Again, never said we shouldn't use, or outringht ignore it.
Alcuberrie-drive actually exists and needs eezo to work.
They are faster then conventional ftl drives(but probably less precise and maneuverable) when going long distance, but slower and less efficient then using a Mass Relay, probably because the ship must propel itself rather then getting instantly transported to its destination.
Correction: Eezo is practical and simple to exploit in Mass Effect, but that does not mean that alternatives do not exist. Particularly not in this quest, wherein I have explicitly noted that an ending condition is the practical utilization of an alternative technology path. The reason why you might want to follow alternatives, if Eezo is so practical, is because the Eezo Learning victory requires you to completely master Eezo as a scientific concept -- no simple task at all.
we payed half as much (20,000 less) to do it in return for an extra upkeep of 500 a year. that is the easiest choice in the world.
The first time we do it, the penalty to civilians is relatively low, so it's better than expanding. Next time it's going to cost more, so expanding maybe more worth it.
Woulda gotten that with Expanding as well. Just a question of means. This way you take a slight income hit and have to deal with civilians asking after those factories once/if the crisis passes, in exchange for half price.
Lasers have inherent flaw - the laser ray actually expands with distance. The expansion angle is very small, like 1-2 angle minute, but on 50+ km distance it is already meaningful. This flaw is inborn and cannot be dealt with due to wave nature of light.
The problem is, currently known methods are practical only up to low UV light. There are works on free-electron lasers, that can produce X-ray and potentially even gamma-ray, but they need a lot of space. On the other hand, they might be easier to scale up.
well development is pretty much "make it smaller but also better", compare early computers and modern ones and the difference in power and size becomes obvious, and this is a civilization that is far more advanced than ours, they probably already have more efficient and smaller optics than we could create in the next decade, so saying we can't do something because of modern limitations is kind of silly if you think about it.
If I understood Poptart correctly, then what we need is to study both molecular furnaces (yes, yes, using e zero) and geode creation. Between that, and learning how to dope silicon compounds with metals, or heat resistant alloys, use a molecular furnace to guide a geode growth to produce heat resistant lenses of fairly large diameters. Yes, I'm sure I'm making it sound simpler than it is, I'm just offering bare bone ideas. I stopped delving into heavy sciences when I was told I wasn't good enough; so I don't know all the fiddly bits involved.
With bullshit science only. The problem is fundamental: x-ray optics is built based on entirely different principles compared to normal optics, as X-ray refraction is not a thing.
The problem is not only heat resistance, but also heat and weigth deformation. It is much harder to deal with. And we should probably use mirrors instead of lenses: lenses have inborn flaw of light adsorption and light reflection on lens surfaces.
Yeah, bullshit science. Should work.
I will have to look into that.
That first one.I hope you meant anti-corruption?
Or can we folow footsteps of previous governor?
