found a use for the ex-Sollie SD.

Hi Dreamrider,

What's the textev for the Nova Class?

Regarding the Bellerophon scenario, depending on whether Home Fleet's 48 old SD's were 8 or 8.5 M tons, the Bellerophons can tractor up to 460-489 pods of 10-12 missiles each means each could kill 23-24 BF SD's with capacitor MDM's or 27-29 with early Mk-23's, before getting into a Spindle type Apollo ambush.

L

dreamrider wrote:Here's a theoretical poser for you:

6 Bellerophons vs 8 Scientists and 8 Novas.

No weird situation. Call it a Sollie raid on Sidemore or Alizon or someplace.

Who wins?

(Iknow! I know! )

dreamrider

Yow wrote:Slip me a few for my SD trailor park and it's a deal
edit: oops, forgot sumpten, " f'yeah! 'Murica!!! "

You'd need some pretty heavy duty cinder blocks to put an SD up on...

MaxxQ wrote:

Yow wrote:Target practice. Breakers. Target practice. Target practice. Target practice. Target practice. Target practice. Demolition Derbies. Target practice. Target practice. Target practice. Target practice. Not neccessarily in order.

Fixed!

About the only other practicable use for the SLN SDs that has been suggested (I can't take credit for it, but I have no idea who came up with the idea) is for Grand Alliance Marines to conduct boarding drills to accept surrenders (using intact or only slightly to moderately damaged SDs), or maybe search and rescue operations (using heavily damaged or hulked SDs).

drothgery wrote:

Yow wrote:Slip me a few for my SD trailor park and it's a deal
edit: oops, forgot sumpten, " f'yeah! 'Murica!!! "

You'd need some pretty heavy duty cinder blocks to put an SD up on...

Is this going to be the Honorverse equivalent of "If you have 5 cars in your front yard and none of them work, you just might be a redneck?"

Yow wrote:Slip me a few for my SD trailor park and it's a deal
edit: oops, forgot sumpten, " f'yeah! 'Murica!!! "

drothgery wrote:You'd need some pretty heavy duty cinder blocks to put an SD up on...

Vince wrote:Is this going to be the Honorverse equivalent of "If you have 5 cars in your front yard and none of them work, you just might be a redneck?"

Park'em on'a couple dim asteroids ou'back by dat yonder gas giant and we'll get by jest fine. Drop in fer a spell and ner' mind d'Frigates dey won't bite.
Y'all don't know how hard it is to write how I sound.

Yow wrote:

Yow wrote:Slip me a few for my SD trailor park and it's a deal
edit: oops, forgot sumpten, " f'yeah! 'Murica!!! "

drothgery wrote:You'd need some pretty heavy duty cinder blocks to put an SD up on...

Vince wrote:Is this going to be the Honorverse equivalent of "If you have 5 cars in your front yard and none of them work, you just might be a redneck?"

Park'em on'a couple dim asteroids ou'back by dat yonder gas giant and we'll get by jest fine. Drop in fer a spell and ner' mind d'Frigates dey won't bite.
Y'all don't know how hard it is to write how I sound.

Shouldn't that be: "Y'all do'no' how hard 'tiz to 'rite 'ow I zound?"

Yow wrote:Slip me a few for my SD trailor park and it's a deal
edit: oops, forgot sumpten, " f'yeah! 'Murica!!! "

drothgery wrote:You'd need some pretty heavy duty cinder blocks to put an SD up on...

Vince wrote:Is this going to be the Honorverse equivalent of "If you have 5 cars in your front yard and none of them work, you just might be a redneck?"

Yow wrote:Park'em on'a couple dim asteroids ou'back by dat yonder gas giant and we'll get by jest fine. Drop in fer a spell and ner' mind d'Frigates dey won't bite.
Y'all don't know how hard it is to write how I sound.

Vince wrote:Shouldn't that be: "Y'all do'no' how hard 'tiz to 'rite 'ow I zound?"

Yur gud

MaxxQ wrote:

Yow wrote:Target practice. Breakers. Target practice. Target practice. Target practice. Target practice. Target practice. Demolition Derbies. Target practice. Target practice. Target practice. Target practice. Not neccessarily in order.

Fixed!

I'll renew my vote for unmanned pyrotechnic spectaculars.

Recreate (and film) the demise of Joseph Buckly in his attempt to use impellers in a grav wave.

Demonstrate what happens if you try to enter hyper at above 0.3c; or leave within the inner zone of a hyper limit.

Ram two together with their wedges up.

Fly one through the outer edge of a gas giant

Ram one into a star.



The rest you can scrap

My apologies to all who may be interested.

That should have been Vega class, not Nova.

dreamrider

lyonheart wrote:Hi Dreamrider,

What's the textev for the Nova Class?

Regarding the Bellerophon scenario, depending on whether Home Fleet's 48 old SD's were 8 or 8.5 M tons, the Bellerophons can tractor up to 460-489 pods of 10-12 missiles each means each could kill 23-24 BF SD's with capacitor MDM's or 27-29 with early Mk-23's, before getting into a Spindle type Apollo ambush.

L

dreamrider wrote:Here's a theoretical poser for you:

6 Bellerophons vs 8 Scientists and 8 Novas.

No weird situation. Call it a Sollie raid on Sidemore or Alizon or someplace.

Who wins?

(Iknow! I know! )

dreamrider

dreamrider wrote:My apologies to all who may be interested.

That should have been Vega class, not Nova.

dreamrider

Given how fast they'll turn into expanding plasma clouds against Manty ships, Nova seems like a very apt name...