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What information should be displayed on realistic & intuitive tactical sensor screens for space warfare?
I've thought about space warfare and seen how sensor information has been displayed in various Science Fiction franchises and been left disappointed.
For our future space forces we need screens which (...
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Necessity of army and navy in a space warfare setting
I'm writing a realistic sci fi story involving interstellar conflict , where space warships (assume something like star destroyers from star wars) are the norm, These warships are capable of orbital ...
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Theoretically, how well could endothermic chemical reactions work as a heat radiation system in space?
I was thinking about the problem of waste heat in a large military space craft. It seems beyond a certain technological point, the ability to dump waste heat becomes the largest problem in quickly ...
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If stealth in space doesn't work, how might you hide?
While there have been numerous arguments about ways of actually pulling off stealth in space, what I'm interested in is the scenario in which you can't conceal your presence in the conventional sense ...
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How Would Limited Space Travel Change Late Medieval/Early Renaissance-era Warfare?
In my book series, the various planets of the galaxy, give or take, generally have access to late medieval to early renaissance era technology in terms of warfare. That means full plate armor, siege ...
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Fleet tactics & strategies in a hard sci-fi setting with near light speed weapons, ultra hypervelocity kinetics, realistic sensors, and torch ships
I am trying to figure out tactics and strategies for ships that move in a Newtonian regime and use weapons at or near the speed of light. Signals are also at light speed, being lidar and radar; ECM ...
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How could my newborn AI convince humans to (at least marginally) trust it? [closed]
So, I'm writing a story that involves a newly awoken sentient computer intelligence of genius human level intelligence. It 'grew' naturally from the self-learning 'Expert System' of an automated ...
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What is the optimum shape for a space warship which primarily uses rockets for offensive weaponry?
So, I was thinking about this question which I asked a while back, and it occurred to me that the "natural predator" of such ships would be missile and fighter carriers which unleash swarms ...
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Spaceships can't land, and no ships are coming. How to keep the crew alive? [closed]
I've been happily writing along in my story for a bit, but now I've realized that I have no way to refuel/get cargo to my ships. Before, I had a few large ships that could, if needed, hold another ...
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What are most likely to be the first space weapons?
I'm trying to write a mostly realistic space story, and kind of hit a wall when it came to weaponry, so here's the question:
What would be the first weapons to be put on a spacecraft? Due to physics ...
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What is a realistic space battle when you DON'T want to wipe out the other side?
Usually "space battle" posts want to achieve some particular fantasy aim (like, realistic where fighters still exists), or they are focused on aliens and whatnot.
I am instead trying to ...
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How big should I make my space fleets?
I've had this story sitting for a while, but decided to come back to it. I plan on skipping ahead a few decades, where I have a giant space fleets. Assume that the ships are made for humans. Any ...
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Destroying Hypervelocity Rounds With More Hypervelocity Rounds
In a previous question, I asked about using a scaled-up whipple shield to protect against a 250kg tungsten round traveling at about 60 km/s. The round in question is 'about' 10 cm in diameter and '...
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Beyond Futuristic Technology for an Alien Warship?
So, it's several hundred years in the future and the majority of humanity now live on artificial habitats, either clustered together into nation-sized groups or scattered individually across the solar ...
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Can a Scaled-Up Whipple Shield Protect from Hypervelocity Rounds?
Specific situation question: I have a ship with a 'whipple' shield consisting of 5cm of titanium (or a material similar to it) spaced about 50 meters away from the main hull (which is itself pretty ...
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