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Interesting, well if there's anywhere to start in terms of franchises, I guess Star Wars would be a good place to start. In Star Wars, I see the Republic (old or new) doing what they do with most droids who develop personalities, the wipe there memories. After that, the droids are placed on the mark...

An aerospace fighter would have an advantage over a pure atmospheric fighter in a similar way that a jet has an advantage over a prop fighter. An aerospace fighter can operate at sub-orbital altitudes where atmospheric air-breathing fighters cannot reach them, and from there can either pelt them wit...

About the only advantages that a smaller fighter would have over a large fighter would be 1.) it could turn faster, and 2.) more could be carried in a given volume of space, as Kenny pointed out. The first point doesn't really matter that much in a missile fight, and the second point would be counte...

It is pretty big, a little over 41 meters long to be exact. In-universe, it's supposed to be a fusion-powered, interplanetary range aerospace fighter. As such, I felt it would need to be quite large.

So here's my second fighter design with more detailing. http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/VarrusTheEthical/AerospaceFighterPrototype21Front.png From the front you can see the undercarriage, which I based on the main landing gear of the B-52. I also added external hardpoints to the inner wings...

So I've taken another shot at fighter design, and here is the result. http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/VarrusTheEthical/AerospaceFighterPrototype2-1.png Though the layout is similar to my previous fighter design, it has a very different shape. http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/VarrusT...

The way I see it, the jobs available on any large space colony would be similar to those found in any planet-side city. Businessmen, lawyers, doctors, bankers, shop owners, and farmers would not be out of place in an O'Neil Cylinder. One thing that you should keep in mind that individual O'Neil stat...

For pretty space ships, I'll have to go with my favorite fighter from my favorite old gaming franchise, the Excalibur Heavy Fighter, from Wing Commander 3.

http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/VarrusTheEthical/AerospaceFighterPrototype2.png So here's the latest work on my fighter. I've added details like maneuvering thrusters, a cannon, and a two-tone grey color scheme. I've also slightly reduced the length of the nose. http://i1051.photobucket.co...

So I took a break from working on the starship to make an aerospace fighter, and here's the result. http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/VarrusTheEthical/AerospaceFighterPrototype.png http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/VarrusTheEthical/AerospaceFighterPrototypeFront.png http://i1051.photob...

Imagine moving to a gold standard today. There would be massive deflation and industries that actually use gold in their products would see their costs soar. The deflation would actually increase the size of debts people owe and further cripple a system flooded with bad debts. It would be an econom...

Aside from the issue of "Are you now or have you ever been a supporter of torture policies", which nobody who votes for obama can honestly answer with "no", I think the democrats need to be sent a message. Just staying put is not going to accomplish anything. Since you keep harp...

Rabid wrote:By curiosity, the guns... What are they ? Particle beam ? Coil- or rail-gun ? Something else ?

And the missiles, are they nuclear-tipped ?

The guns are Coil-guns. The missile tubes can hold a variety of munitions that included nukes.

So here are a couple of pictures to illustrate how the rotor arms for the Hab modules are supposed to fold flush with the hull during acceleration and space combat. http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/VarrusTheEthical/Battlecarrier1RotorExtended.png http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/Varr...

1,000 seems a lot of people to fit in those hab modules. If the entire ship is 1.6km and the hab pole is 220 in length total their not going to be much bigger than a small office block with a couple of floors, let alone all the support equipment those people will need. http://i1051.photobucket.com/...

Since the connective structure between the front and rear sections of the ship seemed to be bothering people, I've redesigned it to look more "robust". http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/VarrusTheEthical/Battlecarrier1Neck.png And here's a look at how the redesign affects the ship's ...

One thing I think is that the hanger would look more in place on the rear section than at the front where it is more vulnerable and in the way of the main guns. Also how many fighters are you intending for it to carry or is it just for shuttles as the hab unit isnt very large for a lot of crew to b...

So here's some of my latest work detailing my ship. http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/VarrusTheEthical/Battlecarrier1RoughTexture2front.png As you can probably see, I've added perpendicular firing missile tubes to the drive section. You can see them with more detail below. http://i1051.photob...

So I just found a reconstruction of the time leading up to the disaster by a USCG Licensed Master Mariner. It shows what the ship was doing just before and just after it struck the rocks.

Darth Yan wrote:Why won't this concept just die? Honestly I remember when this started in 2009.

For the same reason that 9/11 conspiracy theories and Moon Landing denialism have not died. These ideas will exist for as long as there are idiots who are willing to believe them.

The reason the issue persist despite Obama's mother being a citizen is because of her age. She was either 17 or 18 when Obama was born, and at the time he was born the legal definition of 'natural born' required at least one parent who was a citizen and had resided in the United States as an adult ...

The next step is adding sensors, starting with phased-array radar-panels. Then I'll move on to putting VLS -style missile batteries along along the super-structure on the drive section. Edit: The Hab module is about 220 meters tip to tip, which if rotated at about a 1.7 RPM would give the crew a wor...

Much better. Still not loving the neck, but if the ship has shields it works. I do like the radiator panels. And now that the guns are a more realistic size it works better. But they are still massive guns (lets face it, if the thing is ISD sized any recognizable guns in that position will be big)....

Thanks for the input. I've made some changes and added details to the model. http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s433/VarrusTheEthical/Battlecarrierv2front-2.png I've shortened the main guns by half their length. I also added bow-thrusters, secondary guns, and a retractable hanger-bay. http://i1051....

Good Morning, SDN! As the title of this thread states, I've been playing with sketchup and decided to make a starship with it. It's just a rough model, with no texturing or much detail. That being said, I hope that you folks like the design and I welcome any suggestions on improving of both the mode...