[quote who="Sinperium" reply="481" id="2949767"]Actually, time travel is dimensional travel--but Terminator did the more strict sense of it when they created new future realities and ended up there--which the television series explored even further (that would be more inter-universal travel actually).[/quote] I didn't watch the TV series. [quote who="Sinperium" reply="481" id="2949767"]I don't think people have any harder time visualizing a ship phase cloaking or phase
[quote who="Sinperium" reply="477" id="2949684"]Read about wormholes and the prospects of getting a ship through one. Most would be microscopic in size and completely intraversible by any sort of matter and from what we theoretically know of them today, it's considered impossible to use them for travel.[/quote] But they are culturally known, and most people will be perfectly willing to suspend disbelief on the matter. [quote who="Sinperium" reply=
[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="475" id="2949665"]Then my numbers disagree with yours. Granted mine are just from Wookiepedia, but it puts total power generation of the Venator at 3.6 × 1024 W, while the ISD has 7.73 × 1024 W. Perhaps the difference is just from secondaries, but considering the larger area of the ISD's generator, I'd doubt it. Regardless its an advantage that should not be ignored.[/quote] Most of what I'm going with is the relative size of t
[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="471" id="2949613"]Agree with the first paragraph, though its also worth pointing out that an ISD would have better shield and power system. An ISD had a power output roughly twice that of the Venator, which only had the shields of a Victory Star Destroyer. Thus in turbolaser fight the ISD is going to win every single time. Its fighter compliment is its only advantage, which might not even matter unless it has a decent speed advantage (can't find any numbers fo
[quote who="Sinperium" reply="467" id="2949551"]Lol--of course its a fantastical concept--it is science fiction. Goes right along with phase engines and wormhole travel. Straining at thermodynamics in an extra-dimensional environment while unhesitatingly accepting travelling through wormholes is a bit silly. They are both on par for absurdity. [/quote] I never mentioned thermodynamics in connection with extradimensional environments. I've also never said tha
[quote who="Sinperium" reply="459" id="2949345"]On the technology thing, there actually are people who have engineered things--the flip phone was specifically inspired by ST. Look for a series called "How Star Trek Changed the World" and you'll see interviews with several of them. Yes--natural progression but would it have progressed that way without the inspiration? Sort of like changing the past and wondering how the future would have differed if you ha
[quote who="Swiss Knight" reply="196" id="2949332"]It actually deploys from our colony ship type thing, there's also a Aeroflot civilian variant used as a supply ship. [/quote] Ah. Very cool.
[quote who="Sinperium" reply="456" id="2949321"]Here's an awesome trailer--good inspiration for the mod:[/quote] That's actually really good work, whoever did that. As a result, I demand that this mod have cinematic battle-awesomeness.
[quote who="CmdrNilles" reply="959" id="2949323"]How is it poorly executed?[/quote] The general arcing of the plot is pretty predictable. The trifecta of "humans-advanced aliens-consuming alien horde" has been done to death, and is older than my grandmother...... literally . The "SPARTAN-IIs were what kept humanity from being killed off" is pretty much "The Adeptus Astartes are the only thing standing between the Imperium and destruction", except it's actually true,
[quote who="Sinperium" reply="456" id="2949321"]Here's the link to the site:http://www.stardestroyer.net/mrwong/wiki/index.php/Main_Page...there's a whole section apparently on debunking Star Trek.[/quote] The debunking-ST bit is, IMO, mostly because the maintainer of that site gets a lot of emails from high-schoolers and "TREK=GOD" people who say "[Treknology] is totally plausible and realistic!", when it's really not. It goes back to the people who take one-episode wonde
[quote who="Sinperium" reply="454" id="2949307"]Cool to know about the thread and mod not being intertwined too much. I rofl'd so hard I almost couldn't get back to my chair when i found--of all things--a wiki page dedicated to showing why Star Trek devices and science are not credible.[/quote] I'm interested in where you found this wiki page. [quote who="Sinperium" reply="454" id="2949307"]It's particularly interesting to note that people who pursue this
[quote who="Kitkun" reply="451" id="2949274"]Surprised this thread is still going. Pretty much have to agree with Whiskey, except on the Feds and Rebels not allying. The rebels would pretty much ally with anybody with similar morals. Then again, it wouldn't really prevent the Empire from crushing the Feds. One thing to consider: Using very conservative numbers, the Empire is quite capable of building and crewing eight hundred Imperial Star Destroyer
[quote who="Sinperium" reply="449" id="2949245"]I was going to give a longer and pointed answer to a bunch of this but it's really simple. If this is a formal debate thread about the superiority of Empire versus Federation technology in the fictional universes then fine--debate away (it will never end). This was posted in the modding section but it was really a "what if?" post which i think confused the issue. Apparently there is some real interest in this
Modding Wiki [quote who="Seirra_54" reply="147" id="2949058"]I have been messing around with Harpo's Mod Updater, and it seems to not want to work with me. Is there anyway you could find a place host your Entrenchment version of the SR-2? And I looked for that SoaSE wiki and it seems that it may have been taken down for some unknown reason.[/quote] Unfortunately, I at present will not be able to hos
[quote who="Sinperium" reply="444" id="2948915"]Err...I'm saying that when you take pseudo-scientific and fantastic concepts written for dramatic effect by a non-scientist in a theatrical production and then "prove" they are "actually scientific" that you're full of...rhetoric. "Set napalm gargle blasters to 'Deep Fat Fry'!"...later, I'll explain why Spaceman Spiff's weaponry is actually plausible and that creating a futuristic ray weapon utilizing napalm an
[quote who="Wrath89" reply="2" id="2948894"]But that requires Cap backup: I'm talking about the situation "if you only send a colony ship and no backup". (though, you could be lucky enough to have the optimal Cap's target be right on the other side of the current planet, in which case it could kill the siege while passing through while only losing a few seconds)[/quote] I was under the impression that you meant "colonizer capital ship", and not the frigate type.
I can think of two ways ATM: 1) Send the fighter squadron you built for your colony cap to kill the siege frigates. This will probably work pretty well, especially if you have the cap focus on the flak frigates. 2) Use the capital to kill the siege frigates. Once said siege frigates are blown up for delicious experience for your capital ship, you can colonize the planet and mop-up later as your economy improves.
[quote who="Gwenio1" reply="8" id="2948823"]It costs more to get the same proformance and having it wear out is more of an issue as you cannot change parts like you can in a desktop (if the video card dies, it is very likely that you will need a new motherboard).[/quote] Yeah, I hard to learn that the hard way actually. That very problem mostly happened to me*. [quote who="Gwenio1" reply="8" id="2948823"]But if you pay the money (or can accept that it will not be able to handl
[quote who="Seirra_54" reply="145" id="2948870"]Is there anyway I can change from 1.21 to 1.011? Sorry I used to play SINS a while back, but my computer died and so I finally got around to reinstalling SINS when I saw this...[/quote] No. However, IF Harpo's Mod Updater has been updated along with Diplomacy, then it should be fully capable of taking the mod to current version. Side note: I actually implemented the Normandy SR-2 into Entrenchment, thoug
[quote who="Oatesy03" reply="955" id="2948744"]Indeed. 'Tis good to play a DoW2 campaign where you're not Blood Ravens. Shame that the levels are pretty much the same for all of them though, but the stories are good. Do you know the ending of Chaos Rising?[/quote] No; TBH, I haven't actually finished DoW2's campaign yet. Chalk it up to it's pure awesomeness, and the fact that my (former) gaming rig crapped out before I got to finish it. However, this will a
[quote who="Heavenfall" reply="6" id="2948650"]According to this the card is approximately equal to a (desktop) nvidia 8800 GS card. I think you can run those games, but it won't be max and it probably won't even be medium settings. The FPS will probably be very poor in intense scenes. In particular, Dow2:retribution is probably beyond the reach of such a card.[/quote] I'm going t disagree WRT Retri, as the minimum card specified for it is a 6600 NVIDIA, which the '565
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