Spaceship Tech in your Setting

Jack Sawyer · 08-18-2021, 07:12 PM

Not exactly tech in 'my' setting but given I stumbled across this recently and people may find it interesting...

https://www.afrl.af.mil/Portals/90/D...nce_number.pdf

Its a discussion of the potential course of directed energy technologies (weapons especially) at least as far as the air force is concerned.

I may post things of interest if I can find them. Two of the ideas (and how I stumbled on it) was news articles about the near future viability of Ultrashort pulse lasers by both the air force and army (meaning we're a step closer from just CW lasers to actual atomic-rockets style laser weapons.. perhaps as soon as next year by some claims I've seen) And the idea that certain kinds of directed energy technology might create a sort of 'localized forcefield' pinpoint defense - not so much a bubble shield ala Star Trek but more like Macross/Independence War pinpoint barriers or Babylon 5 interceptors.

Which is still awesome because knowing what is possible or plausible is a big step to defining what you want as internally consistent technology in your setting. Or at least, in mine.

08-18-2021, 07:12 PM	#16
Jack Sawyer Join Date: Jul 2018	Re: Spaceship Tech in your Setting Not exactly tech in 'my' setting but given I stumbled across this recently and people may find it interesting... https://www.afrl.af.mil/Portals/90/D...nce_number.pdf Its a discussion of the potential course of directed energy technologies (weapons especially) at least as far as the air force is concerned. I may post things of interest if I can find them. Two of the ideas (and how I stumbled on it) was news articles about the near future viability of Ultrashort pulse lasers by both the air force and army (meaning we're a step closer from just CW lasers to actual atomic-rockets style laser weapons.. perhaps as soon as next year by some claims I've seen) And the idea that certain kinds of directed energy technology might create a sort of 'localized forcefield' pinpoint defense - not so much a bubble shield ala Star Trek but more like Macross/Independence War pinpoint barriers or Babylon 5 interceptors. Which is still awesome because knowing what is possible or plausible is a big step to defining what you want as internally consistent technology in your setting. Or at least, in mine.