An ISD is 1,600 meters, 60 turbolasers, 72 star fighters, 9,000 troops and 37,000 crew.

An ISD is 1,600 meters, 60 turbolasers, 72 star fighters, 9,000 troops and 37,000 crew.

Should a pocket star destroyer be:
a) 200 meters, with 2 turbolasers, 10 quad laser cannons, 3 star fighters, 50 troops, and a crew of 250?
OR
b) 400 meters, with 10 turbolasers, 20 quad laser cannons, 12 star fighters, 250 troops, and a crew of a thousand?

I've got smaller versions of ships than that, but much smaller than this seems like force recon rather than a capital ship.

There are some potential solutions to this problem. Don't freak out. We've got time to figure it out.

There are some potential solutions to this problem. Don't freak out. We've got time to figure it out.

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An experiment:

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I am, from time to time, some what obsessive.

I am, from time to time, some what obsessive.

An Imperial Star Destroyer (ISD) has 60 turbolasers, 60 ion cannons, 72 starfighters, 9,000 troops. It is 1,600 meters long. Years of consumeables onboard, an ability to dock with a Correlian Corvette in a menacing way, and take onboard ships larger than the Falcon without a problem.

That is: It is absurd. This isn't just a Dreadnought, it is a fleet onto itself. It is a carrier, destroyer, transport, and cargo ship all in one. With a crew of 37,000, it has the population of a small city.

So, I wondered: What happens if you go to one half the length, and have variants for carrier, destroyer, transport, and cargo? What if, at this size, there's also a "fleet" variant that is a carrier with firepower, troops, and ability to carry cargo, only on a smaller scale? That is, we get variants that specialize in carrying smaller ships, attacking, transporting troops, and transporting cargo.

What if we go to half of that? And half of that?

How far can we keep halving?

Assuming the same proportions, with each half of length you get 1/8th the interior volume. This goes: 1,600, 800, 400, 200, 100, 50, 25, 12.5 meters. That was my cutoff, as that's about the size of a TIE fighter.

It holds up; at 12.5 meters, you could have a single quad turbo laser, or room for 2 extra people, or room for 2 containers. Or, take the average and get a dual turbo laser, room for 1 pax, or the ability to haul one container.

The Falcon and Serenity both fall into the roughly 50 meters versions. With ten crew which, again, sounds about right. The Falcon was running on a skeleton crew.

I spent the early afternoon fun spreadsheeting. What'd you do?

Me, to the guy everone trusts; I've heard git integrates with our base program.

Me, to the guy everone trusts; I've heard git integrates with our base program. When you have time, can you research that?

Guy: yeah. It may be a while, but if that is true it would be a life saver.

.... Wait......

Guys boss, who is that guy what is the problem: you found a GitHub repository we can use?

Me:.... That's not exactly what I said, no. It looks like we could use git!

That guy: I live your excitement! What's your vision for how this would work?

Me:.... Gives a few relevant features of modern code design.

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I still don't know if he's dumb, oblivious to how condescending he is, or just hates anything he doesn't understand.

Any guesses?

Every other Wednesday, the sprint ends.

Every other Wednesday, the sprint ends.

Every other Wednesday, I facilitate about 4 hours of meetings. That's with the design team, the development team, the client, and a host of hangers-on.

Every other Wednesday, I wear myself out.

Every other Thursday, I am essentially useless. Emotionally drained, with difficulty focusing and sometimes keeping my eyes open.

This is one of those Thursdays.

Tell me something interesting.

There is a degree to which the following is true: My duty to my family is to acquire as much wealth from the market...

There is a degree to which the following is true: My duty to my family is to acquire as much wealth from the market as possible.

Which is to say: Always be interviewing. My job is to find the best-paying job, and bring in the moneys. So that we can do whatever we want with the money.

There's a degree to which that's true.

How is it false?

A few weeks ago, Tony Lower-Basch suggested Trump would be the new high water mark for the Republican party, in...

A few weeks ago, Tony Lower-Basch suggested Trump would be the new high water mark for the Republican party, in terms of morality, temperament, and fundamental understanding of politics.

It was easy to disagree. I reserved judgement, thinking he was probably overstating the case.

Then Kavanaugh showed up.

And Lindsay Graham disgraced himself. And Orrin Hatch was himself.

And they all made Trump seem reserved and calm.

We're doomed. This is the new Republican party, and it's only going to get worse from here. And they'll do anything to maintain there grip on power.

I only hope Princess Leia was right -- that the more they tighten their fingers, the more cities will slip through there fingers.