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09-15-2012, 02:13 PM | #32 |
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Re: Vote up a Space Opera
It's not that I want hypersail much. It's more that having 'flat' hyperspace is boring. Some sort of natural, difficult-to-predict phenomena that influence travel and can become hazards make things fun.
As for the heavy trend towards hyperspace, I think this comes from (a) wish to remove FTL from combat consideration (b) wish to provide some sort of 'sense of gradual movement' to FTL. BTW, a Hyperdrive Suppressor may or may not be available in the setting. |
09-15-2012, 02:15 PM | #33 | |
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I like the idea of the former for regular warp, and the latter for the "expressway". It makes the regular warp empires have large ships, but the expressway users could use smaller one or two-man "cars". Last edited by CraigR; 09-15-2012 at 02:22 PM. |
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09-15-2012, 02:16 PM | #34 |
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Re: Vote up a Space Opera
This is why it's important to nail down your terms beforehand. I don't think of either of those when I think "hyperspace".
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09-15-2012, 06:10 PM | #35 | |
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The reason why I went with either Hyper (w/encouners) or Warp was to avoid drives where FTL travel constituted "downtime". Same for short voyage times. Space Opera probably should be defined as "fast-paced space adventure" and we don't want long periods when nothing si happening. If hyperspace is not an invulnerable refuge where nothing ever happens then there is no particular need t bar access or yank people out of it.
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09-15-2012, 06:26 PM | #36 |
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Re: Vote up a Space Opera
results for FTL:
Hyper Drive: 15(21)= 3+3+(3)+3+3+(3)+2+1 Tachyon Drive: 0 Hyper Sail: 1(7)= 1+(3)+(3) Warp Drive: 8= 2+3+3 Inertialess Drive: 0 Blink Warp Drive: 5= 2+3 Space Highways: 10= 2+1+1+(1)+1+2+2 Wormhole Drive: 1 Jump Drive: 5= 2+2+1 Probability Drive: 0 WormGate Network: 1 I think we can call this one one for Hyperdrive. We have people asking to make Hyperspace interesting as well, and space highways took second place, followed by a smattering of others Last edited by ericthered; 09-15-2012 at 06:44 PM. |
09-15-2012, 06:43 PM | #37 |
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Dominance of Humanity:
results of first round Humanity is alone: 4= 1+1+1+1 Humanity owns the stars: Humanity is dominant in space: Humanity is the first among several competitive powers: 1(3)= (2)+1 Humanity is equal to many others: 9(11)= 1+2+2+2+(2)+2 Humanity is a minor or junior power : 8= 2+1+1+2+2 Humanity is a set of upstarts: Humanity is irrelevant: OK, I'm going to refine the voting on this one: one vote for if humanity is a junior power or if they are considered equal. I will vote for junior power Travel times: results of first round: Months to closest : Weeks to closest : 5 Days to closest : 5 24 hours to several Planets: 6 hours to several Planets: 1 1 hour to several Planets: 1 Ok, it looks like we want either days or weeks. please put the time you would like to be average down. When we get all the input I'll drop the highest and lowest and then take the logarithmic average. If you don't understand that, don't worry, just give the time you want. Feel free to say anything between 24 hours and 12 weeks I'm going to go with an average of 36 hours between worlds. Last edited by ericthered; 09-16-2012 at 08:42 AM. |
09-15-2012, 06:52 PM | #38 | |
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09-15-2012, 06:58 PM | #39 |
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HyperSpace Questions!
This vote is a series of yes or no questions. you can answer yes, no, or nothing to each issue, and you have one big yes and one big no (worth 2 each) suggesting other qualities hyperspace can is welcomed. Are distances in hyperspace roughly the same as real space? Are their multiple hyperspaces? If there are multiple hyperspaces, do they behave radically differently? Does Hyperspace have currents and paths? Does Hyperspace have "weather"? (do conditions change?) Do things live in hyperspace? Can hyperspace be changed through construction (or rather, is it?) Can humans survive being exposed to hyperspace? Can ships in hyperspace detect/communicate with each other? Can ships in hyperspace fight each other? my votes are as follows: distances - multiple ++ differences -- paths + weather + life + construction + habitable + vision + combat - Last edited by ericthered; 09-15-2012 at 07:23 PM. |
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Edit: By relative I mean, if a world is equidistant from two others in realspace, will it be equidistant from them in hyperspace too, or might it be a shorter jaunt to one than the other? --------- Two more questions, relevant to space opera:
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