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by Esquire
2023-10-29 12:58am
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: Nebulous Fleet Command
Replies: 2
Views: 1352

Re: Nebulous Fleet Command

Yeah, I've done a few matches. Haven't really dug into it - I've mostly been running a single Alliance CL loaded up with an enormous quantity of expensive missiles and basically playing sniper, mostly. I've been reliably scratching more than my own points value, so that's something.
by Esquire
2023-07-06 04:56pm
Forum: Pure Star Trek
Topic: Strange New Worlds (spoilers)
Replies: 147
Views: 20147

Re: Strange New Worlds (spoilers)

Evilchumlee wrote: 2023-07-06 01:34pm<snip>
You can't both quote and spoiler-tag stuff in a single post; it's a bug with the forum software dating back at least a few years. The spoiler box won't open.
by Esquire
2022-08-17 07:51pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Eckharts Ladder Star Wars lore
Replies: 31
Views: 10235

Re: Eckharts Ladder Star Wars lore

Bite Mark Analysis for one, but a surprisingly large number of forensics disciplines have been proven to be utterly worthless. Judges still accept rulings based on those discredited disciplines. They also continue to use case rulings even when the rulings were invalidated (Youngblood is a notorious...
by Esquire
2022-08-17 01:24pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Eckharts Ladder Star Wars lore
Replies: 31
Views: 10235

Re: Eckharts Ladder Star Wars lore

Darth Yan wrote: 2022-08-17 01:14pm Judges are similar in that they cling to precedent even if science proves that precedent is wrong.
Which particular precedent and science did you have in mind?
by Esquire
2022-06-26 08:27pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Lake Mead at "inactive pool" - Hoover Dam and climate change
Replies: 33
Views: 7436

Re: Lake Mead at "inactive pool" - Hoover Dam and climate change

Just to humor me, would you mind taking a stab at a numerical estimate? We can roll up all outdoor residential use if you like, that's probably easier to get data on. I think Jub did a better job of this than I could have. Thanks to Jub for doing the legwork. I'll admit that I suspected something l...
by Esquire
2022-06-24 05:05pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Lake Mead at "inactive pool" - Hoover Dam and climate change
Replies: 33
Views: 7436

Re: Lake Mead at "inactive pool" - Hoover Dam and climate change

I'm curious; what percentage of the relevant area's water use do you think lawn sprinklers account for? Probably not that high compared to agricultural irrigation etc, but they're definitely a completely unnecessary use of the public water supply. Growing certain crops might be an unsustainably wat...
by Esquire
2022-06-24 11:26am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Lake Mead at "inactive pool" - Hoover Dam and climate change
Replies: 33
Views: 7436

Re: Lake Mead at "inactive pool" - Hoover Dam and climate change

I'm curious; what percentage of the relevant area's water use do you think lawn sprinklers account for?
by Esquire
2022-03-14 06:03pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: 1.4 million New Yorkers behind on utility bills
Replies: 6
Views: 3717

Re: 1.4 million New Yorkers behind on utility bills

I've always been of the opinion the utilities should be non-for-profit. Indeed. Why they should even be privatised is a big question, especially in an environment where a lack of heat in winter can prove fatal. Ideally it would all just be state run infrastructure. But I know that's politically unf...
by Esquire
2022-03-04 11:35am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Report board software problems here
Replies: 1353
Views: 728695

Re: Report board software problems here

new account as logged out and couldn't remember password and old email lost to me. But that crazy long string 'cheoose middle five chars' - well fuck anyone dyslexic or using a screen reader? It's (so far) always 15 characters; I find counting 5 in and then 5 more is easier. Hopefully that helps an...
by Esquire
2022-03-01 01:32am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Questions about Halo MAC cannon recoil
Replies: 29
Views: 14425

Re: Questions about Halo MAC cannon recoil

It’s got to be up there! Are the shields physical, or some kind of exotic particle swirling around the ship that’s being held in place by some kind of energy? I mean, it's gotta be, right? The board is from 2003, IIRC; we could only have gotten a seventeen-year necro starting in 2020. Anyway. I don...
by Esquire
2022-02-28 07:21pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Questions about Halo MAC cannon recoil
Replies: 29
Views: 14425

Re: Questions about Halo MAC cannon recoil

Christ, I didn't even notice. Is that a record?
by Esquire
2022-02-28 08:46am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Questions about Halo MAC cannon recoil
Replies: 29
Views: 14425

Re: Questions about Halo MAC cannon recoil

No. A MAC (Mass Acceleration Cannon) is just a more advanced and bigger version of a Railgun. It uses magnets to accelerate a projectile. So, basically the projectile is hovering inside the weapon, and accelerates through magnets. In the videos the Shockwave is the breaking of the sound barrier. An...
by Esquire
2022-02-26 10:55am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: The Influences on D&D... If Made Today
Replies: 27
Views: 11039

Re: The Influences on D&D... If Made Today

GuppyShark wrote: 2022-02-25 02:54pm Yeah, the D&D setting books seem unpopular. There's not even a Dragonlance book.
That's because Dragonlance is a pretty weird setting that hasn't been popular for decades, if ever. Eberron and FR are very much alive in current D&D, as far as I know.
by Esquire
2022-02-24 08:09pm
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: The Influences on D&D... If Made Today
Replies: 27
Views: 11039

Re: The Influences on D&D... If Made Today

I think you probably don't get Vancian magic in a made-today D&D; maybe magic system looks like some weird mashup of the Dresden Files and Harry Potter, with a lot of willpower checks and focus instruments instead of defined spell levels and single-digit per-day casting limits. Dresden Files is...
by Esquire
2022-02-24 08:48am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: The Influences on D&D... If Made Today
Replies: 27
Views: 11039

Re: The Influences on D&D... If Made Today

I think you probably don't get Vancian magic in a made-today D&D; maybe magic system looks like some weird mashup of the Dresden Files and Harry Potter, with a lot of willpower checks and focus instruments instead of defined spell levels and single-digit per-day casting limits.
by Esquire
2021-08-15 11:22pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread
Replies: 205
Views: 120039

Re: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread

Khemplar & the Great Khemplar State Order of Battle, Jayne's Guide, ed. #ERROR 754 NaN I have tagged you all because I see that you've either been active in the game previously or have logged onto the board in the last couple of days, and would like to see if you're still interested. The game i...
by Esquire
2021-01-14 08:52am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Echelons Above Corps
Replies: 4
Views: 6976

Re: Echelons Above Corps

Perhaps 'Front' for your continental layer, since continents aren't necessarily going to be a useful concept for all deployments you'd need that size of force for? A swarm of orbital habitats or a very watery planet with lots of archipelagos, say. I agree about condensing the planetary and solar-sys...
by Esquire
2020-12-16 08:21pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Stuart Slade has died
Replies: 26
Views: 24685

Re: Stuart Slade has died

A classic article of his, for anyone who never came across it before now.
by Esquire
2020-12-02 12:46pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread
Replies: 205
Views: 120039

Re: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread

VX-145 wrote: 2020-12-02 11:13am I like it, and I'm guessing pointing out the similarity between RKFC and the other KFC is a bad idea in-character :P
snort

I hadn't even noticed that. Let's see what we can do here...
by Esquire
2020-12-02 02:40am
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread
Replies: 205
Views: 120039

Re: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread

Got my OOB up, finally. Hooray for PTO!
by Esquire
2020-12-02 02:16am
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 OOB Thread
Replies: 11
Views: 14220

Re: STGOD 2020 OOB Thread

Encyclopedia Galactica , edition #ERROR 754 NaN [data field corrupted; please consult your local information archeologist or G-ISBN repository]: Khemplar & the Great Khemplar State Order of Battle, Jayne's Guide, ed. #ERROR 754 NaN Overview Khemplar are a species of feathered, long-necked biped...
by Esquire
2020-10-24 10:43am
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread
Replies: 205
Views: 120039

Re: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread

Now I kinda want to fire up Space Engineers again.
by Esquire
2020-10-22 12:10am
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread
Replies: 205
Views: 120039

Re: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread

Very true! But I leave the drone-swarm tactics to others. :)
by Esquire
2020-10-21 11:57pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread
Replies: 205
Views: 120039

Re: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread

Yes and no - my read is that fewer large units work better if you have Improved Logistics, since the can't-self-repair threshold is higher.
by Esquire
2020-10-21 11:44pm
Forum: STGOD role-playing games
Topic: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread
Replies: 205
Views: 120039

Re: STGOD 2020 OOC Thread

There's honestly not a lot else to spend the nation points on; System Defenses aren't very powerful vs. mobile units and the espionage stats are pretty fluffy. I did pick up some Logistics, but I wasn't sure how useful Salvage would turn out to be. Also, I didn't want to be the guy with the tiniest ...