Tango01  | 12 Dec 2023 5:05 p.m. PST |
…side by side? "Would it not be more advantageous to align your broadside (where the heavier guns are located) towards the back, underneath, or front of an enemy vessel instead of subjecting yourself to broadside to broadside combat? The methods of attack we often see deployed involve, for the most part, battles that take place on the same 2D plane, as if the ships were floating in water. I find this unimaginative from a military command standpoint. We should expect all sorts of angles of attack in a 3D space battle, yet rarely see it pan out this way with the exception of smaller starfighters…"
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| chironex | 12 Dec 2023 6:03 p.m. PST |
There's a whole lecture about this in one Battlefleet Gothic mag. Crossing the T wins, not coming up alongside. Yamatos in World of Warships are easily defeated when they show too much broadside while getting greedy about the amount of 18" turrets they can track on target. |
| thosmoss | 12 Dec 2023 6:28 p.m. PST |
'Cos it's called the Rebel ALLIANCE. Ch'uh. |
| Toaster | 12 Dec 2023 6:56 p.m. PST |
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| Stryderg | 12 Dec 2023 8:58 p.m. PST |
I think I have new favorite web comic. |
| TheBeast | 13 Dec 2023 7:37 a.m. PST |
Of course, you can START with T crossed, but nobody would stay that way, unless disabled by the alpha strike. And, speaking of Star Fleet, a heck of a lot of ships in films and games aren't restricted to the long skinny that water craft are. Many actually LEAD with the broadside. Unless transport, aka 'target', when you're more interested in leaving, and dissuading pursuit. Doug |
| Tango01 | 13 Dec 2023 3:17 p.m. PST |
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| JMcCarroll | 13 Dec 2023 3:49 p.m. PST |
Never yellow alert. Always RED alert! |
| Tacitus | 14 Dec 2023 6:15 a.m. PST |
"Never yellow alert. Always RED alert!" Indeed! Even if it means changing the light bulb. |
| TheBeast | 14 Dec 2023 11:49 a.m. PST |
I think I have new favorite web comic. I've been bingeing for hours; it's the most Star Trek damn thing I've seen for long damn… Doug |
| Tango01 | 14 Dec 2023 3:56 p.m. PST |
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| Toaster | 14 Dec 2023 8:30 p.m. PST |
For those enjoying Attack Pattern Tuggs following my mention of it.
1. Your welcome.
2. I love the way the characters go from a perfect parody of the various Star trek tropes to actual fully rounded characters with their own stories. Robert |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 15 Dec 2023 11:14 p.m. PST |
It depends on how spaceships are built in the particular universe. In Traveller, e.g., a warship is typically built around the main weapon, with the maneuver drive aft and aperature of the weapon forward. |
| Tango01 | 16 Dec 2023 4:40 p.m. PST |
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| David Johansen | 13 Jan 2024 9:40 p.m. PST |
As I've explained on-line so many times. Every race has a device to deterimine the universal up. This is done by the most advanced method known to science. A slice of buttered toast is dropped and thus 'up' is synchronized between the fleets of all races. |
| TheBeast | 15 Jan 2024 8:59 a.m. PST |
Two words: integral trees. Doug |
 etotheipi  | 15 Jan 2024 11:20 a.m. PST |
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finally dips his toe into the world of Aeronef.
