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Re: Update on Virtual Plans
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 15:12:28 GMT
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On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 23:23:18 GMT, "Tim McSweeney"
<tim##NO_SPAM##@ams.co.nz> wrote:
> > BTW2, my goal is to build BR so the LQ/EP's don't look like shoeboxes
> > hanging off a bar. When docked to the core, they *should* just look
> > like a section of chunky spaceship. That might require a few false
> > bulkheads along the edges. Which isn't totally out of line, designwise.
> > The LQ/EPs aren't shuttle-craft. They should only disconnect from the
> > main ship in emergencies. So having some connection-elements which
> > become space-trash as the LQ/EPs disengage makes a certain amount of
> > sense.
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> What's wrong with Shoeboxes hanging off a bar? I assume this ship is only
> ever designed for space flight not atmospheric. As long as the ship can
> withstand the force exerted by the engines (Or has inertial dampers) it's
> fine. Take a look at a pic of the international space station, Coke Cans on
> string.
{The Coke Cans don't have to deal with acceleration. So that's not a
good example.)
Maybe my goal should be that BR's final appearance should lie somewhere
between the international space station and the Enterprise in apparent
fragility...
I had figured that inertial dampeners are inevitable for interstellar
travel, assuming some post-Einsteinian method for accelerating to FLT
speeds. If there was an engine that could accelerate a ship at 1G
continuously (ignoring all that Einsteinian nay-saying), it would take
over a year to reach a speed of 1c. Ick. To get down to
somewhat-reasonable times-to-interstellar-velocity, the accelaration
rate is in the hundreds of G. Definitely need to dampen that inertia.
It makes sense (to me) that the dampeners would be used to ensure
structural integrity, reducing the need for a traditionally sound ship
design (ie, one made to withstand incredible G-forces). The ship itself
wouldn't typically be exposed to extreme forces. It would be buffered
by its dampeners.
> In The Lego Universe how is this ship constructed? Built in orbiting
> factories and bolted together? built planet side and launched piecewise?
Some of each? Final assembly is definitely in space.
> It's not hard to visualse a "Space-Ship-System" Where Ships are bolted
> together from stock components to suit a particular mission. Need more
> crew? Bolt on a few more living quarter modules? Want to blow stuff up?
> Stick in some Mark3, 1x1 Chaff Cannons! Want To Build a Super Star
> Destroyer? Drop by Larry's and borrow some pieces!
:)
There was talk once about developing a standard connector for building
LEGO space stations, so people could develop parts of large bases &
orbiting platforms, and then have a lego-fest to put it all together. I
still think that would be cool.
What you said about bolting ships together from stock components, that's
pretty much what I had in mind.
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to tell you how to build, It's your
> vision Go For it. I started out trying to find out where that vision came
> from and got carried away with my own sorry.
No worries. I appreciate all the comments and feedback people have
given. I'll upload my dat files to the web pages, if anyone is *that*
interested.
Steve
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| (...) I am not a big ship/stations sort of guy. So if I attend such a lego-fest I will bring several standard De-Connectors to blow the thing to smithereens.(1) :-) -- Terry K -- 1. I believe that is the first time I have ever used "smithereens". (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.cad)
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