Assallya

[Multiverse Spaceship RP] Stargate: Paradigm

TL:DR - Of course sensor systems in Star Wars have superluminal capabilities, and my two cents on the situation is that if they didn't, why have they invested in the Outbound Project when they aren't even at the level of detecting objects in front of them at FTL speeds? The Outbound Project is their efforts to voyage to another galaxy, by the way...

@Anomaly758

Don't worry about being good at debates. Most people don't know the difference between arguing and debating. Fewer still understand the purpose of them at all. In general, the only person who "wins" a debate is one that had their opinion changed our learns something.

I present to you this concept. Presume supraliminal sensors for a moment in Star Wars ships.

1.) Why is it always a surprise when ships pop out of hyperspace?
2.) Why have established trade routes for navigation purposes? (Defense and policing I'd understand but there seems to be little of that in Star Wars)
3.) When a ship escapes to hyperspace why do they plot all possible destinations along the trajectory if they could just watch it on sensors?
4.) What would be the point if an Interdictor cruiser if you could just hyperspace all the way around a solar system and enter from a random direction instead of coming out of a hyperlane?

In general I feel that superluminal sensors would break the system.

It's always important to remember that many sites inflate their favorite franchise to obscene levels. Here are some examples:

One article I read had Tired Fighters blowing up entire neighbourhoods with each blaster bolt. That clearly isn't the case or half the main characters would be quite dead in one strafing run. (I'm looking at you Rey and Finn)

Another article purported the idea that Star Destroyers had the power of a hundred stellar masses in their engine core. This basically means a star destroyer blowing up is likely to take out the entire solar system.

If what I see onscreen is different I call bullcrap on their articles.

Also... Sisko is the worst tactical Commander in all of science fiction. More on that later! *Lol*

[Multiverse Spaceship RP] Stargate: Paradigm

Nothing wrong with adding a little something to a scenario or setting though I often prefer to use Occam's Razor in most cases. The last time I played my Macross vessel I gave the ship a pair of Cyclone mechs from Robotech which is decidedly non-canon. I also added electric roller blades to the special forces team. I mean, it sounds stupid until you remember that these guys are running around on foot beneath the feet of sixty foot tall robots! The electric roller blades helped them avoid getting stomped on.

One thing I should add is that even though I'm spouting out technology, facts and the like, it has nothing to do with critique. I just find the ideas fascinating. I just love how Star Wars is so low tech! It's cowboys and samurai- in space! It also solves a lot of story problems that other franchises have. Star Trek, for example, nearly always faces a problem that could be easily solved by some sort of technology they stumbled upon a few seasons ago but everyone conveniently forgets.

I should add that almost all of science fiction actually flouts science! For example, even if a light saber was possible nobody could hold it without losing their arms. The heat that thing would produce would burn anything within a few feet, including the handle holding the lightsaber itself to ash.

[Multiverse Spaceship RP] Stargate: Paradigm

There's no implications at all. Hyperspace Beacons, Runs, (Like the infamous Kessel Run) are all well defined. Sure, the vessels can move at supraluminal speeds but they do so blind and could slam into stars and black holes and who knows what else.

Despite their likely being millions of habitable worlds across the galaxy only a small percentage have been discovered and mapped out. Hyperspace travel is done mainly via Hyperspace Lanes, well traveled and mapped routes that are deemed safe and, usually, are lined with beacons.

These lanes, the known worlds, and the lesser routes were mapped out via sublight probes and insane explorers making small micro-jumps. This is why the Empire plots all known locations along an escaping vessel's trajectory. Smugglers collect and trade secret hyperspace routes, using them to bypass imperial blockades. Rebel Bases could be right next to a major colony or within the deep core but completely undetectable if nobody knows the secret route to get to the planet. It also makes for "choke points" where fleets can defend various systems since, in order to get to a certain Solar System there are only so many ways to get there.

In the Revenge of the Sith, the Separatist Fleet manages to bypass the entire Republic Fleet and kidnap Senator Palpatine before anyone has a chance to react because the Separatists discovered records of a lost Hyperspace route that served as a back door into the Coruscant System.

I liken the system to the old Naval Concept of "Reuters". Before the invention of the sextant sailors couldn't reliably place themselves on a map. Thus Reuters were log-books that included every move a ship made on a journey. That way if one left at the same time of year and followed the instructions there was a very likely chance they'd end up at the same place.

[Multiverse Spaceship RP] Stargate: Paradigm

I'd revise that list myself. Star Wars vessels in the Stargate Universe would have NO supraluminal capabilities at all. Without extensive amounts of data to calculate hyperspace routes they're going nowhere.

The fastest consistent drive system of all belongs to Battlestar Galactica which is basically teleportation with no known limit. The only problem they have is their ability to aim. They have no supraluminal sensors so if they look through a telescope at their destination they're effectively looking at a place forty years ago. Then they have to predict, based on orbital patterns and stellar drift, where the planet they're hoping to jump to actually is.

The Raiders of Norn

The blonde elven woman almost missed a step in her dance. She simply hadn't been expecting that reaction. Wizards would have respected and appreciated the concept of using a weaker spell to defeat an opponent. The marshaling of power was of the utmost importance to a wizard. More-so since magic was more fleeting, draining from the land but the hedge knight wouldn't know about the wizard community's darkest secret.

For a moment she considered trying to get him to look upon her, to befuddle him as well, but he'd likely be too smart for that. She wished she could look him in the eyes to better gauge his intentions but unfortunately her new "companion" was wisely not looking in her direction. Should she state that she could bind him to her will, making him her thrall? She suspected not. He might not like a lingering threat like that and simply chuck the rock.

"By Sharess' tits," Assallya swore profanely as she slid her foot along the edge of the wagon's roof in her latest movement that drew attention to the slenderness of her legs, "Can you not count? You defeated but three of their number so far and I defeated more than a half score! I can also identify items of magic, translate ancient texts, and probably a dozen things you cannot which would be of aid in acquiring the treasures of this place."

[Multiverse Spaceship RP] Stargate: Paradigm

Secondly... And this is by impulse. I'm at work and don't have the ability to take time off to look something up. They have to shut down the EMH on voyager sometimes to make scientific calculations or otherwise need lots of processing power-

Are we even sure a ship can field an entire team of holographic security officers?

[Multiverse Spaceship RP] Stargate: Paradigm

Most plasma isn't exactly... "Hot" in the typical sense. It's better worded as "energetic". It's a gas that is greatly ionized. It's "hot" in the same way that an area infused with hard radiation is considered hot. It has little to do with actual temperature save as a most common result of that energized particle interacting with it's surrounding medium (or in our case- target)

The Raiders of Norn

By Murkul's shriveled black balls! The elven sorceress nearly spluttered, one eye blinking from having blood in it. She was splattered in blood again. This was why she hated violence and why she had others do it for her. Well, that and the resultant danger of being skewered while inflicting violence.

Then the hedge knight began speaking and making an offer. She had to admit, she completely had to reevaluate the man after he opened his mouth. He'd come to collect items from corpses? Honorable knights didn't speak thusly. No, they'd make up an excuse for looting the long dead inhabitants of their valuables, justifying their depredations on some fool quest or something else about the "greater good".

Finally, he threatened to give her over to the ogre sized goblin.

"I can do more than you could imagine," and began to rise, noting that the knight didn't bother offering her a hand up, "Now, look away from me and be ready to strike him down. You will know when."

While rising she had considered a few spells but simple was always best and weaker spells, given that magic was being leeched away somehow felt safer than attempting one of her more powerful spells. So, instead she began to dance. Her slender pale limbs began to catch at the air, spinning in gentle circles, moving to a song that she was humming softly. Her hips began to sway, twisting and writhing as a serpent's might and then, finally, her bare feet shifted back and forth on the roof of her vardo wagon. Her bracelets and anklets began to chime along to the rhythm, giving voice to the music she was so barely humming. She moved with the grace of a leaf caught in the wind and her golden hair caught the light of the moon struggling to reach through the trees and glistened. Beneath the stone goliath's severed hand, holding it's castle slaying sword she danced, moving like the shadow before a flickering flame.

That's when the magic began. It was a simple spell, channeled through her dance, one of blatant mesmerism. As the massive goblin stared at her, gaping in dumbfounded rapture, she continued to dance, captivating him completely.

The Raiders of Norn

*begins singing*

Raiders of the Norn
Raiders of the Norn
Into this ruin we're born
Into this battle we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
A pilgrim out alone
Raiders on the Norn
There's a killer on the road

The Raiders of Norn

*titters *. Gold I have. *Touches temple with fingers * It's the magic bleeding out of the world that concerns me. Once word gets out that magic is receding all my enemies will come knocking looking for a pint of flesh!

Maybe I could have hired adventurers to explore this place for me but then everyone would want to know why I suddenly care about finding relics.

Not all illusions are sorcery.