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mp3.1415player said:
"Super High Energy Projectile Hurling Area Reallocation Device sounds oddly suitable, for some reason," Tali laughed as she also sat, then pulled her keyboard closer and hit a few keys. "Nicely descriptive."
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I see what you did there. And I approve.

Criminalpidgeon said:
I had a terrifying and humorous thought. What would happen if taylor met Tony, Reed, Hank and Banner. Oh and how she'd react to doctor strange.
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She'd probably be horrified by all the shortcuts and dangerous risks they regularly take. Especially with Reed Richards. That man has put the Earth in danger so many times due to his reckless pursuit of Science. He's just lucky that Reed (usually) has a team willing to help him stop whatever threat he unleashed this time. To be honest, Doctor Doom might have a point about Reed. Hank Pym personifies everything that gives Saint Nightmares since he did create an AI that decided to wipe out humanity. Stark and Banner aren't much better, especially in the MCU.

Doc Strange, don't know.
 
kaosisreality said:
Ships, star or naval, are measured by the tonnage of displacement of water, not their actual mass. It's a derived calculation from Archimedes' pprinciples.
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E.I.G. said:
Actually, from my experience when it comes to fictional space craft you typically have the actual mass of the ship used instead of displacement.
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Also, as long as the ship floats (as naval ships tend to), wouldn't the displacement be equal to the actual mass? The tonnage (representing carrying capacity) would differ, but anything that floats displaces an equivalent mass of water.
 
Puidwen said:
A bunch of the guys, including the military who work on those weapons systems are geeks right? So unless i miss it why does that ship have no pure kinetic/mass weapons (like a hyper mass driver powered by taylor's technology)? You know in case you run into some extoic technology that laughs at gravity and energy weapons. Such a thing has been know to happen in sci-fi fiction.
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In the Mass Effect universe, physical projectiles are the primary means of long range attack, for pretty much everyone... To the extent that most ships don't have much defense against anything else. That's why their vessel does everything else.
 
Alkiera said:
In the Mass Effect universe, physical projectiles are the primary means of long range attack, for pretty much everyone... To the extent that most ships don't have much defense against anything else. That's why their vessel does everything else.
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Well, yeah, the civilizations in ME's universe have almost all fallen into the Element Zero trap, which even Tay has noticed.
 
FaerieKnight79 said:
Doc Strange, don't know.
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"So you're telling me that you're a scientifically-trained, licensed surgeon and medical doctor. And through studies into the esoteric underpinnings of your universe, you're able to affect the world around you with large-scale Breaker and Blaster powers. How has your scientific background affected your approach to, and ability to wield, these powers?"

Funnily enough, I see Doom and Taylor getting along, since Doom at least nods towards the notion of noblesse oblige and the laws of hospitality, and he's bound to respect her scientific rigor and approach to advancing her horizons. And at least as long as it's made clear to Doom that should he attempt to... say... abscond with a certain Prime Asset, that he'll be the target of at least one entire nation's military and other resources, as well as any number of unknown metahuman agents, he should behave.
 
BRBonobo said:
Also, as long as the ship floats (as naval ships tend to), wouldn't the displacement be equal to the actual mass? The tonnage (representing carrying capacity) would differ, but anything that floats displaces an equivalent mass of water.
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Submarines excepted of course and a few other specific ship types. But for a space ship (unless you plan to have it land in water, I suppose), water displacement is kind of irrelevant
 
mp3.1415player said:
this one was probably a nickle-iron type.
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mp3.1415player said:
Super High Energy Projectile Hurling Area Reallocation Device
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Aside from the ... interesting ... acronym, is this an area of effect shield that yeets anyone hostile that gets too close?
Because that would be seriously funny.

"Excuse me, is that Krogan bothering you?"
"Not for long." *quiet beeping increases in tempo*
*THOONK* *distant sounds of expensive crashing noises* "Well, shit. Now I gotta get her flowers..."
"...I see, but you're paying for that window."

Alternate ending:
*QUIET BEEPING INCREASES IN TEMPO*
"Ah, on that thought, perhaps I'll foot the bill."
mp3.1415player said:
Excessive paranoia in Council species possible benefit of proposal.
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...They're not wrong, really.

The implications on this hadn't sunk in before. Of COURSE the ship would have a Geth presence on it. I'll bet Taylor already knew about it, though. And probably figured out their reasoning and purposely didn't say anything about it without them even knowing they'd been scanned.
mp3.1415player said:
"And of course we have oranges, so there's not a lot of doubt you'll be back sooner or later," Amy giggled, making Tali nod enthusiastically.

"Exactly. Oranges are fantastic."

"But you still aren't meant to eat the peel," Amy replied, with a look of disgust.

"But that's the best part!"
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It is cute and adorable that they go from absurd weaponry to talking about how not to eat oranges.
Mr. Cloak said:
Darn, I forgot about that! How about Zion's true body? He rescues a cat from a tree, briefly looks surprised, then implodes.
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...So you're saying it's an Exploding Kitten? :evil:
(I love that game.)
 
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Raved Thrad said:
Funnily enough, I see Doom and Taylor getting along, since Doom at least nods towards the notion of noblesse oblige and the laws of hospitality, and he's bound to respect her scientific rigor and approach to advancing her horizons. And at least as long as it's made clear to Doom that should he attempt to... say... abscond with a certain Prime Asset, that he'll be the target of at least one entire nation's military and other resources, as well as any number of unknown metahuman agents, he should behave.
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Do you really think Doc Doom would care that an entire nation's military or any number of metahuman agents would come after him if he did something? He doesn't.
 
Martin Bajar said:
Submarines excepted of course and a few other specific ship types. But for a space ship (unless you plan to have it land in water, I suppose), water displacement is kind of irrelevant
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Most submarines will passively float, so long has they haven't filled their ballast tanks. The only real exceptions I can think of would be some sort of hydrofoil that only floats by dint of Bernoulli's principle, rather than Archimedes'

Raved Thrad said:
Funnily enough, I see Doom and Taylor getting along, since Doom at least nods towards the notion of noblesse oblige and the laws of hospitality, and he's bound to respect her scientific rigor and approach to advancing her horizons. And at least as long as it's made clear to Doom that should he attempt to... say... abscond with a certain Prime Asset, that he'll be the target of at least one entire nation's military and other resources, as well as any number of unknown metahuman agents, he should behave.
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Doom would probably be giving her books to read, and trying to collaborate on projects, if not name her his heir. Do you know how rare it is to find a scientist capable of analysing magic, without losing sight of the scientific method, all while also being an effective leader who actually cares about their subordinates?
 
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FaerieKnight79 said:
Do you really think Doc Doom would care that an entire nation's military or any number of metahuman agents would come after him if he did something? He doesn't.
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He would care that they would actually follow through on the threat and possibly deploy nuclear-scale weapons in earnest against his beloved Latveria, as opposed to the position of the local USA which is, from memory at least, basically "lol diplomats, what'cha gonna do?" They haven't even declared him persona non grata despite blowing up/melting/launching into space the Baxter Building so many times. Honestly he's a net benefit to the local tourist industry and the global gambling industry.

Anyway Earth-bet is a total unknown and capable of reaching his home without crossing the intervening space to deposit gravitational annihilation anywhere they please so he'd take them seriously.
 
Mr_Rose said:
He would care that they would actually follow through on the threat and possibly deploy nuclear-scale weapons in earnest against his beloved Latveria, as opposed to the position of the local USA which is, from memory at least, basically "lol diplomats, what'cha gonna do?" They haven't even declared him persona non grata despite blowing up/melting/launching into space the Baxter Building so many times. Honestly he's a net benefit to the local tourist industry and the global gambling industry.

Anyway Earth-bet is a total unknown and capable of reaching his home without crossing the intervening space to deposit gravitational annihilation anywhere they please so he'd take them seriously.
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I mean, forcing Richards to focus on rebuilding the Baxter Building every so often markedly cuts down on the number of nation-, world-, solar system-, galaxy-, universe-, or multiverse-threatening inventions coming out of that same Baxter Building, so they probably write off whatever costs are involved (possibly including subsidising Richards' rebuilding costs so he doesn't get as many ideas for inventions to 'make money') as 'National-on-up Security Expenses' and take the loss. Not like anyone else has any better ideas for reducing the number of dangerous inventions coming out of that bastard's excuse for a brain, and killing him demonstrably doesn't work as an attempt at reduction.
 
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Mr. Cloak said:
The Simurgh would have a tenth of a second to register the collapser missile hitting her in the face right before she gets eaten by the microscopic black hole.
Please let this happen!
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First, using a missile against a high-end precognitive telekinetic is a really bad idea. At best, she'd just toss it right back at whomever fired it.

Second, even if the missile hit, from the description of the effects it would inflict serious blast and radiation effects to the Earth; and that's ignoring what might happen using a weapon like that on something as physics-bending as an Endbringer. Using such weapons on a target in orbit is a really bad idea.

Worst case, you cause a big blast that causes damage to the Earth's surface, and don't even kill the Simurgh.
 
RecklessPrudence said:
I mean, forcing Richards to focus on rebuilding the Baxter Building every so often markedly cuts down on the number of nation-, world-, solar system-, galaxy-, universe-, or multiverse-threatening inventions coming out of that same Baxter Building, so they probably write off whatever costs are involved (possibly including subsidising Richards' rebuilding costs so he doesn't get as many ideas for inventions to 'make money') as 'National-on-up Security Expenses' and take the loss. Not like anyone else has any better ideas for reducing the number of dangerous inventions coming out of that bastard's excuse for a brain, and killing him demonstrably doesn't work as an attempt at reduction.
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Yes, I'm pretty sure the only reasons Richards hasn't been formally declared a supervillain are threefold:
  1. Everyone is worried about how much damage he could do if he was actually trying rather than bumbling along
  2. Such a thing would seriously alienate some legitimately good heroes
  3. Susan Richards is a scary, scary lady and no-one wants to see what happens if she goes "bad" with him.
 
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BRBonobo said:
Also, as long as the ship floats (as naval ships tend to), wouldn't the displacement be equal to the actual mass? The tonnage (representing carrying capacity) would differ, but anything that floats displaces an equivalent mass of water.
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Most ships have a considerably higher displacement than mass. Otherwise they would sink as soon as they take on passengers/cargo.
 
Raved Thrad said:
And at least as long as it's made clear to Doom that should he attempt to... say... abscond with a certain Prime Asset, that he'll be the target of at least one entire nation's military and other resources, as well as any number of unknown metahuman agents, he should behave.
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FaerieKnight79 said:
Do you really think Doc Doom would care that an entire nation's military or any number of metahuman agents would come after him if he did something? He doesn't.
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More importantly, Doom's pride wouldn't let him simply take Taylor, nor try to force her to work for him. Instead, he'd prove his superiority by reading her notes and improving upon her work.

At most, I suspect he would offer her a research grant in exchange for her discoveries. He'd even be courteous when she politely refuses, and instead rely on subtle espionage to get her notes...

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Most ships have a considerably higher displacement than mass. Otherwise they would sink as soon as they take on passengers/cargo.
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No, they displace their mass in water. They just have a net density lower then the water they are sitting in thanks to large air-filled spaces.
 
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Jordisk said:
While I have never seen or heard of whatever film you are talking about, I
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K-pax
Spacy is a psych patient known only as Prot who claims to be an alien. His doctor tries to help him realize this is a delusion, but all request for proof either get the doctor no where (such as a teleportation device that supposedly works faster than humans can perceive) or suggests he may actually be an alien (when he draws his home solar system, it explains some questions that the astronomers had about that particular system)

In one scene, he's given a banana, and eats it without peeling, stating that Earth produce was worth the trip.
 
He'd probably become furious with Taylor, due to her looking over one of his inventions and immediately improving upon it while explaining everything he did wrong. Von Doom does not take criticism well. His entire feud with Reed is because in collage Reed pointed out a mistake in Reed's work, and Von Doom refused to believe it. Thus when the experiment blew up in his face and scarred him, naturally the conclusion was that Reed must have sabotagued the experiment. Von Doom couldn't have made a mistake after all.

As for Reed, he's a menace. Fortunately he can (usually) contain his mistakes with the help of the other Fantastic Four members. That said, he is the reason for the Skrull Invasion that Marvel did recently. Remember, his method of defeating the original invasion was to hypnotize the skrull into thinking they were cows or something. Which eventually set up the invasion that nearly worked. Amusingly, during the No One Gets Out Alive storyline the big bad that was virtually unstoppable was... Reed Richards. Or more precisely a Reed Richards who had been chosen by The Watcher to fetch the Ultimate Nullifier when Galactus first showed up instead of Johny Storm. As it turns out Human Torch isn't the only one who could make the trip. Reed could have too. What made Johny the right choice is... he's too dumb to recognize what anything else does. In he one timeline where Reed was sent, he spent too long trying out various devices and looking for a better weapon to stop the World Devourer with. By the time he returned to Earth, Galactus had already feasted and left. At which point That Reed concluded the single greatest threat to humanity is... Reed Richards. And he started on a quest to wipe out every Reed Richards in existence.

the DragonBard said:
K-pax
Spacy is a psych patient known only as Prot who claims to be an alien. His doctor tries to help him realize this is a delusion, but all request for proof either get the doctor no where (such as a teleportation device that supposedly works faster than humans can perceive) or suggests he may actually be an alien (when he draws his home solar system, it explains some questions that the astronomers had about that particular system)

In one scene, he's given a banana, and eats it without peeling, stating that Earth produce was worth the trip.
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I did enjoy that movie. It never does answer one way or the other if Prot is actually an alien.
 
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