Nyrath Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 This is a plastic model, but it may provide some inspiration http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=5137 http://fantastic-plastic.com/ProjectOrionBattleshipPage.htm Nuclear-bomb powered, armed with city-killer nukes and casaba howitzers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship Needs more fallout. Although in a world where ionising radiation replenished the body's natural supply of Vitamin Q, it would be tres cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship Nothing wrong with a little radiation. I even had a player tell me once, that it passes right through you so how can it really be dangerous. Dig the ship though. Swiping said thing for my real science sci fi game. Those players want to build one anyway. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship nice find! I still prefer the design for Michael, but Orion ship in general are groovy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship Nothing wrong with a little radiation. I even had a player tell me once' date=' that it passes right through you so how can it really be dangerous.[/quote'] Well, by that logic, a bullet passing right through you should not be dangerous either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship I still prefer the design for Michael' date=' but Orion ship in general are groovy[/quote'] A ship for every taste. The Orion Battleship is a refined deliberately designed warship suitable for a space navy. The Michael is a frantically designed quickly bolted together warship using existing hardware as much as possible, suitable for surprising alien invaders in a desperate bid for freedom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship THAT is gonna scare the hell out of the "ANYTHING NUCLEAR IS EVIL!!!" crowd. Which is fine by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship THAT is gonna scare the hell out of the "ANYTHING NUCLEAR IS EVIL!!!" crowd. Which is fine by me. And it did. When the Battleship concept (including a scale model) was shown to President Kennedy in 1963, JFK was reportedly so freaked out that he immediately cancelled the project altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship And it did. I really don't count JFK as part of that crowd. Quite the opposite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted January 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship I really don't count JFK as part of that crowd. Quite the opposite. Well, whether he was with the NIMBY group or not, he is the main reason the US does not currently own a fleet of Orion battleships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship I like them both. I think I would have liked to have my fleet of Orion Battleships though. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship For more fun, I sure hope they launch the things loaded with a full suite of ammunition! (One hundred fifty solid-fuel rockets? I can't see how that could possibly go wrong.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship It only needs to go right long enough, to secure the territory. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship Rex, old buddy, I think that if you tried to launch a spaceship filled with nuclear warheads using 150 state-of-the-art-in-1963 solid rocket motors, you could safely depend on the territory you launched it from being secure against any invader except maybe massively radioactive mutants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship Well' date=' whether he was with the NIMBY group or not, he is the main reason the US does not currently own a fleet of Orion battleships.[/quote'] What on (or outside) Earth would we use them for?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship What on (or outside) Earth would we use them for?!? Uhm, industrial spinoffs and skill transfers! Also, just because we don't know that the Tau Cetian invaders exist doesn't mean that they won't attack tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship Feh. The Tau Cetians realized a long time ago that the way to enslave Earth was to set up lots of karaoke bars and let abusive internet bloggers and no-think talk radio shows start controlling politics. No need for this crude and expensive battleships nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship Rex' date=' old buddy, I think that if you tried to launch a spaceship filled with nuclear warheads using 150 state-of-the-art-in-1963 solid rocket motors, you could safely depend on the territory you launched it from being secure against any invader except maybe massively radioactive mutants.[/quote'] Considering stuff goes up all the time without to much of an issue, not worried about the date of invention. Got stuff built in 1963 working just fine now, and somehow, I think stuff built in 2010, will not be working as well in 2057, while there will STILL be stuff from 1963 running around. If the "I scared uh Nuclear!" people knew just what they were being exposed to and where it comes from, they wouldn't begrudge me a few Orbital Battleships to slap commies and hippies around with. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship ... they wouldn't begrudge me a few Orbital Battleships to slap commies and hippies around with. HEY! We hippies would object! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship Considering stuff goes up all the time without to much of an issue, not worried about the date of invention. Got stuff built in 1963 working just fine now, and somehow, I think stuff built in 2010, will not be working as well in 2057, while there will STILL be stuff from 1963 running around. If the "I scared uh Nuclear!" people knew just what they were being exposed to and where it comes from, they wouldn't begrudge me a few Orbital Battleships to slap commies and hippies around with. ~Rex The 1960s were a different time. It`s the only explanation I can think of for stuff like this being forgotten. Hey, just keep launching those nuclear-armed rockets. Eventually one isn`t going to blow up on the launch pad or go randomly astray! I can only suppose that the Air Force was trying to downplay its ratio of successful to unsuccessful launches in the South Dakota papers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship That is a really cool model, but $150 is out of my price range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship That is a really cool model' date=' but $150 is out of my price range.[/quote'] See, that's exactly what President Kennedy said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted January 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship What on (or outside) Earth would we use them for?!? I think the idea was to use them as a part of a M.A.D. doctrine in the short term, and a "USA conquers the world" strategy in the long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship Sounds good when do we start? ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Re: Orion Drive space battleship I think the idea was to use them as a part of a M.A.D. doctrine in the short term' date=' and a "USA conquers the world" strategy in the long term.[/quote'] ... and strategic MAD-like deterrence was working out to be so effective in Viet Nam at the time the decision to skip these things was being made. Yeah, they're cool in an outrageous sort of way, but they would have been the biggest, whitest, loudest, dirtiest, most expensive white elephants ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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