well i’ll say this then ,, space perspective… Maccross (80’s anime) had the first space combat correct.. they fired at things they could not see,, an sat an waited ,, till the missiles hit or tried to evade in coming fire..
hence the “first space combat.” … they deemed it to boring an added the dogfighting ,, cuz that was more intense…
i have it (Maccross) on lazerdisk an it came with the directors commentary…
Would appear that the Lamian home world is better defended than the Empire thought and it looks like the Lamians had a trick or two up their sleeves. Nice plot twist, Catman!
I had to think about the pilot of the craft whose acceleration was being slowed by the Dagger’s gravity beam. I thought he should be feeling less than six g’s, but I was wrong. He would be feeling his own net acceleration AND the gravity beam, and the two should add to the acceleration his craft would be experiencing otherwise. Good call.
Actually, the THRUST would have been the same, but his effective G’s he felt would have been less, as he was trying to move a larger mass than his engines were rated for. Inertia is still a factor…
I made it to the Post Office this morning. I haven’t been there in so long that they had my mail in a box in the back.
Mailed a package that I’ve needed to mail for an embarrassingly long time.
Did some grocery shopping, stopped for gas, went to the dollar store.
You know what? I live 30KM from Savannah, and life is normal. Employees wearing masks, but that’s all.
Life goes on.
So, the Lamian fighters are not engaging their attachers but are engaging in evasive maneuvers while continuing toward the fleet englobing the planet. Even if they can dodge fast enough to make a gravity-locked missile lose the lock, my bet is the missile will just automatically acquire a new target, and that the Daggers have some kind of recognition signal so the missiles won’t target them. The captured Lamian fleet however, may not have had such a thing installed since capture. Friendly fire isn’t.
So, the Lamian fighters are not engaging their attackers but are engaging in evasive maneuvers while continuing toward the fleet englobing the planet. Even if they can dodge fast enough to make a gravity-locked missile lose the lock, my bet is the missile will just automatically acquire a new target, and that the Daggers have some kind of recognition signal so the missiles won’t target them. The captured Lamian fleet however, may not have had such a thing installed since capture. Friendly fire isn’t.
So, the Lamian fighters are not engaging their attackers but are engaging in evasive maneuvers while continuing toward the fleet englobing the planet. Even if they can dodge fast enough to make a gravity-locked missile lose the lock, my bet is the missile will just automatically acquire a new target, and that the Daggers have some kind of recognition signal so the missiles won’t target them. The captured Lamian fleet however, may not have had such a thing installed since capture. Friendly fire isn’t.
Even if the Lamian fighters can dodge fast enough to make a gravity-locked missile lose the lock, my bet is the missile will just automatically acquire a new target, and that the Daggers have some kind of recognition signal so the missiles won’t target them. The captured Lamian fleet however, may not have had such a thing installed since capture. Friendly fire isn’t.
There’s something that keeps bothering me … the Empire never did declare war, did they?
Sure the first casualty was Toby but an all out invasion on a planet that does not even know you exist?
well i’ll say this then ,, space perspective… Maccross (80’s anime) had the first space combat correct.. they fired at things they could not see,, an sat an waited ,, till the missiles hit or tried to evade in coming fire..
Yeah, but they still maneuvered like atmospheric dogfighters did…
hence the “first space combat.” … they deemed it to boring an added the dogfighting ,, cuz that was more intense…
i have it (Maccross) on lazerdisk an it came with the directors commentary…
Would appear that the Lamian home world is better defended than the Empire thought and it looks like the Lamians had a trick or two up their sleeves. Nice plot twist, Catman!
Thank you. This is what happens with a sufficiently paranoid government.
Then you have Venezuela, a country that is overly paranoid…
I had to think about the pilot of the craft whose acceleration was being slowed by the Dagger’s gravity beam. I thought he should be feeling less than six g’s, but I was wrong. He would be feeling his own net acceleration AND the gravity beam, and the two should add to the acceleration his craft would be experiencing otherwise. Good call.
Actually, the THRUST would have been the same, but his effective G’s he felt would have been less, as he was trying to move a larger mass than his engines were rated for. Inertia is still a factor…
The pull from the gravity drive (repurposed as a tractor beam) would be felt as acceleration, so Jochi has it right.
I made it to the Post Office this morning. I haven’t been there in so long that they had my mail in a box in the back.
Mailed a package that I’ve needed to mail for an embarrassingly long time.
Did some grocery shopping, stopped for gas, went to the dollar store.
You know what? I live 30KM from Savannah, and life is normal. Employees wearing masks, but that’s all.
Life goes on.
So, the Lamian fighters are not engaging their attachers but are engaging in evasive maneuvers while continuing toward the fleet englobing the planet. Even if they can dodge fast enough to make a gravity-locked missile lose the lock, my bet is the missile will just automatically acquire a new target, and that the Daggers have some kind of recognition signal so the missiles won’t target them. The captured Lamian fleet however, may not have had such a thing installed since capture. Friendly fire isn’t.
So, the Lamian fighters are not engaging their attackers but are engaging in evasive maneuvers while continuing toward the fleet englobing the planet. Even if they can dodge fast enough to make a gravity-locked missile lose the lock, my bet is the missile will just automatically acquire a new target, and that the Daggers have some kind of recognition signal so the missiles won’t target them. The captured Lamian fleet however, may not have had such a thing installed since capture. Friendly fire isn’t.
So, the Lamian fighters are not engaging their attackers but are engaging in evasive maneuvers while continuing toward the fleet englobing the planet. Even if they can dodge fast enough to make a gravity-locked missile lose the lock, my bet is the missile will just automatically acquire a new target, and that the Daggers have some kind of recognition signal so the missiles won’t target them. The captured Lamian fleet however, may not have had such a thing installed since capture. Friendly fire isn’t.
Even if the Lamian fighters can dodge fast enough to make a gravity-locked missile lose the lock, my bet is the missile will just automatically acquire a new target, and that the Daggers have some kind of recognition signal so the missiles won’t target them. The captured Lamian fleet however, may not have had such a thing installed since capture. Friendly fire isn’t.
There’s something that keeps bothering me … the Empire never did declare war, did they?
Sure the first casualty was Toby but an all out invasion on a planet that does not even know you exist?
Mmmm… More of a rescue mission than a war. After all, the plan
is to get their people out and leave.