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Re: Orion Drive space battleship

Re: Orion Drive space battleship

Re: Orion Drive space battleship

Re: Are single climate/habitat worlds really possible? And of course this should tell all intelligent Star Hero game masters that history can be your trade secret as well.

Re: Orion Drive space battleship The hazard is from fallout. And if you launch from a huge steel pad or from the air, there basically is no fallout

Re: Orion Drive space battleship Ah, I was correct. It was intended to be a part of M.A.D. doctrine "The "Battleship" was the ultimate military version of this conceit. It was designed to carry thermonuclear firepower equivalent to three Polaris submarines as well as a variety of defensive weapons. Plans called for the Battleship to be stationed in a "Fail Safe" orbit around the Moon and only returned to Earth in the event of a "Doomsday" scenario in which case it would unleash nuclear death on America's enemies."

Re: Are single climate/habitat worlds really possible?

Re: Orion Drive space battleship No, no typo. You don't understand. This is the Orion Drive we are talking about, here. It is the propulsion system above all that is optimized for moving huge payloads from surface to orbit. They had a design for a medium Orion ship that could transport an entire Lunar colony to the moon in one trip. The large model Orion could deliver 8,000,000 metric tons payload into low Earth orbit.

Re: Orion Drive space battleship Here are some notes on the "Landing Boats" on the Orion Battleship http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=5167

Re: Your Top Ten Science Fiction Writers, and then some. Now if you like the Traveller RPG, run, do not walk, and find a used copy of The Shattered Stars by Richard S. McEnroe (1985, http://www.bookfinder.com is your friend). Gives incredible detail about the trials and tribulations of a free trader, along with a story including a grizzled captain, a skittish engineer lady who is a secret telepath on the run from an evil Psionics institute, a war-weary super-soldier who just wants to forget, a super-bomb that various factions are trying to get their hands on, and a rogue mega-telepath super villain. A pity that none of McEnroe other few novels were anywhere near as exciting.

Re: Are single climate/habitat worlds really possible?

Re: Fiction resources for Solar HERO. Sir Arthur C. Clarke's EARTHLIGHT, ISLANDS IN SPACE. Poul Anderson's TALES OF THE FLYING MOUNTAINS Isaac Asimov's (as Paul French) Lucky Starr series James P. Hogan INHERIT THE STARS

Re: Your Top Ten Science Fiction Writers, and then some. When it comes to inspiration for a Planetary Romance campaign, an interesting choice is the Northwest Smith stories of C.L. Moore. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?9373 Northwest Smith is a rogue. A little Han Solo, a little Indiana Jones. There is some Film Noir, some Cthulhu mythos, grizzled men wearing faded gray spacer's leathers with their heat ray pistol in a well worn holster. The deserts of Mars, the swamps of Venus, lithe white limbed women, and eldrich horrors.

Re: 10 Sci-Fi Weapons That Actually Exist

Re: Are single climate/habitat worlds really possible?

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, and a "USA conquers the world" strategy in the long term.

Re: Humans nearly went extinct

Re: Your Top Ten Science Fiction Writers, and then some. Well, my top SF writers is a different list from my top SF writers who have Star Hero material. http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/18596-SF-Novels-for-Star-Hero?p=364243#post364243 http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/18596-SF-Novels-for-Star-Hero?p=364368#post364368 http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/18596-SF-Novels-for-Star-Hero?p=365136#post365136 and add The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz

Re: 1962 Nuke Test jeopardized Apollo program

Re: Orion Drive space battleship 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.

http://gizmodo.com/5451357/sound-generator-could-kill-humans-at-ten-meters http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4447499&c=FEA&s=TEC

Re: Orion Drive space battleship And it did.

Re: The furture is now buddy ; phaser now Yes, but I'd advise you not to. With such things it is dangerously easy to blind yourself permanently. The gentleman who made the phaser in the videos has a carrying case with a combination lock on it, to keep them out of the hands of the untrained. Having said that, there is an easy hack to increase the power of your average laser pointer, but I'm not going to tell you how. Google if you must know.

Re: 10 Sci-Fi Weapons That Actually Exist

Re: 1962 Nuke Test jeopardized Apollo program or any other circa 1960's era superhero group in the game master's universe who require a radiation accident in their origin.