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Anta posted:What's it made of? Poop. It's a big space monster coprolite.
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Anta posted:What's it made of? Probably we will never know for sure. It looks a lot like a dense, possibly rocky or even metallic asteroid and its surface is vaguely red thanks to cosmic ray impacts in its voyage between the stars.
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Nov 21, 2017 15:31
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Saros posted:Probably we will never know for sure. It looks a lot like a dense, possibly rocky or even metallic asteroid and its surface is vaguely red thanks to cosmic ray impacts in its voyage between the stars. We'll keep Bruce Willis on standby.
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Nov 21, 2017 16:15
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Saros posted:Probably we will never know for sure. It looks a lot like a dense, possibly rocky or even metallic asteroid and its surface is vaguely red thanks to cosmic ray impacts in its voyage between the stars. Space monster had space Crohn's disease.
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Nov 21, 2017 16:22
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Obviously it's a huge mass driver round fired eons ago.
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Nov 21, 2017 16:25
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Saros posted:Probably we will never know for sure. It looks a lot like a dense, possibly rocky or even metallic asteroid and its surface is vaguely red thanks to cosmic ray impacts in its voyage between the stars. Forgive me if this is a stupid question and you are unable to answer but do you have any idea on why that asteroid is formed in such a shape? It is quite fascinating reading about it but other than a tiny snippet in BBC news I haven't had much chance to read about it.
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koolkevz666 posted:Forgive me if this is a stupid question and you are unable to answer but do you have any idea on why that asteroid is formed in such a shape? It is quite fascinating reading about it but other than a tiny snippet in BBC news I haven't had much chance to read about it.
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Nov 22, 2017 00:14
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koolkevz666 posted:Forgive me if this is a stupid question and you are unable to answer but do you have any idea on why that asteroid is formed in such a shape? It is quite fascinating reading about it but other than a tiny snippet in BBC news I haven't had much chance to read about it. Not really, that's one of the reasons it's so weird. Pretty much all that can be done is speculate on some sort of unusual set of circumstances that would give rise to it. Check these links for the facts that are known and you can read the abstracts of the quoted articles fairly easily. https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/faq/interstellar https://www.nasa.gov/feature/solar-system-s-first-interstellar-visitor-dazzles-scientists
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Is a Rendezvous with Rama style probe fly-by a possibility? It seems like a hell of an opportunity for a ridiculous mission profile just to get a good look.
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Nov 22, 2017 01:02
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Bet it was made entirely out of TNEs, we gotta get ready for the next one!
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Nov 22, 2017 02:13
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Remnant from planet killer confirmed?
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Yooper posted:Is a Rendezvous with Rama style probe fly-by a possibility? It seems like a hell of an opportunity for a ridiculous mission profile just to get a good look. Not likely. We were scrambling just to even get a look at it.
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Synthbuttrange posted:Not likely. We were scrambling just to even get a look at it. Yeah. This thing is rapidly exiting the solar system. We can barely see it anymore as is.
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 9 Jan, 0654hrs  Its that time you've all been waiting for! Time to meet The Pit Aliens (still need a name) face to uh... face-equivalent?  Warspite has it 'easy' despite her damage and casualties.  Only a half dozen armored aliens cut their way through her hull and come tearing into the interior. Her internal security systems and *ahem* 'redshirts' are ready.  The aliens are monstrous things in their powered armor. Flat, measuring up to three meter across and two long but standing no taller than waist height on the average human. Several (biological looking?) manipulator tentacles hang from the underneath of their suits but no larger limbs are apparent. They surge forward without obvious motive means, wide bodies tearing up the narrow corridors of the Martian vessel. Heavily armed with a large variety of powerful weapons including kinetic, plasma, lasers and some sort of micro-missiles and wrapped in what appears to be personnel sized defensive shields they set upon the defenders. The Security teams are heavily emplaced and the exchange of fire is brief but incredibly intense. Forced to advance one at a time down the corridors into killing zones and in unfamiliar territory the Aliens are at huge disadvantage but over twenty combat drones are destroyed and four crew members are killed before the last alien collapses and stops moving. Unfortunately all seem to be rigged with some sort of suicide device and as they die they explode tearing chunks out of the ship and another seven crew are killed by the blasts. Warspite's rugged construction and internal compartmentalisation allow her to avoid any critical systems failing and damage control teams rush in to assess the damage. Things are going less well on Postmodern Firing Solutions. Twenty-two alien boarders and seven smaller drones have breached her hull. Her internal security complement is fighting bravely but reports are confused and the aliens appear to have over-run one of her fortified points around the breach zone and a handful are loose within the ship proper... Several aliens are down already with the resultant explosions but it is becoming apparent the aliens have a significant weaponry and technological edge and with larger numbers of boarders here they are able to focus firepower to overwhelm the defenders at critical points. The Fleet turn their weapons towards the Postmodern Firing Solutions and Scavy131 grimly arms the self-destruct. Saros fucked around with this message at 13:35 on Nov 22, 2017 |
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Nov 22, 2017 13:30
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Motion to call our ground troops "redshirts" from now on
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:Motion to call our ground troops "redshirts" from now on Red like the iron-infused soil of Mother Mars, to symbolize their iron resolve!
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Bring me my brown pants!
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Nov 22, 2017 14:16
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If we lose a ship to robotic flatworms I'm going to be very disappointed.
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Nov 22, 2017 14:25
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Told you these guys were assholes. Everything about their behavior and tactics so far indicate supreme aggression. We have to EAT their territory! RA Rx fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Nov 22, 2017 |
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Nov 22, 2017 15:46
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OwlFancier posted:If we lose a ship to robotic flatworms I'm going to be very disappointed. They sound more like tentacle crabs to me. Craaaaab peeeeoopplleee
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Nov 22, 2017 15:48
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Vel'koz, what are you doing here?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUke1DeEowc
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Zaodai posted:Vel'koz, what are you doing here? nah
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Whoah - nice!
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 9 Jan, 0709hrs  It takes fifteen minutes (three combat rounds) of brutal and tense hunting through the ship but eventually the last of the intruders is accounted for in the expected explosion and the crew can start to relax slightly. With thirty-two casualties and some internal damage Postmodern Firing Solutions is judged to be still combat capable and rejoins the cruiser squadrons. 9 Jan, 0832hrs   The transit to the outgoing jump point takes an hour an a half and as they approach within three million km the fine resolution sensors of the Ark royal's pick up a single contact lingering just off the jump point. It is the damaged Imp class that fled the initial battle off the comet.  The ships close rapidly with no response from the Imp, it shows no signs of running its active sensors so likely does not even know they are there.  As the ships close within 250k km the Imp suddenly turns and makes for the jump point at 6000kps.  Worried it will escape the fleet starts taking long range potshots and a few weak hits land with no result except some damaged armor.  As the ships close they continue to fire. The Imp stops at the jump point and begins emitting the low frequency pulses that originally drew the Martians towards the Comet.  After thirty seconds or so of slow pulsing the emission strength spikes and the Imp explodes violently, another self destruct similar to the Naga's and the boarders from the looks of it. 9 Jan, 0909hrs  -The cruisers and destroyers are guarding the jump point. -Farseeker is heading for the outer system jump point theorised to head back to Terran space. -The support ships are assembling at the innermost planet. -The damaged Warships are heading for the support ships to repair as much as possible before rejoining the jump point blockade. -The dozen survey ships are still performing geological surveys in the inner system.  The Cornucopia is still most of a day out from the comet. 9 Jan, 1049hrs  Repairs are ongoing on the damaged ships.   Triton fleet is mobilising! ... and in Sol word has reached High command. Between the Terran reports and the escalating situation in The Pit they are taking no chances and are assigning Mars's most modern and powerful close combat ships to reinforce the Exploration fleet. The First Dreadnought Division   The Ranginui class is a modification of the Hellas Dreadnought design for jump point assault. It sacrifices its missile suite in favor of more armor and fitting a massive alien jump drive capable of carrying it's two companion dreadnoughts through a combat jump. code: I need a snap vote on whether/how to scout the far side of the unknown jump point.A: Once the damaged ships return send the whole fleet in a combat jump before returning to blockade the jump point. B: Send a single scout or a scout plus a companion through the jump point and await it's return. C: Do not scout the far side - await reinforcements. Saros fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Nov 22, 2017 |
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Nov 22, 2017 17:40
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C. A scout jumping will just result in readied defenders on the other side. Jumping en masse will probably put our ships at the explodey end of missiles.
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Nov 22, 2017 17:44
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B Don't want our sailors going space crazy from too many warp jumps. The scout should be a pair of survey fighters since we didn't build any jump capable fighters and the mk2 Fangs have smaller sensors than even the Tangaroas. 2 so that 1 can report back immediately if the JP is clear and the other one can picket the far side. LLSix fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Nov 22, 2017 |
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Nov 22, 2017 17:56
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Nov 22, 2017 18:01
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 Oh and if you are on this list and not commanding the Farseeker I am going to need for someone to put their hand up to scout the far system if the vote goes that way.
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Nov 22, 2017 18:05
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The tangaroas are expendable enough for me. Send one through with orders to come back ASAP. If it does, then park a Gale on the other side to watch for incoming while we complete salvage ops.
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Nov 22, 2017 18:15
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B A survey ship with a Gale fleet scout would be my choice.
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Nov 22, 2017 18:16
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Hessi posted:B How many Gales do we have anyways? We just sent one to the far side of the system.
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LLSix posted:B Don't want our sailors going space crazy from too many warp jumps. The scout should be a pair of survey fighters since we didn't build any jump capable fighters and the mk2 Fangs have smaller sensors than even the Tangaroas. This
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POOL IS CLOSED posted:C. A scout jumping will just result in readied defenders on the other side. Jumping en masse will probably put our ships at the explodey end of missiles. Can you elaborate on this? Do the pit aliens not know we're in the adjacent system? I guess that makes sense, we at least don't have FTL communication so word doesn't reach our command unless a ship jumps and then communicates normally, but on the other hand they did send in that giant carrier after us. I'll vote c for now, though giving a brave goon the opportunity to go in alone sounds pretty tempting. We now probably know that the imp class doesn't have a jump drive on it, which isn't surprising given the role it was in when we encountered it. Rawkking fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Nov 22, 2017 |
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Nov 22, 2017 18:22
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B - It might sacrifice a ship but if it does not come back we know enemies are waiting for us, at which point we wait for the Dreadnoughts.
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Nov 22, 2017 18:25
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Honestly what we're hearing might be interstellar communications. Best case scenario there is just one Imp on the other side = Send something that can defeat an imp alongside a scout. Anything beyond best case scenario means we waste strength.
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Saros posted:B: Send a single scout or a scout plus a companion through the jump point and await it's return. Saros posted:Oh and if you are on this list and not commanding the Farseeker I am going to need for someone to put their hand up to scout the far system if the vote goes that way. 
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