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Re: Spaceyard manager
« Reply #135 on: September 09, 2011, 07:23:53 pm »
We would need to make them easily transportable, in trains, by Llamas, so that Llamas can be used to rapidly build mine-fields...
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Re: Spaceyard manager
« Reply #136 on: September 09, 2011, 08:05:56 pm »
Llamas?

Kangaroos or sparrows, man.

Preferably Kangaroos.
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« Reply #137 on: September 09, 2011, 08:26:41 pm »
If it is dropping mines, then it is probably a pigeon...
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Re: Spaceyard manager
« Reply #138 on: September 09, 2011, 09:14:45 pm »
No, it's hauling stationary gun platforms. Just like it would haul any other cargo. Plus, we don't have plans for a minelaying system, nor plans for mines.
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Re: Spaceyard manager
« Reply #139 on: September 09, 2011, 09:30:03 pm »
Autonomous space-turrets and minefields fulfil similar functions...
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Re: Spaceyard manager
« Reply #140 on: September 09, 2011, 09:59:22 pm »
They are not autonomous.
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« Reply #141 on: September 10, 2011, 01:39:50 am »
They should be, just have them target any near object that is moving relative to themselves and you have a minefield, perfect for creating a protected corridor that traders cannot escape from.
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Re: Spaceyard manager
« Reply #142 on: September 10, 2011, 01:55:46 am »
In that case they should be anonymous.
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« Reply #143 on: September 10, 2011, 10:20:43 am »
That TRADERS cannot escape from? Seriously? WE ARE NOT PIRATES! Besides, the things are designed to be sold anyways. That's how the game works.
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Re: Spaceyard manager
« Reply #144 on: September 10, 2011, 10:39:48 am »
We're Bay12ers, we break the game.


Now, what were you guys talking about  :P

No, I'm serious. 
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« Reply #145 on: September 10, 2011, 07:04:33 pm »
Well, the theory is that the pirates couldn't get in, so the traders being unable to get out shouldn't be much of an issue, of course, unless you had some way of limiting their engagement arc, which is proof against tampering, then they guard a sphere, which would be difficult to use to surround a large corridor, but a fixed installation may be able to use them to guard a flank and so have only one corridor that needs defending...
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Re: Spaceyard manager
« Reply #146 on: September 10, 2011, 07:14:33 pm »
Perhaps we could draw up some computer Friend Or Foe Identification programs.
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« Reply #147 on: September 10, 2011, 08:22:15 pm »
No, too easily exploited, have a disabling code for maintenance and retrieval, with a limited rate of input and an alert in the case of an incorrect code, but once you have an automated I.F.F. then it only takes one instance of a F. being mistaken for a F. and you have problems...

But anyway, we don't have the targeting technology for anything but a fixed gun and that just won't cut it for light space-munitions. Once we have a working missile defence then we can talk armed craft, for now we will just sell the weapons as is, not mounted on anything. Once we have our space-sports-car/death-trap we can mount fixed guns on it, strafing asteroids should extend the fun factor of a highly manoeuvrable and over-powered space-buggy. Hmmm, we can call it the Mongoose Space-buggy. But for military purposes you really want turrets with some degree of automation. A pilot, probably remotely, selects the turrets target and then concentrates on keeping the craft from being hit. And a trader would rather just hit a button and have all their turrets become omnicidal then have to have a crew of sufficient size and training to manually defend the ship.
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Re: Spaceyard manager
« Reply #148 on: September 14, 2011, 05:40:32 pm »
*Pokes. With a massive stick.*
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Re: Spaceyard manager
« Reply #149 on: September 15, 2011, 06:27:12 am »
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