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that could be pared down a bit more
"[] look for a plasma/high energy physicist primarily to help research Shields to deal with DEW"
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"[] look for a plasma/high energy physicist primarily to help research Shields to deal with DEW"
Chargone
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That changes the emphasis away from shields to plasma/high energy physics, though. Not sure how much that matters, but it does.
Carrnage
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I did that on purpose, we'll eventually have to look into high energy conduits.
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Miaow! Break the Chains!
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Did you read Warringer's original fiction story "On The Shoulders of Giants" on SB? The Local Compact (the Alliance of Humans of and non-ME-canon races) has this neart thing called "Floating Ground Static Discharger" that makes the need to do a planetary drive-core discharge a thing of the past, aka, infinite range FTL drive.
Carrnage
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Does this mean my previous post was wrong?
Not in any way that matters.
Yeah, sorry about that. I meant engineering perspective. Physics one would be useful against particle beqm weaponry, maybe.
Found this in regards to cold plasma: http://www.rense.com/general2/ddy.htm
Seems somewhat legit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mounir_Laroussi
Although we are a long way away from actually using the stuff as shields in Real Life.
Turns out one of the problems of using cold plasma is that it can block the users radar and laser guidence systems....maybe some kind of 'targeting sensor detection system' could be set up so only the nearby plasma generators activate and spread the plasma in the needed area?
Seems somewhat legit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mounir_Laroussi
Although we are a long way away from actually using the stuff as shields in Real Life.
Turns out one of the problems of using cold plasma is that it can block the users radar and laser guidence systems....maybe some kind of 'targeting sensor detection system' could be set up so only the nearby plasma generators activate and spread the plasma in the needed area?
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I never really could get into that story for some reason. Mind linking to the relevant update?
If I recall correctly it is possible in universe to block DEWs with Mass Effect shields, admittedly I remember that it's the Reapers doing this and really one shouldn't be surprised if they can do anything with ME based tech.
It should be doable, yes. I have some ideas, as I said. I'll write them out in about an hour.
Biotics are perfectly capable of creating a gravitational lens. It shouldn't be hard to deal with a laser.
edmantgoog
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[X] Letter of the law. Produce 50,000 Arc Reactors for the Citadel market. Let Lindsey handle the rest of your available production capabilities.
[X] IFV - UberJJK
[X] Clean break
Spare time (pick two)
[X] Headhunt a research hero (this will not necessarily come into fruition immediately).
--[X] Biology, preferebly a hanar one
[X] Hang with Liara
Other Company Stuff:
[X] Build 3 Factory III's in each of Mindoir's other cities (total: 6), and upgrade the Factory I and II in Landing to Factory III's as well (total: 2). Total Cost: ~9 Billion, ~3 Billion left
[X] Begin to look into expanding Paragon Industries beyond Mindoir.
--[X] Specifically, about acquiring land on Earth.
[X] IFV - UberJJK
[X] Clean break
Spare time (pick two)
[X] Headhunt a research hero (this will not necessarily come into fruition immediately).
--[X] Biology, preferebly a hanar one
[X] Hang with Liara
Other Company Stuff:
[X] Build 3 Factory III's in each of Mindoir's other cities (total: 6), and upgrade the Factory I and II in Landing to Factory III's as well (total: 2). Total Cost: ~9 Billion, ~3 Billion left
[X] Begin to look into expanding Paragon Industries beyond Mindoir.
--[X] Specifically, about acquiring land on Earth.
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Miaow! Break the Chains!
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Here it is.
http://otsog.warringersworks.com/index.php?title=2011
I am also calling Warringer to explain this better then me. @Warringer
I think he got the idea from here.
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7145881/8/Exodus-of-Stars
Use text search: floating ground
Lensing is better for concentrating fire. I am thinking something far more efficient. Defense that would make lasers unusable completely. Also, now that I think of it, perfect stealth in space. Because if you can completely block radiation from coming through, then, well, you've got perfect stealth in space, except for gravitics. The idea is based on usingtotal internal reflection and creating a "layered shell" of FTL grade mass effect fields over the ship with "rough edges" formed in such a way that there's no wave that can pass it. Right now I'm doing physical description and thinking of whether it's possible or not. Because, man, perfect stealth in space and absolute (you might say conceptual, even) defense against EM radiation (at the cost of complete blindness, though).
Question is, what would happen to the EM radiation that is emitted by your own ship? I mean stuff like fusion based drives and fusion reactors pump out a lot of heat, right? So wouldn't all of that bounce back and hit the ship?
Well, with replusors and arc reactors its a moot point, but what if the Alliance doesn't want to wait for us to come out with a frigate design?
It's the same as Normandy's heatsinks, really, only possibly working across all spectrum, and rendering the ship blind.
cokerpilot
Here comes the rain.
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And depending on the exact function there are ways around that.
Drop some tiny drones powered by arc reactors with super conductors and passive sensors, to minimize their output, as well as a QEC connected to the ship.
QEC should bypass the EM shield allowing the ship to scan the surrounding area using those sensor drones.
Indeed. Also? I gave up on trying to do a serious and really indepth (starting from Maxwell's equations) analysis. Suffice to say that, to me, at a first glance, it seems like it could work. Now, having read up on the process beyond wiki and after refreshing my memory, it's not as "conceptual" as it would look. The formulas are for stationary process. For the impulse process part of the wave will always pass through, no matter what. After the start of the impulse the reflection coefficient will rapidly approach 1, but, at the start, it'll be lower. SO, it's not "perfect" or "conceptual", but it's still a near-perfect defense against lasers, and a perfect stealth in space. Adding to that the redshifting effect, and massive refraction... Yeah, it's a good way to make anti-laser defense and a stealth system. I'll do a diagram in a moment.
I've had an idea for a research option we might want to look at.
The biggest problem with a lot of our technologies is heat build up, because heat is hard to disperse in space. But, I think we've overlooked a place to dump it. Revy has already violated the laws of thermodynamics in at least two different ways, so why not a third? We can draw energy directly from the quantum vacuum, that's what runs the arc reactor. Heat is a kind of energy. So why can't we reverse the process? Dumping unwanted energy back into the vacuum?
The biggest problem with a lot of our technologies is heat build up, because heat is hard to disperse in space. But, I think we've overlooked a place to dump it. Revy has already violated the laws of thermodynamics in at least two different ways, so why not a third? We can draw energy directly from the quantum vacuum, that's what runs the arc reactor. Heat is a kind of energy. So why can't we reverse the process? Dumping unwanted energy back into the vacuum?
With mass effect losing heat is completely possible and viable. Actually
EDIT: I was wrong, I think. I'll have to think about it.
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Warringer
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Though hath summoned me!?
Why? Everything is nicely explained in that piece.
Kinda, sorta, yes.