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In-atmosphere, only the 1MT & greater fire at such a speed, the smaller shells just burn up before reaching the target.
Wait, wait, wait. You're firing slugs at FTL in-atmosphere?
Assuming you're not firing it directly at the planet (and thus intending to crack it in half), that would not end well for anyone involved (I really hope you haven't attempted test-firing those on Reach, though I doubt you would have).
I can't be bothered explaining it all (since I'd basically be quoting directly from the what-if xkcd article on what would happen if you threw a baseball at .9 c and then telling you to upscale it to a ridiculous degree, or, even better, directing you to what-if-xkcd 20, which explains what would happen if you hit the Earth with a meteor made of diamond travelling at roughly the speed of light), but, yeah... firing things FTL in-atmosphere is a bad idea.
Unless, of course, you're intending to glass the entire planet, in which case, go ahead!
(Well, I say glass, I mean overcome its gravitational binding energy and literally shatter it into countless pieces, along with some other nastily destructive stuff).
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Also, have you made any progress on finding the source for the dark-matter-generates-anti-gravity stuff?
In-atmosphere, only the 1MT & greater fire at such a speed, the smaller shells just burn up before reaching the target.
Wait, wait, wait. You're firing slugs at FTL in-atmosphere?
Assuming you're not firing it directly at the planet (and thus intending to crack it in half), that would not end well for anyone involved (I really hope you haven't attempted test-firing those on Reach, though I doubt you would have).
I can't be bothered explaining it all (since I'd basically be quoting directly from the what-if xkcd article on what would happen if you threw a baseball at .9 c and then telling you to upscale it to a ridiculous degree, or, even better, directing you to what-if-xkcd 20, which explains what would happen if you hit the Earth with a meteor made of diamond travelling at roughly the speed of light), but, yeah... firing things FTL in-atmosphere is a bad idea.
Unless, of course, you're intending to glass the entire planet, in which case, go ahead!
(Well, I say glass, I mean overcome its gravitational binding energy and literally shatter it into countless pieces, along with some other nastily destructive stuff).
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Also, have you made any progress on finding the source for the dark-matter-generates-anti-gravity stuff?
13-Feb-2014 12:07:01 - Last edited on 13-Feb-2014 13:00:09 by Enheduanna
Did you, by any chance, investigate the what-if xkcd articles #1 and #20?
Pitching a baseball at 0.9 c would destroy the surrounding city (well, strictly speaking, it would annihilate everything within a mile radius, and the resulting firestorm would engulf the rest of the city).
Firing one of your slugs (let alone more than one) in-atmosphere would be an anti-invasion method only because there probably wouldn't be a planet left afterward to invade.
I'd need to have a rough guess of the power generation you're pumping into your shield, as well as go and look a little more in-depth at trying to upscale the baseball problem, but I'm not entirely sure if your shields could realistically protect you from the resultant effects of firing a slug at 10 c or greater in-atmosphere.
Assuming they could (which, since this is CYOC, seems a fair enough assumption), you'd still probably be doing more to damage your own shields than the invading force would be in attacking you. You would literally be defending yourself into destruction.
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I suspect the literature may have been an... interesting source, too
Pitching a baseball at 0.9 c would destroy the surrounding city (well, strictly speaking, it would annihilate everything within a mile radius, and the resulting firestorm would engulf the rest of the city).
Firing one of your slugs (let alone more than one) in-atmosphere would be an anti-invasion method only because there probably wouldn't be a planet left afterward to invade.
I'd need to have a rough guess of the power generation you're pumping into your shield, as well as go and look a little more in-depth at trying to upscale the baseball problem, but I'm not entirely sure if your shields could realistically protect you from the resultant effects of firing a slug at 10 c or greater in-atmosphere.
Assuming they could (which, since this is CYOC, seems a fair enough assumption), you'd still probably be doing more to damage your own shields than the invading force would be in attacking you. You would literally be defending yourself into destruction.
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I suspect the literature may have been an... interesting source, too
14-Feb-2014 02:00:28 - Last edited on 14-Feb-2014 02:08:19 by Enheduanna
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