Hamsterman
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Reply To: Episode 10 Speculation

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting to mention that I hope the Aurora visits Alpha Centauri, since there are still UEA ships watching the system. It would be a...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Episode 10 Speculation

Right now, the fastest Jung FTL we know about are the gunboats at 20C. That doesn't mean that they don't have a faster type of ship or comm drone. If ...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Episode 10 Speculation

Twips, Thanks a lot. That was very interesting and educational. The Jung have to prove they are the bad guys. They have to kill widows and orphans. ...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Episode 10 Speculation

Tam, I think the not knowing what was on the ship was a bit of confusion on all parts. When the new midshipmen boarded the Celestia, they were told t...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Episode 10 Speculation

Eric, I pretty much agree. If the EDF is using commercial communications, then as soon as the Jung can fully tap into them the EDF will suffer. Howeve...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Episode 10 Speculation

Did I miss something? What mole are we talking about? The Jung had Eli, Senator/President Scott's chief of staff, which allowed him to insert Jung ope...

11 years ago
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Reply To: What happened to BV01 & BV02

The most radiation vulnerable part of a manned spaceship is the crew. The two meter thick armor plating helps a lot. The Celestia passed through the h...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Website issues

First, for some reason, hyperlinks sometimes aren't showing as such as they are always white, and yet the posts font color alternates between blue and...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Episode 9 Resistance (w/ Spoilers)

Charles, I stand corrected, partially. There is ALSO an asteroid named Metis. Therefore, the Admiral may have both set up a trap on the asteroid Meti...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Website issues

Thank you. My Internet Explorer plug-in worked for the 3D, so it may be browser/plugin specific. I would hope the tool would include what programs can...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Episode 9 Resistance (w/ Spoilers)

Eric, Indeed. Although I'd be surprised if the data chip has no mention of names including the president. It's not as if there was time to meticulousl...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Possible Spam/Bot Members?

Hm, can't get html links to work, and I can't edit my post anymore. This one has the title= but added between the greater than sign and the lesser tha...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Jump Torpedos

Telporting a bomb into an enemy ship was done a lot in Perry Rhodan, although I don't remember which issues. My cheap German-English dictionary didn't...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Black Hole – Off Topic Forum?

Yes, it was Bjo Trimble. Thanks!

11 years ago
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Reply To: What happened to BV01 & BV02

Well, while exactly what happened is still unclear, Episode 9 does say that two ships were lost without an engagement, and made it sound like it was c...

11 years ago
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Reply To: The Defender Class

Well, now we know what happened to the missing two Defender ships (Episode 9, location 4082): "After losing two Defender-class ships without so much ...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Name the Episodes

Thanks! BTW, I haven't received an email about the new episode, but the Episode's tab now has a picture and a link to the new episode! Just curious, ...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Other SF Books (while we're waiting)

Jerry Pournelle has a website, Chaos Manor He and Larry Niven still get together to write.

11 years ago
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Reply To: Black Hole – Off Topic Forum?

I think the shuttle could fetch a fair price, although without functioning impulse engines the shipping might kill the deal. I wish I could remember ...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Other SF Books (while we're waiting)

I'm currently reading Azimov's Robots of Dawn. I read it when it first came out in hardback, and then my "friends" hid the book when I had about 20 pa...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Other SF Books (while we're waiting)

The older books are more often found in libraries than bookstores. Personally, I'd like to have the Complete Works of Isaac Asimov, which even in ASCI...

11 years ago
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Reply To: Name the Episodes

Those are pretty good, too, although I think I'd skip the "Building an Empire" book. 🙂

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Reply To: Website issues

It does need better navigation. I think adding some links on the bottom as well as top would help. Heck, adding some decent "next topic" on the lowest...

11 years ago
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Reply To: What happened to BV01 & BV02

Yes, but then CV1 Langley was made in the 20's and was essentially a trainer to learn how carriers, etc. operated. I just learned from looking it up t...

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Reply To: Black Hole – Off Topic Forum?

Yes, exactly. The few authors I have met don't care much for critics, but all have had great relationship with their editors. Since this is the off ...

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Reply To: movement in space

I think the funniest version of this was when Saturday Night Live did a Star Trek parody, where everyone had to lean to the sides as they performed ev...

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