 December 16, 2009 - 9:22pm | This is a good article, check it out: http://gizmodo.com/5426453/the-physics-of-space-battles Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
 December 18, 2009 - 5:57pm | Great article Terl. At least I got to scare an alien rabbit thingy...... |
December 18, 2009 - 6:01pm | There, got that image to work. At least I got to scare an alien rabbit thingy...... |
 December 29, 2009 - 8:48pm | I saw the History channel's show the Universe talk about this very thing. But I seem to remember an old comic series where the ships were very basic looking but had some hard sci-fi look to them and how they fought. The comic was Albedo, and the ship's deck were arranged very much like the decks in SF. The energy weapons were used primarily when the ships were in relative close proximity to each other or in chasing engagments. The other weapons were (AVC) Autonomous Combat Vehicles, which were smart drones that would accelerate and attack each other or the target vessel. No explosives were needed as the kinetic impact alone was enough to do signifigant damage. So effective were the AVC they could be used for planetary assaults as well. You mention the comic Albedo today and hardly any one will know what you're talking about. In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same. |
December 29, 2009 - 10:16pm | I remember Albedo!! Wasn't it a B&W comic? At least I got to scare an alien rabbit thingy...... |
December 30, 2009 - 9:53am | Yeah, it was. It would be considered a "furry" series now days, but it was so hard sci-fi and politics I just over looked that every character was an anthromorphic animal. I just recently found a blog some guy did back in Sept. talking about some of the details about it and I thought it was a really good sci-fi with some solid idea of what space battles could possibly be like. Check out the layout of a ship from Albedo. Plenty of space for fuel and such, looks really well thought out.  In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same. |
January 1, 2010 - 11:35pm | Cool I like it. Mkaes more sense than a lot of starship ideas. At least I got to scare an alien rabbit thingy...... |
