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Robert_Brandt

@Robert_Brandt@spacey.space

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Robert_Brandt, to sciencefiction
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Ultimate Space Battle

FredKiesche, to random
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And there it is…the first novel-length installment appearance of the BOMB-PUMPED X-RAY LASER!

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Robert_Brandt,
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@sudnadja @nyrath @FredKiesche Vertical alignment, I don't have deck plates so I do it too.

Robert_Brandt, to solarpunk
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Intro for Solis People of the Sun art by Kyle Cleary

nyrath, to random
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Don't mind me. I'm trying to support the artist on the left.

Robert_Brandt,
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@nyrath I'm exactly the opposite of the one guy, I'm an engineer, not an artist.

sudnadja, to traveller
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And a more distant view. Asteroids are an underrated playing area for traveller, I think. You can circumnavigate the entire world, possibly jump to escape velocity (for small asteroids) and the non-uniform gravity fields make orbits around the asteroids unstable and somewhat unpredictable.

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Robert_Brandt,
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@cerebrate @60sRefugee @nyrath @maxthefox @michael_w_busch @sudnadja What are anarchic space Cossacks

Robert_Brandt,
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@nyrath @cerebrate @60sRefugee @maxthefox @michael_w_busch @sudnadja Being related to them, I would say, yeah no. lol

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@nyrath @cerebrate @60sRefugee @maxthefox @michael_w_busch @sudnadja Though I should add, that Cossacks, and Tatars are often differentiated by religion, such as my father had the "Tatar fold" and people would ask him where he was from, thinking him Asian. Though I beleive some of my family might be Baluch. By late Tsarist times, Cossack was a military unit, light cavalry, or lancers.

Robert_Brandt,
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@nyrath @cerebrate @60sRefugee @maxthefox @michael_w_busch @sudnadja Interestingly, the name is from the same entomological root as Kazakh - wanderer. It all comes back to :D Anyways, here is a cool video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XbMXAuEsDU

nyrath, to random
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Online calculator for plotting scifi interstellar trips. An aid for Mongoose 2300 AD

https://starscanner.six51.com/

Robert_Brandt,
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@nyrath @sudnadja The designer of Striker sent me a mindboggling xls of DR4 w over 100,000 stars

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@nyrath @notasnark @sudnadja I find it about 2-3, using hipparcos. I have had good reviews and feedback on Solis People of the Sun

Robert_Brandt,
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@sudnadja @nyrath I found doing 521 of the closest was a lot of work, I am working on another book atm 190 pages, companion to Andromeda Dragons, 44 star systems expanded

Robert_Brandt,
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@codrusofathens @nyrath @sudnadja I agree! :D

Robert_Brandt,
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@RogerBW @Sevoris @nyrath @sudnadja Stable, stationary wormholes?

Robert_Brandt, to random
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I am hearing James M Ward, the designer of many games, including one of the first Science Fiction RPG's Metamorphosis Alpha has passed, very sad, my condolences to his friends, and family. 😢

nyrath, to random
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Space artists might want to look into NASA's JPL modular habitat system. The mix-n-match modules can be shuffled to make a wide variety of spaceships and habitats.

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/habmod.php#mhs

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Robert_Brandt,
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@eldadoinquieto @nyrath from 2011 game

Modular pressurized quarters for 6 persons, with air lock and atmosphere recirculating system. 2 by 6 by 6 meters. Can be carried in the hold of a starship. 6 tons.

Slang terms for modules:
Communication and Command Module: "Com Shack"
Medlab Module: "Medlab" or "Infirmary"
Research Module: "Sci Lab"
Commissary Module: "Roach Coach"
Habitation Module: "Hab" or "Rack Shack"
Storage Module: "Shed"
Mech/Eng Module; "Shop"
Power Plant Module; "Bomb Shack"

maxthefox, to writing
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Oh I forgor about the coffee club, prepare for the mother of all catchups!

Mar 1: What inspired you to begin writing?

Many factors, but rediscovering @nyrath 's wonderful Atomic Rockets site really pushed me to becoming a hard sci-fi writer.

Wouldn't have done it without a huge source of inspiration like that. It's less daunting than it sounds, honestly even not violating high-school-level physics and thinking about consequences can make sci-fi "hard" these days...

Robert_Brandt,
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@maxthefox @nyrath I remeber finding Atomic Rockets so long ago, I think it was with IE 5 or 7 there was a browser incompatibility where the lack of word wrap meant for lots of scrolling.

nyrath, to random
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https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/Reentry_of_International_Space_Station_ISS_batteries_into_Earth_s_atmosphere

Robert_Brandt,
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@eldadoinquieto @nyrath Likely it will be dropped here in the pacific ocean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft_cemetery

Robert_Brandt,
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@nyrath @eldadoinquieto I can just hear an Astronaut like Buzz Aldrin saying: "Fhtagn this %&*#@$" as they drop it. lol

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1/3) I watched the first episode, and part of the second, of the 1973 SF series "The Starlost."

The early 70s saw a terrible drought of SF on television. As a tween, I invested great hopes in the show. I was familiar with the generation ship concept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ars0DCQijqU&list=PLmAyiwH3Lpit9Aaud3XyzGMDNzkrOp0x5

Robert_Brandt,
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@nyrath @StefanEJones I always thought it was Orphans of the Shy, and another book that (that slips my mind) were the main inspiration for MA. We played some scenario as clones, pre-paranoia, pretty weird. Starlost I saw too, though the fight is legenday. Bova also re-wrote it and released it as a series.

Robert_Brandt,
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@nyrath @StefanEJones That's is it, you're right.

Robert_Brandt, to random
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Games of my youth.

Robert_Brandt,
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@nyrath I liked it too (I like 3D maps a lot), I agree that with knowing the game vs being new to it was a real advantage. I have a lot of other microgames, car wars etc.. I am still a big fan of inexpensive gaming.

Robert_Brandt,
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@nyrath Were they the one with a grease pencil? I played that some but didn't own it. I had ton of sci-fi games, though many like you say, they could be won in setup. Imperium, you would know who won withing the first few turns. I also had one called Diadem, fairly complex iirc; and why we alsways wandered back to starfire, with I kept in a trapper keeper folder, the build your own scenarios made it adjustable for those who weren't as good at tactics. Though I also played a lot of Squad Leader.

Robert_Brandt,
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@nyrath This is Diadem: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4811/diadem

bradjmurray, to random
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If you need to roughly estimate gravity for a Traveller world, the world (size/8)^3 will do I think.

Robert_Brandt,
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@bradjmurray Also this table

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