R&D Question

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If I wanted to R&D a planetary defence ring, like the structure that rings Earth in Starship Troopers, what kind of R&D time/build time/mantinence cost would we be looking at?

I was thinking somewhere in the area of 30 - 40 days, roughly the same ammount of time required to build a planetary turbolaser network. I'd also need to know what kind of firepower and shielding ratings I would be looking at for a project like this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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#25 6:02am 05/04/03

Well, this question has been answered. Thread closed before all civility is disbanded.

#24 5:00am 05/04/03

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Wanna see my rash?

#23 4:51am 05/04/03

Gash... "super-powerful planetary turbolasers" take 28 ays to build. Adding shields and some extra material, I figured that a 50-60 day build time would have worked.

You've made it clear that no, it won't, so shut the @#%$ up and sit in your corner. There's a difference between dispensing information and being a jerk to make yourself feel better about yourself.

In case you didn't notice, you fall under the latter catagory.

#22 7:16pm 04/04/03

LOL. You the man Gash.

#21 5:28pm 04/04/03

[quote]Actually, material wise, I don't think it would be that different size-wise from a Death Star. The DS was completely spherical and was 160 km across as well as up and down. This, on the other hand, isn't very tall or very deep, simply really, really, really, long.[/quote]

Thanks, because high school math utterly eludes me.

[quote]But I don't see [i]why[/i] things besides the Death Star can't have special build times. Not that it matters, as the point of a defence ring was supposed to be the same as a planetary turbolaser network, only situated on a space station instead of the surface, and with applicable shields and additional weapons for a space station.[/quote]

The reason that only the Death Star gets a special build time is, where does it end? If I give you a special dispensation, who is to say I don't have to give it to every bloody person who asks? That's ridiculous. It's much more logical to just not give special build times and leave it at that.

In addition, you mention what such a space station would constitute. Well, let me see... turbolaser network, shields, additional weapons... sounds an awful lot like a 40000+ km Golan space station to me. Actually, scratch that; a 40000+ km Golan space station with super-advanced planetary turbolasers. And you build those at 100 meters a day in shipyards. So have at it. In fact, you know what? I'll let you build it at 200 meters a day. Only 500 years.

[quote]*mumbles something about stupid limiting rules*[/quote]

Hell, you're right. I'm being a jerk. So, you know what? You can build this thing at a rate of 400 meters per day. That's four times what everyone else gets! It'll now only take you 280 years to complete.

God, am I ever nice.

#20 4:18am 04/04/03

Actually, material wise, I don't think it would be that different size-wise from a Death Star. The DS was completely spherical and was 160 km across as well as up and down. This, on the other hand, isn't very tall or very deep, simply really, really, really, long.

But I don't see [i]why[/i] things besides the Death Star can't have special build times. Not that it matters, as the point of a defence ring was supposed to be the same as a planetary turbolaser network, only situated on a space station instead of the surface, and with applicable shields and additional weapons for a space station.

*mumbles something about stupid limiting rules*

#19 12:54am 04/04/03

[quote]1119 years[/quote]

:lol

I think thats your answer Trayden, lol

#18 12:52am 04/04/03

(And, yes, I realize that the Death Star is given a special build time. But [i]only[/i] the Death Star gets a special build time.)

#17 12:49am 04/04/03

I'm going to throw a few numbers at you, here.

Given that an inhabitable planet's diameter is approximately 13,000 kilometers, that would make the perimeter (P = Pi * D) around it about 40820 kilometers, or 40820000 meters. At the normal build rate, that would take you only 1119 [b]years[/b] to complete.

So... yes, I'm going to say, you can R&D this. Go wild. 40 days to R&D.

You'll just have to wait until your children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children's children are dead to use it.

#16 12:23am 04/04/03

A very valid point, so even if you could get permission to build it, you are probably facing some huge criteria to fill before you do...

A lot like building the Death Star, you'll need to have control over many systems...

I am just theorising here, but logistically, under the rules here at TRF, I don't think it will be possible.

#15 12:14am 04/04/03

Whats next? Ring World? Dyson Sphere?

Something of this size would eat away at entire star systems industrial capacity, beyond that of a death star....

#14 12:12am 04/04/03

Hmm, I liked it too Trayden...

I think a siege ring is a good idea, could also double as a space-port, where all kinds of ships could dock...

but... unfortunately , unless you can get some kind of special dispensation to build it, I don't see how you could under these rules.

You are very limited, and currently as Kas says, it'll take you half your time here to build the bloody thing.

I suppose you can ask, perhaps posting in the OOC forum and asking if anyone objects maybe?

*shrugs*

Trouble is I suppose it sets a precedent, and if you want to build something like this , then so will everyone else...heh

#13 12:09am 04/04/03

[quote]And it's not really that unrealistic... Star Wars has proven they can build moon-sized space stations, why not a defensive ring?[/quote]

Um... because the Death Star was (sources say) 160 km in diameter, and the diameter of an earth sized planet is almost 13,000 km?

#12 12:07am 04/04/03

#11 12:01am 04/04/03

Pluto

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