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Sovereign
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Hello all,
I would like to clarify the record on several things.
First, my new power reactors aren't black holes or singularities as Lonestar suggested in his post.
They're Quantum reactors based on the Alpha Centauri ones with the capacity to be improved or enhanced in future "game years" as the technology is mastered.
The PoM tests its first singularity drive in Lonestar's post.
If I remember correctly, Alpha Centauri scales power in 4 levels.
Fission ===> Fusion ===> Quantum ===> Singularity
Essentially, Singularity drives are several orders of magnitude more powerful and generate way more power than the Quantum reactors that I'm testing.
I hate to be like Mellian, but could we keep the technologies at least at pace and realistic?
The UA's new Quantum reactor is brand new, and it generates 10 times more power than the usual anti-matter reactor. Keep in mind it's a "unrefined" and "un-improved" design, much like a prototype.
The PoM singularity reactor seems to generate 100 or 1000 times the power of an anti-matter reactor.
See my point?
I guess what I'm trying to say is that if we keep trying to one up each other, we would end up building Terror Stars like in GalCiv by the end of summer. Then wipe everything out 
....rant mode off....
Any word on the next post, Silence? 
Franky, good luck with your finals! 
Laters.
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Lonestar
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AECCP Dark Lord of the Sith
Aug 2000
time: 00:24
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Sovereign, I thought you went to an Engineering school?
fission-fusion-antimatter-Quantum Singularity.
Therefore, I was forced to conclude that the UA had indeed gone ahead with a singularity drive.
This was something posted a llllllllllooooonnnggg time ago by both of us in BAC. For some reason you think quantum != singularity. Same thing, different names.
I was intended in my next post to make a reference that the Harbringer returned to Beta Hydri under it's matter/antimatter reactors, and a corollary that Protectorate structual engineering (because the Dosi won't hand over forcefield tech) isn't up to the task of repeated and/or prolonged speeds provided by the Sin power plant.
I also have only Sin capable ships, both of which are going through some very exhuastive trials. I posted that with the intentional parallal drawn with the first Nuclear surface ship, the Long Beach, the biggest American surface combatant built since WW2. par of the reason was because the reactor took up so much damn space. Same applies to the Harbringer and Thunderer.
By the way, I've been wirting the histories with a an intention of the author living in a rival Human Empire at the time, be it UA, Peacekeeper, or whatever. Lord Protector Ian is about to do some nasty stuff.
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Sovereign
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Lonestar, several good points.
However, I'm basing my new power reactors on the SMAC Quantum reactors, which generate power by splitting light particles.
The Quantum reactor doesn't utilize a black hole or suck power from it, or whatever singularity reactors do to black holes.
Lonestar, I think the Quantum Singularity you're talking about is probably the Singularity Inductor Wonder in the SMAC game, which is a completely different reactor and power source from the standard SMAC Quantum reactor.
Again, my Quantum reactors don't use black holes at all. They generate pure energy from splitting light particles, and route that pure energy into the power infrastructure, such as lights, ship systems, city power, etc. without outdated transformers, turbines, and the like.
The UA Quantum reactors are completely safe. No radiation, no fallout, no antimatter particles, no toxins, no pollution, and most important of all, no dangerous stuff like run-away black holes if an ship is destroyed, or accidents with black holes that will destroy an entire planet.
Again, I suggest that the PoM scale its Singularity reactors down, especially with 14 light years in 5 minutes, while most every faction, including the UA has engines that go 15 - 20 light years PER DAY (24 hour period, which means 1440 minutes total).
Perhaps 50 to 100 light years per day would be reasonable considering the energy output of black holes.
The UA will probably go the same speed, 50, 75, or 100 light years per day... although with several Quantum reactors working together, sort like a nuclear sub having 10 nuclear reactors inside, rather than just one.
The PoM can only have one singularity reactor per ship, no back-up singularities.
I'm just trying to figure out how to balance the factions, so not to give one faction extreme god-like powers or technology.
Keep in mind the UA is supposed to be the leader in technology out of the SMAC factions, and it has been 300 years in BAC since the fusion reactors were developed.
I described and backed up my arguements that there should be a new energy source developed in the 28th century in BAC, and most everybody agreed with my ideas. Even Mellian to some extent.
A lot of technology research can happen in 300 years.
Laters.
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11-05-2003 07:52
Hey, I've been meaning to ask you something Mr. Prez. Do you know where they get all the cool quotes for the Magic cards? Is there a pool where they get them? I kinda want to make a list of cool quotes that's why....
I'll keep looking, though.
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