Four Islands
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Topics: 23 / Replies: 786
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RE: Ticker for Ep 14

Closing out this part of the saga is going to be really difficult I'd say. The latter books in Part 1 (13,14,15) all need to be name dropping characte...

9 years ago
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RE: "The Weak and the Innocent"

I for one think that Deliza has been under utilized 🙁 And that Yanni has been over utilized 😛 I really thought that Vlad and Deliza had a spark, Ca...

9 years ago
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RE: Jump Technology for Planets?

Also It is easy to move backward around the orbit, difficult to move forward. clusters of jump drones would be able to distance transport non jump ca...

9 years ago
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RE: Jump Technology for Planets?

I don't think that you could change the deltaV of a planet long term with this, but it does seem likily you could change the direction the jump takes ...

9 years ago
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RE: Alternative uses for jump tech

if the emitter drones are fast enough they can jump in individually, change direction sand jump out in a cluster with large objects like defensive sat...

9 years ago
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RE: Jump Technology for Planets?

I never considered weaponizing the jump planet tech like that!!! Eat Gas Giant, Planetary System!!! That is beautiful!!! Best part is that you give t...

9 years ago
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RE: Jump Technology for Planets?

So if you were jumping a rocky planet like Mars or Venus, with the addition of a singularity generator for changing velocity and direction, an amazing...

9 years ago
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RE: Near C Sand

Would atmospheric reentry burn up all of the sand? Would atmospheric reentry burning up the sand have any side effects like holes in the Ozone or supe...

9 years ago
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RE: Jump Technology for Planets?

Yeah jumping the moon closer to the earth has the added effect of freaking out the entire population of the planet. Yes finding an other system to jum...

9 years ago
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RE: Netcast Zero!

Pet hate of mine is to be introduced to a character in a book, and live the world through they're eyes and then have that character die and be forgott...

9 years ago
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9 years ago
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RE: Near C Sand

There is definitely multiple technologies to deal with space debris and near C sand in the data arch. Mostly I think that having Shields will stop Ne...

9 years ago
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RE: Netcast Zero!

When are you thinking about releasing Netcast one? still after Part 1?

9 years ago
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RE: Netcast Zero!

Ryk, if you can produce one of the Netcast stories a week in the evenings does this mean you are going to do more then one a month? I am happy to have...

9 years ago
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RE: Netcast Zero!

Enjoyed it, once again a female character who is both strong and weak, has both good and bad judgement, but overall pulls off live! Love how Ryk write...

10 years ago
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RE: What's in the Data Archive?

If I was creating a repository of knowledge, a technological safety net, I would lay out the basic technologies first then add branches for future tec...

10 years ago
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RE: Episode 13 spoiler thread- "hold on, wait, what?"

I love how the Jung got word of the Earth fighting back, and only one cruiser and one battleship were able to turn that into an actual battle plan... ...

10 years ago
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RE: Jump Technology for Planets?

I love the idea, and in practice it could work, but all of the things that could kill millions of people if the slightest thing went wrong make it the...

10 years ago
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RE: Jump Technology for Planets?

The planning involved in moving a planet will cater for the other astral bodies being effected. And again, it should be used only as a last resort, li...

10 years ago
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RE: Jump Technology for Planets?

I just hate to think of the many many projects stored in the Data Ark on how to move planets or make them more habitable, with asteroid collisions or ...

10 years ago
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RE: Jump Technology for Planets?

First off, AWESOME. Pro's Move the planet to a more habitable part of the star system. Move the planet to a strategic location between stars to cove...

10 years ago
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RE: Episode 13 spoiler thread- "hold on, wait, what?"

Captain Scott's Reactions were pretty much on the money in this book. From all we have seen the fact that the Battleship escaped with the Scout ship ...

10 years ago
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RE: Episode 14: Discussion and Speculation

@ericnay lol, you are a devious one!!! I think that we should see more illnesses among the Alliance as new worlds join up. I expect that there was eno...

10 years ago
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RE: Episode 14: Discussion and Speculation

Is 100 Light they're fastest drone or do we think that they have a secondary series which are faster for Jung Central Command, so they to know whats g...

10 years ago
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RE: Episode 14: Discussion and Speculation

1) Because the best troops still take time travelling at 20 times light. 2) Because the best troops are fodder in a Jumpship/warpship battle. 3) Becau...

10 years ago
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RE: Other SF Books (while we're waiting)

I am so sorry!!! I thought you were saying that FS had bad Jump tactics!!! Ya some writers are so focused on Characters reactions that they forget to...

10 years ago
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RE: Episode 14: Discussion and Speculation

Actual Jump tactics: 1) Jump in, shoot an unsuspecting target and jump out in a timely fashion. 2) Jump in to within light seconds of a suspecting t...

10 years ago
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RE: Other SF Books (while we're waiting)

Jump Tactics 101: 1) Jump in, 2) (insert idea here), 3) Jump out. This was not the correct forum to post this! Please see the other forum on jump t...

10 years ago
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RE: Episode 14: Discussion and Speculation

I think that the battleship is going to the nearest Battle Platform, which is coming to meet it, so that they will meet between stars. I think that w...

10 years ago
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RE: Episode 14: Discussion and Speculation

Easier to feed false info to peepers then to try to fake the readers, I think.

10 years ago
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