"Subs as starships" Topic
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| Kirk Alderfer | 18 Sep 2021 2:38 p.m. PST |
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 Parzival  | 18 Sep 2021 3:46 p.m. PST |
Somebody already thought of that:
 But cool pictures! |
| Thresher01 | 19 Sep 2021 1:49 a.m. PST |
The Stardate 3000 miniatures range had a couple of "Space Subs" – one type for each faction. Presumably they were able to cloak themselves in space to hide, unlike the other starships. |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 19 Sep 2021 9:17 a.m. PST |
Many many years ago I saw some spaceships called "hyperspace submarines", which gave me the impression that they were somehow able to lurk in another dimension and pop out to take a shot. Or something. |
| chironex | 19 Sep 2021 6:36 p.m. PST |
Space Battleship Yamato had similar vessels used by the White Comet Empire, but they simply turned into another ship-of-the-line when the EDFS learned to detect them.
Gilpins Space had submarines suddenly disappearing into hyperspace, allowing them to not only fly through space, but at superluminal velocities. Trouble was, they could hear entities speaking to them sometimes… Then we have the third Gloryhammer album…
YouTube link |
| Zephyr1 | 19 Sep 2021 8:49 p.m. PST |
In the Honor Harrington universe, the warships were basically submarine-shaped… |
ScottWashburn  | 20 Sep 2021 12:28 p.m. PST |
In my very first SF novel (The Terran Concensus, available on Amazon) I had near-future nuclear submarines being converted into spaceships (interplanetary, not star ships) to meet the threat of an alien invasion. :) |
| General Kirchner | 20 Sep 2021 2:49 p.m. PST |
I read a sci fi book where they converted ballistic submarines to spaceships and welded Abrams to the hulls for guns. a force field of some sort surrounded them if I remember right. |
| robert piepenbrink | 20 Sep 2021 3:44 p.m. PST |
Done at least twice in real books 40+ years ago. There's an old Harry Harrison, and one of those "we're too nice to make war in the future--but the aliens aren't" pieces where they have to bring in a Cold War sub crew. |
| Parzival | 27 Sep 2021 8:45 a.m. PST |
Once again, Atomic Rocket is your friend: link Note that actually trying to use submarines as spaceships is A Bad Idea. |
| Kirk Alderfer | 29 Sep 2021 11:40 a.m. PST |
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