Yes, he is a Waukandan Army Corporal.
The Captain is Waukandan as well.
The Empire allows its pilots to take unpaid
leave to serve with Waukanda and Texas,
and leases equipment like Dragonflies
and Locusts to them.
Until recent events…
Now I feel silly for not noticing the difference in the camo pattern.
But the Catian (pilot?) at the start of this chapter who argued
Pee Wee’s case was wearing the Waukandan pattern.
Hairpin turns in a canyon, or on a mountain, make for
VERY predictable target zones. And, as much as the
current military SAYS the error factor is in meters for
GPS guided munitions, I am pretty certain that they’re
exaggerating by a factor of about 100. Lets just say,
the more GPS signals you can lock onto, the more accurate
the guidance is, and there are usually a LOT of GPS sats
above the horizon at any one time.
It looks like old Salmon has seen the light. Get enough
cooberating data from enough diverse sources, and one
cannot deny the truth. Even though you might want to,
You can’t… Unless, of course, the reports read word for
word, as the same from each of those sources… Like
so many of the main stream press does of late.
Remember; if you listen to multiple competing sources
of news, and they are using the exact same phrases and
scripts, most likely, THAT is actually the false news…
Another good target is a narrow pass, where the vehicles have
to go single file and slowly, makes a good rock slide trap, they
can’t risk moving at any real speed, just land a few shots up the
wall and it all crashes down.
Hmmm… I think the offer to let them man those ships is a very
bad idea, wouldn’t take much to try and strip the tech from them
At least don’t give the the latest defense systems at least, or
bug the ships so they make an easy target when needed.
I’m pretty sure the essential tech will be secured very well
against tampering with. But on the other hand, you can’t expect
an intelligent species not to find out how to do it eventually,
once they learn it is possible at all.
The advantage better tech gives you is temporary only.
But it is what matters. You use your upper hand while you have it.
And try to stay ahead in developing new tech or improving existing.
No I agree it’s an advantage like that comes with a timer, sooner
or later it goes ding! I’m sure someone will try that at some point,
it’s the control system that is very hard to reverse-engineer, maybe
the first test of their own will go like the Terran’s tests and they
send the researchers to the nth dimension… And have to deal
with a grav bomb! The Terran scientists were lucky it “disappeared”
like it did, otherwise it would of created a singularity that would
of cracked the planet.
Another thing about that failed test I thought about,
it is possible that it “jumped” into an alternative
universe which would mean that it effected that one
before it moved on… Like in that Stargate Atlantis
episode where an alternative ship kept jumping
universes until the drive would go poof or burn out.
Do they have weird parking lot rules about
you are not allowed to back into a stall?
While half a point can be made for steering geometry of wheeled
vehicles with just one end active, these ships strike me more as
hover’ish on the tarmac. So just as easy to back in as to pull
in. Easier to pull out when leaving, and can be quicker if chased.
Facing outward would allow more to look at than that gray wall :}
I think as far as non-Imperial ships I think it depends on
the size and class of ship whether or not if it rolls in like
a plane or hovers like a chopper. I think the human fighters
did both. Look at the underside of each craft, if it has skids,
it hovers, if wheels, it rolls. Take the fireflies, they were
kept on a frame with wheels for non-powered movement.
Besides, a grey wall is easier to create than a complicated
background, let PC save some time! Heh…
most “ships” do not have “backing ability” ..
so, float in, tug out..
i vaguely remember, Chirk used that ” blasting
out quickly,, ” ‘ she destroyed 2 (?)’ on the
way out.. o.0
Not to mention that if they backed in, the tail would get in the way.
Captain Chardis figures that the fewer people who know that it can
flex, the better. Although she did have the cap replaced after it
was destroyed leaving Xanadu.
A big turn around for Slinom.
His last statement is probably true though.
War will probably be inevitable.
Don’t forget the Hammerhead ladies.
They get a vote.
So, I have been assuming Pee Wee is an Imperial Marine.
Are he, and maybe the captain that agreed reluctantly
to him coming along, actually Waukandan?
Yes, he is a Waukandan Army Corporal.
The Captain is Waukandan as well.
The Empire allows its pilots to take unpaid
leave to serve with Waukanda and Texas,
and leases equipment like Dragonflies
and Locusts to them.
Until recent events…
Now I feel silly for not noticing the difference in the camo pattern.
But the Catian (pilot?) at the start of this chapter who argued
Pee Wee’s case was wearing the Waukandan pattern.
Hairpin turns in a canyon, or on a mountain, make for
VERY predictable target zones. And, as much as the
current military SAYS the error factor is in meters for
GPS guided munitions, I am pretty certain that they’re
exaggerating by a factor of about 100. Lets just say,
the more GPS signals you can lock onto, the more accurate
the guidance is, and there are usually a LOT of GPS sats
above the horizon at any one time.
It looks like old Salmon has seen the light. Get enough
cooberating data from enough diverse sources, and one
cannot deny the truth. Even though you might want to,
You can’t… Unless, of course, the reports read word for
word, as the same from each of those sources… Like
so many of the main stream press does of late.
Remember; if you listen to multiple competing sources
of news, and they are using the exact same phrases and
scripts, most likely, THAT is actually the false news…
Another good target is a narrow pass, where the vehicles have
to go single file and slowly, makes a good rock slide trap, they
can’t risk moving at any real speed, just land a few shots up the
wall and it all crashes down.
Hmmm… I think the offer to let them man those ships is a very
bad idea, wouldn’t take much to try and strip the tech from them
At least don’t give the the latest defense systems at least, or
bug the ships so they make an easy target when needed.
I’m pretty sure the essential tech will be secured very well
against tampering with. But on the other hand, you can’t expect
an intelligent species not to find out how to do it eventually,
once they learn it is possible at all.
The advantage better tech gives you is temporary only.
But it is what matters. You use your upper hand while you have it.
And try to stay ahead in developing new tech or improving existing.
No I agree it’s an advantage like that comes with a timer, sooner
or later it goes ding! I’m sure someone will try that at some point,
it’s the control system that is very hard to reverse-engineer, maybe
the first test of their own will go like the Terran’s tests and they
send the researchers to the nth dimension… And have to deal
with a grav bomb! The Terran scientists were lucky it “disappeared”
like it did, otherwise it would of created a singularity that would
of cracked the planet.
If I recall correctly, the Empire’s own scientists don’t actually
know all that much about their discovery (“lucky mistake”).
Their abilities to reproduce the technology are limited.
And there was something about self destruction of
grav-tech devices when they’re tempered with.
Another thing about that failed test I thought about,
it is possible that it “jumped” into an alternative
universe which would mean that it effected that one
before it moved on… Like in that Stargate Atlantis
episode where an alternative ship kept jumping
universes until the drive would go poof or burn out.
>but I looked at a map
Yep, as always, aim for where they are going to be,
not where they are.
Just a bit longer time scale than some exercises :}
and now for something completely different
Do they have weird parking lot rules about
you are not allowed to back into a stall?
While half a point can be made for steering geometry of wheeled
vehicles with just one end active, these ships strike me more as
hover’ish on the tarmac. So just as easy to back in as to pull
in. Easier to pull out when leaving, and can be quicker if chased.
Facing outward would allow more to look at than that gray wall :}
I think as far as non-Imperial ships I think it depends on
the size and class of ship whether or not if it rolls in like
a plane or hovers like a chopper. I think the human fighters
did both. Look at the underside of each craft, if it has skids,
it hovers, if wheels, it rolls. Take the fireflies, they were
kept on a frame with wheels for non-powered movement.
Besides, a grey wall is easier to create than a complicated
background, let PC save some time! Heh…
most “ships” do not have “backing ability” ..
so, float in, tug out..
i vaguely remember, Chirk used that ” blasting
out quickly,, ” ‘ she destroyed 2 (?)’ on the
way out.. o.0
irl, as helo crew,. we would taxi to
the runway,. so as NOT to destroy
just about everything within 100ft.
Not to mention that if they backed in, the tail would get in the way.
Captain Chardis figures that the fewer people who know that it can
flex, the better. Although she did have the cap replaced after it
was destroyed leaving Xanadu.