[X]In the Ocean
A Soldier in a Wartorn Galaxy - A Warhammer 40k X Supreme Commander Quest
- Thread starter BOTcommander
- Start date
- Sci-Fi
- Location
- USA
[X]In the Ocean
Bloody*Vermilion
The newbie of newbies on this site
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His/Etc
[X]In the Ocean
Even the Orks aren't going to land without engines. Rockets big enough to lift a mountain range are going to be firing into the ocean. Probably not enough to vaporise all of the water under the hive, but a lot of it.
Going to be a massive earthquake as well of course. You don't drop a hive on a world without bending the crust a bit.
ClawClawBite
Mad Engineering!
- Location
- Seattle, WA
If someone is excited enough to wave a giant fight me here flag, then let's go fight them there!
[X]Right atop the Lure Base
[X]Right atop the Lure Base
You know it would be really funny if they landed both in the ocean and on Rockshore Island.
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- He/Him
As is Killkrusha, but he needs to roll a 5+ on his ballistic skill check.
FunkyEntropy
Occasionally insightful, possibly grumpy
- Location
- Los Angeles
[X]In the Ocean
Ork (in)accuracy at its finest.
Ork (in)accuracy at its finest.
Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
- Location
- Ohio
You seem to be under the impression that this is a Hive-sized Drop Pod.
The KillrushKroosa is an overly gunned Rok. The only thing those engines will be doing is KillRushing the whole damn mass of metal at its target faster.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
He'll use them to land. The KillKrushKroosa will not survive entry otherwise.
- Location
- Norway
[X]In the Straight between the Twin Islands
Listen. What if we seized two islands at once. That's twice as much as one island.
[X]Right atop the Lure Base
But also, what if Warbag Killkrush simply flattened the base with a big rock.
"When's breakstuff?"
"You already had breakstuff."
"We had one, yes. When's second breakstuff?"
Listen. What if we seized two islands at once. That's twice as much as one island.
[X]Right atop the Lure Base
But also, what if Warbag Killkrush simply flattened the base with a big rock.
"When's breakstuff?"
"You already had breakstuff."
"We had one, yes. When's second breakstuff?"
- Location
- Exploring the Milky Way in my Krait Phantom
[X]In the Straight between the Twin Islands
Vote Closed
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- He/Him
Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
- Location
- Ohio
Whelp. This next update's going to have a very easy time getting Sponsored.
Dynamesmouse
Bzzzzzz
Looks like we're doing a D-Day reenactment, folks!
"More like D-day we krump dat big blue git, ya grot! Dats today, boss said so!"
"More like D-day we krump dat big blue git, ya grot! Dats today, boss said so!"
- Pronouns
- He/Him
"Oi, BikMek! Wot's da sitch wif da Krooza?"
"Boss, da lowest levels is fillin' wif water, but it's puttin' out da fires down dere. We got big 'oles all over da outer hull, lost a big chunk o' da top on da way in, an' da sea floor's givin' out 'neath da weight of da KillKrushKroosa."
"So, all in all, anuvver zoggin' perfect landin', eh?"
"Right on, boss!"
"Boss, da lowest levels is fillin' wif water, but it's puttin' out da fires down dere. We got big 'oles all over da outer hull, lost a big chunk o' da top on da way in, an' da sea floor's givin' out 'neath da weight of da KillKrushKroosa."
"So, all in all, anuvver zoggin' perfect landin', eh?"
"Right on, boss!"
Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
- Location
- Ohio
… define and contextualize "giving out". Because, yes, the oceanfloor is made up of sediments, but in Earth terms, it can be over three thousand feet thick, to as little as a thousand depending on where you measure.
But always below that is the basaltic Oceanic Crust. The top of a Tectonic Plate.
Did the Orks just punch through to the tectonic level? Do we need to worry about an earthquake/Tsunami generator?
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- He/Him
"Da Krooza's tiltin', Boss. Da Northeast bit o' da seabed ain't holdin' up too good."
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Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
- Location
- Ohio
Everyone start praying that ACUs have positive buoyancy.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
It's gonna be fine, the KillKrushKroosa is just gonna end up resting at a 25 degree angle.
Was curious so did some calculations.
The KillKrushKroosa is described as a cone with a base diameter of 50 km and a height of 150 km. This gives it an internal volume of 98,174,770 m³.
The density of the KillKrushKroosa takes some guesswork. It contains a lot of air, presumably at or around 1 atmosphere. It contains a lot of Orks who are somewhat heavier than humans. It contains a whole bunch of miscellaneous items. And the structure itself is a mixture of various metals, ceramics etc all of unknown composition. For simplicity let us assume the average density is about half that of steel: 3925 kg/m³.
Volume times density equals mass. This gives 385,335,972 metric tons.
For reference Mt Everest is approximately 175,000,000,000 metric tons.
It is a big blighter but it isn't going to sink through the crust unless it landed on a fault line.
The KillKrushKroosa is described as a cone with a base diameter of 50 km and a height of 150 km. This gives it an internal volume of 98,174,770 m³.
The density of the KillKrushKroosa takes some guesswork. It contains a lot of air, presumably at or around 1 atmosphere. It contains a lot of Orks who are somewhat heavier than humans. It contains a whole bunch of miscellaneous items. And the structure itself is a mixture of various metals, ceramics etc all of unknown composition. For simplicity let us assume the average density is about half that of steel: 3925 kg/m³.
Volume times density equals mass. This gives 385,335,972 metric tons.
For reference Mt Everest is approximately 175,000,000,000 metric tons.
It is a big blighter but it isn't going to sink through the crust unless it landed on a fault line.
Always Late
Lacking in coffee, sleep, and brains
- Location
- Ohio
Why would you say that? Why would you say that?
Orks are bad enough without having to deal with planet-wide effects from tectonic activity! Stop giving the QM justification!
