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dalem · 11-13-2007, 20:40 PM

Blade-

Each of the designs and concepts you listed above requires the acceptance of one or more sci fi "MacGuffin"s, so comparing realities isn't much use. The B5 spinny ship (I know, it's an Omega class DD

) has a more realistic feel and that's why I picked it. But you have to buy some sort of incredibly efficient and powerful (by today's standards) power source.

For BSG, the MacGuffin is that a whole shipful of whiney-assed handwringing crybabies somehow managed to think anyone would miss them and turned down the Emo long enough to jerkface their way around the galaxy.

And they have FTL and magic sexed-up robots, but apparently never checked off the crucial "doggie style" improvement on their march up the tech tree.

For Trek, it's Warp Drive and transporters and inverted plasma deflector relays. Once you buy that, any ship design is acceptable.

For "real" sci fi space ship design and the like, I offer you ROCKETS! A truly exhaustive and "grounded" exploration of the concept of the atom-powered rocketship. Every scifi fan should have it bookmarked.

-dale

11-13-2007, 20:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
dalem Lord High Hullabalooster *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 11-23-04 Location: Columbia Heights, MN Posts: 8,766 Country:	Blade- Each of the designs and concepts you listed above requires the acceptance of one or more sci fi "MacGuffin"s, so comparing realities isn't much use. The B5 spinny ship (I know, it's an Omega class DD ) has a more realistic feel and that's why I picked it. But you have to buy some sort of incredibly efficient and powerful (by today's standards) power source. For BSG, the MacGuffin is that a whole shipful of whiney-assed handwringing crybabies somehow managed to think anyone would miss them and turned down the Emo long enough to jerkface their way around the galaxy. And they have FTL and magic sexed-up robots, but apparently never checked off the crucial "doggie style" improvement on their march up the tech tree. For Trek, it's Warp Drive and transporters and inverted plasma deflector relays. Once you buy that, any ship design is acceptable. For "real" sci fi space ship design and the like, I offer you ROCKETS! A truly exhaustive and "grounded" exploration of the concept of the atom-powered rocketship. Every scifi fan should have it bookmarked. -dale