Thankyou Kawaii! I will probably see the doc in Bangkok when I get back to Thailand tomorrow.
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@Lonne- Bravo is right that it's a copy of the Space Battleship Yammato (and most if the other ships in that anime).
Another factor is that particle accelerator weapons have to be long usually to accelerate the particles to the right speed and the longest part of a ship is the entire length… But that's still really short for an accelerator. Rail guns have the same thing.
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So according to Wikipedia, the reason why ships had broadside cannons was the poor performance of the cannons of the time. I guess in the modern navies of today broadside battles are out of date so to speak as we have guns that can hit targets that are very far away.
I guess Starblazers had it right when it came out. Huge, long guns need a large platform for their barrels. Unless they're about stealth. I'm pretty sure stealth ships probably don't need main guns…
If you watch "Star Blazers " (Space Battleship Yamato) you will see ships exchanging broadsides. Ships exchanged broadsides to bring maximum firepower to bear. Guns were mounted along the length of a ship simply because that's the largest measurement. You could fit more guns in. That is not to say there were no bow or stern guns. There were ships that were set up having their armament in the bow, but that could be a fraction of what you could mount on a side.
It should be noted that as long as there have been missile weapons on ships there were always ways to exchange broadsides.as well as go head on.
Once you had rotating mounts and later turrets all bets were off. A gun could be rotated to fire to the front or side. Monitor and Merrimack would be a good example for the transition. It should also be noted Merrimack also had a ram bow.
Nowadays weapon systems are still mounted along the length of a vessel. That is simply because being the largest measurement of the ship you can fit them all in. But of course they can fire in all directions. The stealth ships so far shown generally have missiles firing vertically as that is the easiest weapon mount to make stealthy. Though they still retains a rotating gun turret.
Just like the old Starship Enterprise. Sure the ship was always shown firing to the front simply because that was the cheapest special effects
But even in Star Trek the phasers were mounted in a rotating turret and could fire in different directions as the later series showed. But of course game designers and writers are rarely informed enough about such things to portray things the way they really are as opposed to how they looked after a casual glance at a TV screen.
Blegh, ended a 4 year relationship yesterday. It didn't go well, and I am emotionally exhausted. We were together for so long but things got to stagnate between us; he didn't want to move in with me or do anything social anymore, we hardly communicated or communicated well, and he had no ambitions for the future. And I was just unhappy. He was devastated and it's super hard to walk away from it all and of course it sucks to hurt someone you care about.. but I think it was the best choice for me long term. I deleted social media, going to lie low for awhile and focus on me, my work and my webcomic. Sighhh
That's terrible Ash :(
I'm glad DD is somewhat of a refuge for you though.
Reminds me of my friend Bianka who I'm traveling with currently. Such a weird friendship… I could not STAND to be in a relationship with her.
We find each other SO infuriating and dense, she is such a self centred, narcissist with almost zero empathy or self reflection…
And yet we get on anyway. Even if it can be so painful at times. :)
Sorry to hear about that struggle, Ashtree - but you should be commended for doing the right thing for you, even though it must have been difficult.
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Pulling back from social media makes a lot of sense, too. Four years is a long time, and taking a while to get your bearings sounds like a smart idea!
Silver lining to this cloud…more Steel & Manitou!
Hope you're doing all right
Thanks all! I appreciate it, especially right now. My ex has been sort of sending me.. not so nice things. He's usually the nicest guy and really sweet but I know he is angry and hurt right now. It's just adding to my stress. And YES!! DD is a refuge!! You guys are awesome! And more Steel and Manitou is on the way for sure!
All good choices Ashe. Hard choices, but in the long run necessary for where you want your life to go.
And I speak as the guy who was dumped once upon a time for all those reasons. Your ex needs to find the right person to grow with or someone who likes ruts without communication. (Sarcasm, but then there are lots of people who settle into those things and wonder why they are so unhappy, rather than taking any step they can to change their situation. Though once there are kids and mortgages it often becomes fiscally impossible. Glad you realized before it got to that point).
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One eye down and one to go. The eye that was my weak eye for years now has decent mid range vision. However the glasses only work for distance with the other eye. I got an eyepatch for driving and next week is the surgery for the left eye.
It is really amazing for the first time in my life to see my face clearly in the mirror without the glasses. I really do look my age. Oh but so grizzled.
For the first time in my life I can my own face clearly in the mirror. Think about what it means after a half century of blur to finally be able to see the back of you own hand without glasses.
What else haven't I seen clearly until just this moment? If something as clear as the nose on my face was so unclear till just now, what else didn't I see? How can I be so certain of anything if I am so blind as to not see what is right in front for me?
As a gag I invented the religion of Confusionism. It was a belief system based on being completely and utterly confused about everything at all times. Everything was an unknowable blur that left one in a perpetual state of confusion and that dizzy confusion was the true meaning of existence. In other words, the incomprehensible babble of all knowing philosophy was an end in itself. Of course I had not the first to come up with this. Professor Irwin Corey was an excellent practitioner. Look it up.
And this is why the sage laughs.
So I'm playing Starmade (think Minecraft in space, then combining with EVE Online when played in Multiplayer), and I was trying how to create a working version Dee's rocket from Hippie's comic. It could work, but I'd need a camera and a couple of gravity modules due to the way it's set up. Or it could be a permanent fixture or a functional control room for any space stations I want to build.
Anyone interested in trying it out can download the Starmade demo from Steam. It's literally the full version of the current game while it's still in its alpha stage of development (once the game goes beta the demo gets no more updates and you'd have to buy the game).
Been falling behind on my comic (and kind of everything really) because I can only work on it when I'm happy, and it's been a crazy couple of weeks. I'm adjusting to new anxiety meds and oh boy, my brain is super discombobulated. Right now I tend to feel really bad in the morning, better in late afternoon/evening, and 100% my normal self late in the evening. So that means I have to get everything done in a fairly short window of every day, because the rest of the day all I want to do is sulk and watch gentle comedies and political commentary shows.
Lonnehart wrote:
So I'm playing Starmade (think Minecraft in space, then combining with EVE Online when played in Multiplayer), and I was trying how to create a working version Dee's rocket from Hippie's comic. It could work, but I'd need a camera and a couple of gravity modules due to the way it's set up. Or it could be a permanent fixture or a functional control room for any space stations I want to build.
That's super cool, Lonne! You'll have to show me what you come up with!
ashtree house wrote:
It's just adding to my stress. And YES!! DD is a refuge!! You guys are awesome! And more Steel and Manitou is on the way for sure!
Aw, I'm so glad DD is a refuge for you, Ashtree! It's often been a refuge for me as well.
Also yay for more Steel and Manitou!
fallopiancrusader wrote:
@bravo1102: your description of confusionism sounds remarkably similar to Zen.
There is a difference between being the moment and utter confusion every moment. ;D
HippieVan wrote:Lonnehart wrote:
So I'm playing Starmade (think Minecraft in space, then combining with EVE Online when played in Multiplayer), and I was trying how to create a working version Dee's rocket from Hippie's comic. It could work, but I'd need a camera and a couple of gravity modules due to the way it's set up. Or it could be a permanent fixture or a functional control room for any space stations I want to build.
That's super cool, Lonne! You'll have to show me what you come up with!
Once my ship building skills get better I will make that attempt. I put a few (maybe a lot) of screenshots of the game on my facebook page. Never thought building with blocks would be so difficult…
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