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Russia Modular Missile systems.
Post by Lord Skimper   » Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:51 pm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbUU_9bOcnM

I still think an Honorverse Cargo ship could deploy a similar thing.
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Re: Russia Modular Missile systems.
Post by MAD-4A   » Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:21 am

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Interesting, I didn't get his explanation on why modular starships don't work.
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Re: Russia Modular Missile systems.
Post by Michael Everett   » Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:37 pm

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MAD-4A wrote:Interesting, I didn't get his explanation on why modular starships don't work.

Various reasons including but not limited to:-
-The hull itself provides a large portion of the structural integrity of the ship.
-Providing high-g-resistant modular docking points for cargo modules etc takes up a surprising amount of mass.
-Modular add-ons are nowhere near as endlessly-re-configurable as enclosed cargo bays with movable walls.
-If a modular unit gets damaged, quite often the damage will prevent it from being usable, thus requiring repair/replacement.
-USB effect. Too many "standard configurations", none of which are actually suited to the most recent version.

Modular starships do work, they just don't work as well as the more traditional "hey, I've got whopping big cargo bays" starships.
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Re: Russia Modular Missile systems.
Post by Bruno Behrends   » Fri Oct 23, 2015 4:04 am

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This seems to be basically the same thing as the limped-on missile pods that have been used by many Honorverse navies for many books already.
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Re: Russia Modular Missile systems.
Post by Tenshinai   » Sun Oct 25, 2015 9:17 pm

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MAD-4A wrote:Interesting, I didn't get his explanation on why modular starships don't work.


Simply, the parts creating the modularity takes up space that could be used better.

It also commonly makes for a much less durable vehicle/ship.

You can compare with how it is only very recently that modular APCs have been successfully designed, because previous attempts created weaknesses or made it heavier/larger in a way that negated any advantages.
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