases you

Deinarid, Perreiner, Tabenese, Maian.

Also, I imagine that loroi starcraft would use fiber optics at the absolute least. This would of course mean that they need fucktons of sand.

It also requires optical rectennas (should hopefully be doable at their tech-level). Of course, it could be something entirely different (some obscure quantum-coupling mechanism in the super-conduction family, perhaps), but in the end it all comes down to "power lines" regardless of the specific technology.

Carl Miller wrote:

Absalom wrote:It also requires optical rectennas (should hopefully be doable at their tech-level). Of course, it could be something entirely different (some obscure quantum-coupling mechanism in the super-conduction family, perhaps), but in the end it all comes down to "power lines" regardless of the specific technology.

Optical whats?

orion1836 wrote:I had a shower thought yesterday, or rather, a shower question.

What are bathing facilities like aboard a Loroi warship?

It might seem silly, but seriously, it's a good indicator of how advanced your technology is. You have to have very advanced water reclamation/re-purification technology to afford even a basic shower without harsh time limits or flow restrictions. Even the Trek universe had sonic showers (though I supposed they could have had regular ones if they wanted... replicators/matter-energy conversion is essentially "a sufficiently advanced technology...")

orion1836 wrote:I had a shower thought yesterday, or rather, a shower question.

What are bathing facilities like aboard a Loroi warship?

It might seem silly, but seriously, it's a good indicator of how advanced your technology is. You have to have very advanced water reclamation/re-purification technology to afford even a basic shower without harsh time limits or flow restrictions. Even the Trek universe had sonic showers (though I supposed they could have had regular ones if they wanted... replicators/matter-energy conversion is essentially "a sufficiently advanced technology...")

Arioch wrote:I get some of my best ideas in the shower. It's a magical meditation chamber.

The typical shipboard Loroi washroom has a small-ish communal tub surrounded by benches in which the Loroi give themselves (and each other) sponge baths before having a soak in the tub. There are a few shower stalls, but these are normally only used by Loroi who managed to get themselves really dirty.

Water use is minimized, but I think that TL11 water purification technology will be very effective, and so the vast majority can be reclaimed for reuse. Some of the larger flagships put water to some decadent uses -- fountains, more elaborate baths, etc.

ShadowDragon8685 wrote:Would smaller ships just do away with the tub entirely in favor of larger showers though? Comforts of home be damned, we don't have space for the froo-froo crap?

Arioch wrote:The tub is more about relaxation than getting clean (you wash before getting in the tub) and so can be omitted in the case where there isn't space or infrastructure.

But the Loroi like their tubs.

ShadowDragon8685 wrote:If there isn't space or infrastructure, would they just do the relaxation in a larger-than-strictly-nessessary-for-cleansing shower, then?

Arioch wrote:

ShadowDragon8685 wrote:If there isn't space or infrastructure, would they just do the relaxation in a larger-than-strictly-nessessary-for-cleansing shower, then?

If there is room for a large shower, there is room for a small tub.

ShadowDragon8685 wrote:

Arioch wrote:

ShadowDragon8685 wrote:If there isn't space or infrastructure, would they just do the relaxation in a larger-than-strictly-nessessary-for-cleansing shower, then?

If there is room for a large shower, there is room for a small tub.

Sure, but there may not be room for a small tub and a small shower, yanno?

ShadowDragon8685 wrote:

Arioch wrote:

ShadowDragon8685 wrote:If there isn't space or infrastructure, would they just do the relaxation in a larger-than-strictly-nessessary-for-cleansing shower, then?

If there is room for a large shower, there is room for a small tub.

Sure, but there may not be room for a small tub and a small shower, yanno?

Arioch wrote:The typical shipboard Loroi washroom has a small-ish communal tub surrounded by benches in which the Loroi give themselves (and each other) sponge baths before having a soak in the tub.

Krulle wrote:That post is sooo much fanservice...

For the awesomeness of the comic, I hope Arioch devotes an entire chapter to showing such a bath in full use in the comic pages.