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Title: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: rubixcube on January 04, 2012, 11:56:46 pm
Any ideas? We know that Deimos class corvette uses collapsed core molybdenum (if that even exists) sheathing for extra protection, but what about everything else?
Ship frames? Armour on other ships? Give me your thoughts.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Kolgena on January 05, 2012, 12:19:07 am
The crystals in a tungsten-titanium matrix combined at super cool temperatures, which has a name that is 37 syllables long.

BP takes an interesting and more realistic approach, with active/ablative armor, foam, and other less ridiculous handwaving.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Mongoose on January 05, 2012, 12:21:23 am
Unobtainium.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: JGZinv on January 05, 2012, 12:23:51 am
Cake and lies....

Love and Peace!

Kickassium

aluminum foil
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: LunarNightmare on January 05, 2012, 12:32:41 am
The crushed souls of kittens.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Mort on January 05, 2012, 12:51:02 am
Stuff
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: jg18 on January 05, 2012, 12:52:17 am
Sugar and spice and all things nice.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 05, 2012, 12:57:25 am
The crushed souls of kittens.


Kittens don't have souls :p



The GTA uses awesome.

The PVA Remnant uses fish paste.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: headdie on January 05, 2012, 12:59:00 am
Explodium
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 05, 2012, 01:10:26 am
Kittens don't have souls.

You are a traitor and a part of the Rebel Alliance. TAKE HIM AWAY.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: rubixcube on January 05, 2012, 01:31:53 am
wow... :eek2:
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 05, 2012, 01:33:34 am
Canis Major?

Big Dawg, even the Galaxy acknowledges dogs be best.

On that note, Allied ships flak guns use repurposed canine teeth as Flechette ammo.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: redsniper on January 05, 2012, 09:22:09 am
Cake and lies....

SOC ships

Quote
Love and Peace!

UEF ships

Quote
Kickassium

Shivan ships

Quote
aluminum foil

Zod POS :p
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: mjn.mixael on January 05, 2012, 09:27:13 am
Cotton Candy
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Marcov on January 05, 2012, 09:34:53 am
They use aluminum on their ships and have specialized wizards reinforce the atomic structure and density  of the element and make them significantly boost their melting points, enabling them to withstand multiple Gigaton-range impacts from bombs that are capable of exploding in a vacuum, as well as being able to withstand a supernova's blast wave without cracking up.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Qent on January 05, 2012, 10:09:07 am
The crystals in a tungsten-titanium matrix combined at super cool temperatures, which has a name that is 37 syllables long.
Nice name. :P
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Rodo on January 05, 2012, 11:09:57 am
I don't know what they are made of, but they are surely filled with Bosch beer.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: LunarNightmare on January 05, 2012, 06:17:53 pm
They use aluminum on their ships and have specialized wizards reinforce the atomic structure and density  of the element and make them significantly boost their melting points, enabling them to withstand multiple Gigaton-range impacts from bombs that are capable of exploding in a vacuum, as well as being able to withstand a supernova's blast wave without cracking up.
No, they use magical girls to do that.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: rubixcube on January 05, 2012, 11:54:52 pm
OK then, maybe this was a stupid question to ask, oh well, lesson learned.  :banghead:
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Davros on January 06, 2012, 12:08:01 am
polygons ?
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Marcov on January 06, 2012, 03:13:38 am
Also, the hulls are digitally built by god-like entities that live in a higher plane of existence . They call this "mapping".
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Nohiki on January 06, 2012, 03:43:34 am
The ships are equipped with engines powered by powerful boiler. The hull is made out of high quality oak wood and the interior is made of nice plastic. Their speed approaches that of light, if loaded with high quality coal it is even capable of FTL. The ships are of course equipped with modern weapons, such as fatman and little boy torpedos. The marines are equipped with state of the art AK-47 guns. The ships have no escape pods, as they cannot be sunk.

CREW:
Cappy: Most important person on the ship, who takes the burden of command and distributes it on the backs of others.
helm: Also very important person, flies the ship. duh.
boiler operator: adds coal to the furnace.
Boiler operator's assistant: brings beer and moonshine to the BO, substitutes him if the BO is indisposed.
Flight attendants: carry food, drinks and ammunition around the ship.
Chef: Heats up the canned food on gas stove in the front of the ship.
Joiner: Repairs the hull. always has a spare coffin in storage.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: BengalTiger on January 06, 2012, 12:58:22 pm
That's life boats, not escape pods :-P

The GTVA uses some metals probably, the scaly Vasudan ships look like they're armored with ceramic plates.

The Shivans use black ink soaked cardboard for the armor of their fighters, which is why their hulls suck.
Shivan capital ships are a mystery right now, but they may be made of some awesome space kevlar.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: rubixcube on January 06, 2012, 01:49:20 pm
That's life boats, not escape pods :-P

The GTVA uses some metals probably, the scaly Vasudan ships look like they're armored with ceramic plates.

The Shivans use black ink soaked cardboard for the armor of their fighters, which is why their hulls suck.
Shivan capital ships are a mystery right now, but they may be made of some awesome space kevlar.

well, at least I got one serious answer.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Droid803 on January 06, 2012, 05:14:13 pm
They're made of Plot.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: deathfun on January 06, 2012, 05:59:30 pm
They're made of Plot.

You said plot
I read pot

Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: headdie on January 06, 2012, 06:02:07 pm
They're made of Plot.

You said plot
I read pot



in the freespace continuity both terms are interchangeable
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Liberator on January 07, 2012, 12:07:41 am
D CUPS full of JUSTICE!
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: Herra Tohtori on January 07, 2012, 01:49:14 pm
My hypothesis is that they are spacefaring zeppelins covered with collapsed-core molybdenum skin, and filled with a mixture of propane and oxygen.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: StarLiner on January 07, 2012, 11:09:59 pm
They are made of Sugar, Spice, and Everything nice.

Those ingredients are apparently capable of withstanding multi-kiloton explosions.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: yuezhi on January 08, 2012, 12:55:03 am
has  :v-old: ever said anything about this?
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: watsisname on January 11, 2012, 09:07:33 pm
Rubik's Cubes!

...

Dozens of 'em!
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: TrashMan on January 12, 2012, 05:10:00 am
polygons ?

Pixels!
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: deathfun on January 12, 2012, 05:31:13 am
Vertices and edges
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: LunarNightmare on January 12, 2012, 07:09:04 am
Cruisers are made out of cardboard, corvettes are made out of duct tape, destroyers are made out of scrap metal, and the Colossus is made out of all of the previously listed items.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: BritishShivans on January 12, 2012, 12:10:09 pm
And Freighters are made of paper.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: jg18 on January 12, 2012, 12:15:18 pm
And freighters are made of tissue paper.
Fixed.
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: headdie on January 12, 2012, 12:26:06 pm
And freighters are made of Wet tissue paper.
Fixed.
Fixed again
Title: Re: what are Freespace ships made of?
Post by: The E on January 12, 2012, 12:30:33 pm
I believe we're done here.