Very much so, but there's also potential there for Research and Colonial voidcraft to be 'aircraft' carriers; for example, one as a method of studying atmospheric weather & climate patterns and the other as a method for planetary cargo.
Sure, which is why I used apostrophes for aircraft. These ships utilized by Research and Colonial Carrier-voidcraft would be closer to spaceplanes and the space shuttle than to airplanes in use today, specifically designed and dedicated to do their tasks without wasting resources like using a Voidcraft would.
I mean, I would use say a 2019 ghibli as a commuter car. Not really the best analogy there luxury cars that are actually luxury cars and not flexing cars tend to actually be pretty decent for daily use and fuel economy. At that price range I would get a tesla though, more advanced and better for basically everything.
Seems we were in agreement the whole time.
heh, such is oft the way of many a fierce debate.
That's not really a problem with your tanks. Tanks are not normally required to survive impact with the ground at terminal velocity. In fact, simply keeping the crew combat capable after impact might require genemods.
Huh. I really would have thought our population would have grown more over the decades. Which cities got taken out in the US?
So, on average world wide we only lost about half our population. The US specifically lost almost no one, we're right around where we are IRL.
No cities were entirely destroyed, but you lost a few percent of the population. In addition, your population growth was only at replacement rates until 2044.
This is over two decades later, populations have already begun to recover in many areas.
There's a reason your Morale has been solidly Excellent since the quest began.
corruption is a excellent condiment~
Are there any statistical effects of this, or is it purely for narrative purposes?
Good morale makes almost everything easier. Bad morale makes almost everything harder. Life is much easier when you have the people's enthusiastic support.
That's still millions of people, though. How did so many die without the large scale destruction of urban environments or infrastructure?
I didn't say there was no large scale destruction, just that no cities were wiped out. The millions of deaths were spread across the country. It's wasn't just a handful of cities being destroyed, it was major and minor attacks across the country everywhere from LA to Frankfort.
Bullshit. The pure amount of casualties that would require makes the whole 'America got through the War virtually unscathed' meaningless.
Even then, population growth is slow in the best of times. And considering the turmoil the world has been seeing, don't really think it's the best of times.
77 million assuming a 1% growth rate. But that is "almost unscathed" compared to everyone else, some of whom lost half of their pop.
