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by Diverball
2015-01-08 06:52pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Without war to guide me (40k / Star Trek TNG)
Replies: 65
Views: 92756

Re: Without war to guide me (40k / Star Trek TNG)

Oh they can easily understand it. A powerful telepath who is the self-proclaimed Emperor of Mankind has used fear of aliens and superstition to whip Humanity into an expansionist and genocidal frenzy. Trouble is, they would probably try to convince the Emperor of the error of his ways and "red...
by Diverball
2014-11-28 03:28pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Halo: The Ori War (SG/Halo crossover)
Replies: 24
Views: 13202

Re: Halo: The Ori War (SG/Halo crossover)

Possible, yes, but it's irksome that it was never addressed. Yeah, I agree. But I have to imagine some hard limit on ZPM production. Otherwise I'm envisioning sticking ZPMs and miniature hyperdrives into puddle jumpers and turning them into mass-produced planet-cracking, cloaked FTL cruise missiles...
by Diverball
2014-11-28 03:14pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Halo: The Ori War (SG/Halo crossover)
Replies: 24
Views: 13202

Re: Halo: The Ori War (SG/Halo crossover)

That's problematic though, as Atlantis withstood the Wraith siege for centuries, there was no other Ancient facilities left, so they must have been able to produce them in Atlantis somehow. It's never said that Atlantis was under siege for centuries . At least not that I recall. Once Atlantis subme...
by Diverball
2014-11-28 02:44pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Halo: The Ori War (SG/Halo crossover)
Replies: 24
Views: 13202

Re: Halo: The Ori War (SG/Halo crossover)

Let's be honest here, that was always a plot hole big enough to fly Atlantis through and they never did try and fill it. Indeed. If the Ancients could run ZPMs off like a production line, it's difficult to see how they could ever have lost the war with the Wraith. And what would have been the point...
by Diverball
2014-08-17 05:54pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: The Orrery (original)
Replies: 75
Views: 34032

Re: The Orrery (original)

That doesn't sound very plausible. One would have thought that authority that far-reaching - sufficient to override every single failsafe that a BCP's AI possessed - would have to be formally invoked. In a manner that left no room for ambiguity. Command codes, biometric identfiers, formal language, ...
by Diverball
2014-04-01 03:20pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: A Different Directive (Star Trek)
Replies: 54
Views: 30087

Re: A Different Directive (Star Trek)

Finally, the weapons seem a bit off. Green lines / rays definitely point to Klingon or Romulan...but from a weapon yield standpoint, would disruptors be enough to destroy a massive asteroid? I would think only photorps would be effective and the only torps colored green were TNG-era Romulans. If th...
by Diverball
2014-03-31 05:41pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: A Different Directive (Star Trek)
Replies: 54
Views: 30087

Re: A Different Directive (Star Trek)

I agree with MondoMage. Bulbous suggests spherical , and the description draws a distinction between the body and wings . The D'deridex Class don't really show such a distinction. I'd put my money on a Klingon D7 or derivative - it has the most bulbous head of any starship I can think of, and the mo...
by Diverball
2014-03-18 05:04pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: A Change of Fate (SG1-Halo crossover)
Replies: 119
Views: 69951

Re: A Change of Fate (SG1-Halo crossover)

Well Naquadah enhances a normal nuke about 100-fold (Stargate movie). So that's 200 petatons. Nice fireworks show. :) Only from a suitable distance. And correct me if I'm wrong, but the maximum distance we've ever seen an Asgard transporter used over is surface-to-low-orbit. I'm not sure that would...
by Diverball
2013-06-23 06:00pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Hull 721, plot arc the second
Replies: 892
Views: 348074

Re: Hull 721, plot arc the second

I think putting starship-grade defenses on a ground vehicle might be counterproductive - it'd be too resilient for normal weapons, so orbital strikes would have to be used to get rid of it. At the same time, a shuttle-grade shield generator won't stop a turbolaser bolt, so you'd have a vehicle whic...
by Diverball
2013-06-21 04:03pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: By the Horns (A BattleTech Alternate Universe)
Replies: 174
Views: 93571

Re: By the Horns (A BattleTech Alternate Universe)

She isn't dead yet Tev. Gosh, it's like over on SB how everyone was cheering the Primus' death from heart attack yesterday. I mean, we can treat those things today. It's not like cardiac surgery is a black box. Questions that may never be answered: did Victor Steiner-Davion attempt CPR for Hanse Da...
by Diverball
2013-06-19 05:20pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: By the Horns (A BattleTech Alternate Universe)
Replies: 174
Views: 93571

Re: By the Horns (A BattleTech Alternate Universe)

Oh dear. Comstar is not only facing the loss of all it's stations and personnel in the Concordat, and the risk of the knowledge of how to operate the HPGs being distributed to the other Houses, but now they're also facing an internal leadership change - and the one most likely to seize control is a...
by Diverball
2013-06-05 05:52pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: The Cameron Legacy: The Fall of the Star League
Replies: 213
Views: 72482

Re: The Cameron Legacy: The Fall of the Star League

Wow. Just... wow. I'm not even sure dear old Adolf and his more fanatical cronies were quite this bad... at least not until near the end of the war, that is. This is taking the whole "Best Defense" cliche just a wee bit far. Far enough to go right over a cliff. Adolf wasn't in power long ...
by Diverball
2013-05-27 08:47am
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: The Cameron Legacy: The Fall of the Star League
Replies: 213
Views: 72482

Re: The Cameron Legacy: The Fall of the Star League

As someone unfamiliar with the setting, how, and how well, do the Caspars distinguish between "friendly" and "hostile" warships? Are there ever any friendly fire incidents when the behaviour of a cargo ship or friendly war ship somehow gives them grounds for suspicion? Probably ...
by Diverball
2013-05-27 07:39am
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: The Cameron Legacy: The Fall of the Star League
Replies: 213
Views: 72482

Re: The Cameron Legacy: The Fall of the Star League

"Misdirection, General DeChevilier. What would happen if the Caspers were shown an attacking force at the Zenith point—but not one in overwhelming strength? Small enough that they could defeat it in detail, but powerful enough to require their full—or nearly full numbers? Would they respond to...
by Diverball
2013-05-18 09:31am
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: The Cameron Legacy: The Fall of the Star League
Replies: 213
Views: 72482

Re: The Cameron Legacy: The Fall of the Star League

“If my sources of information are correct, General Anders, a good percentage of that force consists of ships that Amaris captured when he took the Hegemony, yes?” Makes you wonder if Hegemony ships have override codes buried somewhere deep in their command systems..... A trick that would probably on...
by Diverball
2013-05-10 04:25pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Without war to guide me (40k / Star Trek TNG)
Replies: 65
Views: 92756

Re: Without war to guide me (40k / Star Trek TNG)

I think it has a lot to do with waking from stasis and finding a alien holding him there I suspect it has even more to do with waking from stasis and finding an alien bearing a striking resemblance to an Eldar holding him there. Nobody with any sense trusts the Eldar. And if he realised Data was an...
by Diverball
2013-04-13 04:07pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: The Circle Must Be Broken (40k / B5)
Replies: 204
Views: 145370

Re: The Circle Must Be Broken (40k / B5)

Frak me, its a no kidding Necrontyr. So some of them managed to avoid being under the C'tans thumb? If you go by the most recent version of Codex Necrons, the Necrontyr successfully rebelled against the C'tan after the War in Heaven, and shattered them into shards. Few except the most senior Nectro...
by Diverball
2013-03-29 07:22pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Star Wars: The Crucible
Replies: 55
Views: 23232

Re: Star Wars: The Crucible

Well they already use clones, hence how Fett was able to blend in, they just can't make their own. Why though would the public/Mothma make a big deal about it? The last lot of mass produced clones would likely still be seen as the defenders of the republic, seperate from what Palps acheived with hi...
by Diverball
2013-03-28 06:31pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Star Wars: The Crucible
Replies: 55
Views: 23232

Re: Star Wars: The Crucible

Would they have the plans for the Harrower class Dreadnought from Revan´s time? (about 4000 to 3700 years ago) I´m asking, since that nose is great for a Venator style modification, would give you two bays. Palpatine did mothball or left adrift, the Venator´s because of the Jedi stigma they had abo...
by Diverball
2013-03-18 06:13am
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)
Replies: 73
Views: 40790

Re: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)

Yes and no...... The Periphery states do retain some links with the Inner Sphere, both diplomatic and trading, but they're states. Pirate states don't really, although we do know Comstar helped funded the pirate menace in the first place. Those are states. not planets. which are left to the mercy o...
by Diverball
2013-03-18 05:27am
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)
Replies: 73
Views: 40790

Re: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)

Out of interest, does anyone know if Battle Barges carry warp-capable subcraft? I'm assuming that even if it is theoretically possible to get Dirge of Heresy back into space, it would be too monumental an undertaking to bother with any time soon.
by Diverball
2013-03-18 04:58am
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)
Replies: 73
Views: 40790

Re: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)

...Holy shit, does this take place just after the fall of the Star League and before the First Succession War? If conditions on this world have been unchanged for two centuries, that would most likely put it shortly before the Fourth Succession War. Though TBH, if this is one of the bandit kingdoms...
by Diverball
2013-03-09 04:55am
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)
Replies: 73
Views: 40790

Re: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)

Very nice, I hope this doesn't get dislodged from Academia's head by another stray bolt of inspiration cause I want to see much of this...also looking forward to seeing when the mech warriors end up in battle with spacemarines. I'd be more interested in seeing how the Marines fare against Clan Elem...
by Diverball
2013-03-02 08:59am
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)
Replies: 73
Views: 40790

Re: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)

And where "small" titans and other vehicles would be technologically inferior to 40K vehicles (the noted superiority of the Land Speeder's velocity and manoverability compared to the buggy that had been carefully demolished). 3000AD tech would be crap compared to 40K tech, though there mi...
by Diverball
2013-03-01 03:07pm
Forum: User Fiction
Topic: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)
Replies: 73
Views: 40790

Re: Sparks From the Edge (40K/BT)

Hm. Very interested in seeing how this turns out. Also, interesting that the Warp evidently still exists in the BT universe, seeing as the Librarian could still use his powers during the interrogation. And yet no Chaos corruption... We don't know whether BT is an AU to 40K, or merely in the past. I...