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@Malivotti Hero thats the book, I wasnt even aware there was a second one though *starts diging for it*

on the topic of out of date laws Wyoming (my home state) is great. 7 concernd Citizans (as defined by the same law as land owners holding more than 20 acres) can hang a man for horse theft. It is ilegal to wear your spurs within the city limits of Laramie. It is ilegal to be seen with a woman of Ill...

at the moment im actualy Rereading the elfhome series (almost through wolf who rules for the second time) so I can read Elfhome and actualy fit everything together, at the same time im rereading the Safehold series in preperation for the release of the next book (same reason as above), and I just fi...

What kind of stupid setup is that? If I hire mercenaries from offworld I want that expense to show for something, namely them crushing the opposition on short notice with vastly superior technology. If they're restricted to indigeneous technology, what's the incentive for me to hire them to begin w...

Anyway, making a cartoon of it is practical, it might well be artistically good- the real problem is (as always) Fox holding onto the rights without any obvious intent to use them. Dog, manger, et cetera. I thought Nathan Filian owned the rights to Firefly now (seriously I could swear I read that s...

Read a book long ago (like when I was in HS) about mercanaries on a galactic level, the galactic goverment allowed people to hire them to fight in planetary wars but they were restricted to using an indigenous tech level. I cant remember the name of the book now, but the Merc force was definetly one...

THe actual cost of "gemstones" wouldnt be that bad imho Cubic zirconia, or even Synthetic diamond are options that period people owuldnt be able to distinguish from the real deal I would think anyway.

@ Crazy and in defence of the general idea I played a pc game years ago where they had fighters in the startreck universe.

Note I dont disagree on any of the points made, im not an Eng. what I am is a Marine with a Deg. in History. As to the engine I couldnt find a single Turbo Compond I would consider in the period, heck the only ones I could find at all were for aircraft (somthing I tryed to point out but aparently wa...

ok did some more diging, here are the stats on the book version of the Hond III Armored Fighting Vehicles: Hond III—Draka Weight: 58 tons, loaded. Dimensions: length 23ft.. height 8ft 2in.. width 12ft 6m. Armor: 30mm- 125mm hull. 35mm-150mm turret/ mantlet All surfaces sloped for ballistic protectio...

The German Maus was a good example of that. It had a 128mm main gun, and when all its engines were in good order could move at a brisk walk. That wasn't often. Also had some slight problems with bridges... True enough the Maus was rather a joke for the germans (I blame Hitler honestly). However the...

Thanks Necron, that clears up my confusion. it always buged me that the Draka were so far ahead of everyone else with their tanks even though I have argued in the past (on other boards like wesworld and Navalisim) that someone could have made some of the jumps they made, my arguments were generaly b...

Ok so I registerd after lurking for a few days because the subsight found at http://www.stardestroyer.net/Armour/ShepStuff/Website/DrakaWB/WBindex.htm is realy buging me. I have found several things listed that do not match the books, as an example the Hond III is listed as having a 120mm main gun i...