[Snail]

They always come back...

[Mobius]

 

CuFeS₂...

[Hades]

Oh wait, that's TrashMan's Orion. Now I get why it looked weird...

So true.

[sigtau]

Aside from it being TrashMan's Orion, what's the problem with that Orion?  I don't really have an issue with it, nor do I see why we should bash it--again, barring that it was made by TrashMan.  If that's the only reason, I have to ask what the **** you guys' problem is.

[Snail]

Aside from it being TrashMan's Orion, what's the problem with that Orion?  I don't really have an issue with it, nor do I see why we should bash it--again, barring that it was made by TrashMan.  If that's the only reason, I have to ask what the **** you guys' problem is.

Uh I didn't say it was a problem. I'm just used to seeing Bobbaou's Orion. That's why TrashMan's looked weird to me at a glance. It's a different model entirely. It's like walking into your living room and finding all the furniture rearranged.

[sigtau]

I wasn't specifically targeting you, Snail (nor did I think you were the one doing the bashing).  I was (more or less) bothered about how the community bashes it subtly, simply because Trashman made it.

[Hades]

I wasn't specifically targeting you, Snail (nor did I think you were the one doing the bashing).  I was (more or less) bothered about how the community bashes it subtly, simply because Trashman made it.

It's not because he made it. 

[Droid803]

I don't find TrashMan's Orion that different from Bobbaou's to be honest. Both have random extrusions all over, not that that's a bad thing, really, but the only major differences are the mapping, and how those extrusions are arranged

I do like TrashMan's Orion turrets better though, specifically the presence of beam turrets so that BGreens aren't firing out of a tiny knob (or worse, a triple-barrelled multipart  )

[Androgeos Exeunt]

3 x BGreens would be pretty useful, though.

[Hades]

I did always feel that the main weapons coming out of the huge multipart turrets would be cooler.

[Goober5000]

Most likely.  More surface area leads to more efficient heat transfer.

[General Battuta]

Most likely.  More surface area leads to more efficient heat transfer.

Not going to be much heat transfer going on in space, my friend. Just radiation.

[Goober5000]

Radiation is heat transfer.  And it seems that you missed the pun.

[General Battuta]

I got the pun, and while it's technically heat transfer it's not a great turn of phrase since it's not a mechanical transfer at all.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

It's energy transfer, isn't it?

[Mobius]

P = εσAT⁴.

It's partially related to mechanical transfer, the P says it all.

[General Battuta]

P = εσAT⁴.

It's partially related to mechanical transfer, the P says it all.

Wrong. It's purely radiative. There is no atmosphere in space to absorb heat mechanically.

Goober's technically correct in that it's called 'heat transfer' even though it's neither conduction or convection and thus does not meet the definition's requirement, i.e. 'by motion of fluids'. It's a bad bit of language.

[Mobius]

Uh, for a moment I forgot it was about space battles...

[Woolie Wool]

Conclusive proof that WC1 and WC2 are better than WC3 and WC4:







QED.

[Sushi]

Ah, the Ferret. Still one of my all-time favorite starfighter designs. 

(And before you say "it looks like a Viper", EVERYTHING with a skinny fuselage and stubby wings looks like a Viper. )