Dr Who gets it right: The right situation in a variety of circumstances is "Run!"
That's for when Daleks or gods or the family of blood is actively trying to kill you. Or nearly anyone with a gun.
In other circumstances: Deescalate. Talk. Keep talking. Get them talking. When they are talking, they aren't shooting at you. When they are listening, they aren't talking.
Run. Defuse.
Those are the best self-defense strategies.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Correlian Corvette
Correlian Corvette
At 165 meters, turbolasers, and giant engines the best analogy isn't a cargo truck. It's not even an oil liner; it's more like a military destroyer.
With potentially 84,000 square feet and a cannon-defined passenger space of "hundreds", that's maybe 420 square feet per person; assuming hallways, kitchens, crew quarters, etc then we're talking around 100 square feet per pax. That's not unusual; ships often have small rooms. Even luxury liners.
But, it is peculiar to have room for hundreds of passengers on a military-grade destroyer. That's weird.
What type of ship is it, then?
Some obvious things; it's a universe where being armed and armored makes sense for civilians. We see this in other ships -- the Falcon is essentially an 18 wheeler with an M60 mounted to the roof. In space, where mass is more important than on ground.
And the Corvette is a fast passenger liner with guns and armor. Guns, armor, engines are a lot of expensive overhead and mass to haul around passengers.
I know what that is; it's an APC.
In a universe where the authorities enslave and conscript, it makes sense to be able to run. In a universe with gangsters who'll steal your ship, it makes sense to be capable of fighting back.
That's the scenario under which the Correllian Corvette makes sense; a bleak dystopia where the Titantic needs is more concerned with pirates than icebergs, where Viking River cruises takes the name literally, and Carnival cruise ships have AA guns.
At 165 meters, turbolasers, and giant engines the best analogy isn't a cargo truck. It's not even an oil liner; it's more like a military destroyer.
With potentially 84,000 square feet and a cannon-defined passenger space of "hundreds", that's maybe 420 square feet per person; assuming hallways, kitchens, crew quarters, etc then we're talking around 100 square feet per pax. That's not unusual; ships often have small rooms. Even luxury liners.
But, it is peculiar to have room for hundreds of passengers on a military-grade destroyer. That's weird.
What type of ship is it, then?
Some obvious things; it's a universe where being armed and armored makes sense for civilians. We see this in other ships -- the Falcon is essentially an 18 wheeler with an M60 mounted to the roof. In space, where mass is more important than on ground.
And the Corvette is a fast passenger liner with guns and armor. Guns, armor, engines are a lot of expensive overhead and mass to haul around passengers.
I know what that is; it's an APC.
In a universe where the authorities enslave and conscript, it makes sense to be able to run. In a universe with gangsters who'll steal your ship, it makes sense to be capable of fighting back.
That's the scenario under which the Correllian Corvette makes sense; a bleak dystopia where the Titantic needs is more concerned with pirates than icebergs, where Viking River cruises takes the name literally, and Carnival cruise ships have AA guns.
Oxygen Not Included
Oxygen Not Included
Goal: a self-contained large space with bloom blossoms, sun bugs, and piped water.
Incoming resources to this:
1. Water. For where I am, this means I need coal.
2. Phosphorite for the bugs. Help them become better bugs, which I can use elsewhere.
3. Duplicant labor to groom the bugs.
4. Duplicant labor to harvest.
It should be able to produce a whole slew of decent calories, with minimal duplicant labor. Here's hoping.
Goal: a self-contained large space with bloom blossoms, sun bugs, and piped water.
Incoming resources to this:
1. Water. For where I am, this means I need coal.
2. Phosphorite for the bugs. Help them become better bugs, which I can use elsewhere.
3. Duplicant labor to groom the bugs.
4. Duplicant labor to harvest.
It should be able to produce a whole slew of decent calories, with minimal duplicant labor. Here's hoping.
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Friday, September 21, 2018
Both my Senators are way against Kavanaugh, and have been for a while.
Both my Senators are way against Kavanaugh, and have been for a while.
So: Good.
So: Good.
Oxygen not included
Oxygen not included
... and then, sometimes, I restart at cycle 5, or 20.
... because I don't make enough food
... it's always food
... Oxygen is much easier.
... food has, like, lead time and shit.
... and then, sometimes, I restart at cycle 5, or 20.
... because I don't make enough food
... it's always food
... Oxygen is much easier.
... food has, like, lead time and shit.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
We all (very few) know that a Correlian Corvette is 150 meters long.
We all (very few) know that a Correlian Corvette is 150 meters long.
We know this because Wookiepedia says so. It also checks out - an ISD is a mile long, and the ISD that captures the Tantive IV looks about ten times as long.
What we don't know is the interior dimensions.
UNTIL NOW.
I know you've all been waiting. Impatiently.
The best person I know, Robert Kopp, gave me his large scale Correlian Corvette from X-wing for my birthday. Sure, he was done with it. Still, I experienced joy at it.
It also means I can do some measurements. Better ones than when I used the small scale a while ago.
Length: 33 cm
Engine Height: 6 cm
Engine Depth: 10 cm
Engine Length: 10 cm
Main Height: 4 cm
Main Depth: 4 cm
Man Length: 16 cm
That's not counting the hammerhead, which should be 33 - 26 = 7 cm. I just measured, and that's about right.
The first measurement anchors the model to the ship; 150m is 15,000 cm, so the ratio is about 1 to 455 (454.545454545). I'm going to call that 450.
Which is to say, 33 cm times 450 is about 150 meters (off by < 2 meters).
This tells us:
Engine Height: 6 x 450 = 27 meters
Engine Depth: 10 x 450 = 45 meters
Engine Length: 10 x 450 = 45 meters
Main Height: 4 x 450 = 18 meters
Main Depth: 4 x 450 = 18 meters
Main Length: 16 x 450 = 72 meters
In my mind, the hammerhead is all about command and control and the main part is all about living -- and, I guess, control of the guns or whatever.
So, how much floor space is this, if we laid it all out?
A height of 18 meters supports, at 3 meters per floor, 6 floors. This is essentially six floors of 18 by 72 meters, so 1,296 square meters per floor -- or 7,776 square meters of potentially useful floor space.
For those of us in the US, that's almost 14,000 square feet per floor. And six floors. So, 84,000 square feet of potentially useful floor space.
The USS Arleigh Burke, a US destroyer, is 154 meters with a crew of 33 commissioned officers, 38 chief petty officers, and 210 enlisted personnel. That's 280 people, and about the same size.
According to wookipedia, the crew of a Correlian Corvette is 165. That's substantially smaller. I'd wager this implies better living conditions.
We know this because Wookiepedia says so. It also checks out - an ISD is a mile long, and the ISD that captures the Tantive IV looks about ten times as long.
What we don't know is the interior dimensions.
UNTIL NOW.
I know you've all been waiting. Impatiently.
The best person I know, Robert Kopp, gave me his large scale Correlian Corvette from X-wing for my birthday. Sure, he was done with it. Still, I experienced joy at it.
It also means I can do some measurements. Better ones than when I used the small scale a while ago.
Length: 33 cm
Engine Height: 6 cm
Engine Depth: 10 cm
Engine Length: 10 cm
Main Height: 4 cm
Main Depth: 4 cm
Man Length: 16 cm
That's not counting the hammerhead, which should be 33 - 26 = 7 cm. I just measured, and that's about right.
The first measurement anchors the model to the ship; 150m is 15,000 cm, so the ratio is about 1 to 455 (454.545454545). I'm going to call that 450.
Which is to say, 33 cm times 450 is about 150 meters (off by < 2 meters).
This tells us:
Engine Height: 6 x 450 = 27 meters
Engine Depth: 10 x 450 = 45 meters
Engine Length: 10 x 450 = 45 meters
Main Height: 4 x 450 = 18 meters
Main Depth: 4 x 450 = 18 meters
Main Length: 16 x 450 = 72 meters
In my mind, the hammerhead is all about command and control and the main part is all about living -- and, I guess, control of the guns or whatever.
So, how much floor space is this, if we laid it all out?
A height of 18 meters supports, at 3 meters per floor, 6 floors. This is essentially six floors of 18 by 72 meters, so 1,296 square meters per floor -- or 7,776 square meters of potentially useful floor space.
For those of us in the US, that's almost 14,000 square feet per floor. And six floors. So, 84,000 square feet of potentially useful floor space.
The USS Arleigh Burke, a US destroyer, is 154 meters with a crew of 33 commissioned officers, 38 chief petty officers, and 210 enlisted personnel. That's 280 people, and about the same size.
According to wookipedia, the crew of a Correlian Corvette is 165. That's substantially smaller. I'd wager this implies better living conditions.
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