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nyrath

@nyrath@spacey.space

Star map and Atomic Rocket geek. The hard-science SF writer's tech support. The website is at
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/

Refugee from the decline and fall of Google Plus.

In my long and misspent youth I did the artwork for various TTWG such as Ogre, WarpWar, GEV and such.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

cstross, to random
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5/8: When writing technical or scientific detail, how much is plausible vs imagined?

Correctly depicting the background details in an SF/F story makes the utterly imaginary conceit at the heart of the story more plausible—it gains believability by being presented in a realistic context. (The best present-setting SF should leave you unsure how much, if any of it is imaginary.)

nyrath,
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@Hcobb @cstross

And how well does voice rec work when you have a head-cold or hay fever?

thisnorthernboy, to random
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Little render of the un-named space tug.

nyrath,
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@thisnorthernboy

Ooh, nice.

And I can see how you using Bender to sketch in three dimensions and design in the round.

nyrath, to random
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PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A HYPERVELOCITY NUCLEAR INTERCEPTOR SYSTEM (HNIS) FOR OPTIMAL DISRUPTION OF NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS

nuking incoming rogue asteroids

(pdf file)
https://www.adrc.iastate.edu/files/2012/06/AAS-12-225.pdf

nyrath,
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@isaackuo

Yeah, there is always boom tomorrow

StefanEJones, to random
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Really slacked off last week.

(Srsly, there needs to be a little graph going back a month for each metric.)

(Weight gain metric is actually lbs over goal.)

(Also srsly, I could probably get away with eating a bagel and cream cheese with breakfast now and then.)

nyrath,
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@StefanEJones

It would be nice if they could incorporate sparklines

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkline

nyrath, to random
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/06/boeing-starliners-first-crewed-mission-scrubbed/

cerebrate, to random
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We just folded space from Ix.

nyrath,
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@cerebrate

Lots of machines on Ix

tkinias, to random
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reads another story about Google

God, we need a phone OS that isn’t from Google or Apple.

(No, not you, Microsoft.)

nyrath,
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@tkinias

I still miss my Palm Pre smartphone, using webOS.

thisnorthernboy, to scifi
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The Pelagic, progress.

#b3d #Spaceship #SciFi

nyrath,
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@thisnorthernboy

holycrap! That's beautiful!

nyrath,
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@thisnorthernboy

I'm not just saying it.
A bit more than I decade ago I self-taught myself how to use Blender 3d. So I know how difficult it is to learn.

Plus you had the advantage of being a hauntingly good 2d artist to start with.

ErikSchouten73, to gymnastics Dutch
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Morning

nyrath,
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@ErikSchouten73

Just call me Atlas

nyrath, to random
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https://www.tumblr.com/sabotpetal/748045998640791552/f-117-nighthawk-in-production

nyrath,
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@Sevoris

I've also noticed that some Traveller type spaceships use that faceted look

nyrath, to random
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https://astrobiology.com/2023/06/specular-reflections-from-artificial-surfaces-as-technosignature.html

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https://astrobiology.com/2023/09/application-of-the-thermodynamics-of-radiation-to-dyson-spheres-as-work-extractors-and-computational-engines-and-their-observational-consequences.html

nyrath, to random
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https://hushkit.net/2021/10/23/10-extremely-sexy-spaceplanes/

nyrath,
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@steinarb

A few more details here

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/realdesigns.php#id--Bono_Mars_Glider

nyrath,
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Back in the 1970s, when I did some conceptual art based on Metagaming Concepts Stellar Conquest, I based the Scout starship on Dr. Bono's Mars spaceship

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/realdesigns.php#id--Bono_Mars_Glider

Dandelion, to random
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Wargaming is presently streaming Canadian Vice Admiral Angus Topshee playing World of Warships from aboard HMCS Vancouver.

nyrath,
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@Dandelion

Christopher Weuve, an acquaintance of mine, often speaks on the same topic.

I bow to his superior knowledge, since actually works for the US Department of Defense as a Naval Analyst

nyrath,
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@cerebrate @Dandelion

The Christopher Weuve transcript I have handy is here:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/09/28/aircraft-carriers-in-space/

nyrath,
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@cerebrate @Dandelion

Christopher Weuve has a "must read" list for anyone who wants to understand strategy and tactics as applied to science fiction.

There are five books:

https://projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewartactic.php#id--Tactics--Basic_Tactics

nyrath,
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@synlogic @60sRefugee @cerebrate @Dandelion

If anybody is interested, I have a web page with quite a few people's theories on combat spacecraft design...

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewarship.php

nyrath, to random
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More about space military logistics here:

https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/astromilitary.php#logistics

nyrath, (edited )
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@Dandelion

Me too 😪

For those of you in our studio audience who are wondering what we are talking about: Albedo Anthromorphics was a graphic novel series by Steve Gallacci. The military details seem reasonable (to Air Force Brat me). The scifi details were hard enough the series got an Atomic Rockets seal of approval from me.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo_Anthropomorphics

https://www.stevegallacci.com/archive/edf

nyrath, (edited ) to random
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Scifi writers should know that an army marches on their stomach. Also amateurs talk about tactics while experts talk about logistics.

You gotta feed your armies and starfleets fuel, ammo, rations for the military humans or everything comes to a screeching halt.

But I had no idea the number of different types of naval logistic ships.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Sealift_Command#Fleet_Oiler_Program_N031

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