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by cthia » Fri Aug 21, 2015 7:57 am | |
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Oyster Bay => Pearl Harbor. NO! It didn't go over my head. I was just... sleeping.
****** * Okay, now I can't find info in the Pearls regarding lifeboats. Was I not issued a proper access code or something. I'm trying to figure out the difference between lifepods and lifeboats. Do lifeboats have wedges? I'm remembering when Harkness showed what happens when you bring up a wedge in the boat bay. I'm assuming that was the wedge of a lifeboat? What is the range of a lifeboat? Occupant capacity? Also, if lifeboats have wedges then can't they be used to suicide/kamikaze a ship that picks you up by activating the wedge once you're inside their boat bay? Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense |
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by Hutch » Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:03 am | |
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From House of Steel (FAQ's answered by RFC):
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No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. What? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here! Boom. Sooner or later. BOOM! -LT. Cmdr. Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5 |
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by Hutch » Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:12 am | |
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Good questions. I've always taken life-pods and life-boats to be the same, emergency evacuation vessels and not something you'd find on the flight deck. The wedge Horace and Scotty brought up during "In Enemy Hands" was a pinnace, IIRC. Only real item I remember (others may have more) about a life pod/boats capabilities came from Mission of Honor, as Mike Henke was talking to SLN Admiral O'Kleely:
So, I would guess that while the life pods are powered, I don't think they would have an impeller; more likely some sort of hihgly efficient fuel-driven engine. Interested to see if others have any thoughts on this. ***********************************************
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by cthia » Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:20 am | |
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Oatmeal 'eh? Thanks Hutch. I just knew it had to depart from the traditional wheat, barley or maize. So, Weber has his own private stock? Brilliant! Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense |
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by JeffEngel » Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:46 am | |
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There's a point to it in that case: Firebrand is the identity by which would-be revolutionaries know him. Marketing is important there. "Clambake" was a joke - you're not going to see yourself standing shoulder-to-shoulder with "Clambake" to throw off oppression. Reusing "Firebrand" again and again though, that was stupid, when "Firebrand" could not have a reputation among the mutually isolated insurgents that would do any good at all. |
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by JeffEngel » Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:48 am | |
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I've figured an Honorverse "lifeboat" is simply a cutter, pinnace or other small craft put to that use, rather than a distinct sort of vehicle. |
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by cthia » Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:51 am | |
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Thanks again Hutch. If they are one and the same then I don't think they do have wedges because of an incident that I somewhat remember. Overall names and the partcular incident escapes me, but a Manty Commander ordered a SLN Commander to evacuate ship in a specific manner and stated that the pods should have enuff endurance to make a rough landing on planet which suggests limited endurance, power. Hence, no wedge? At any rate, the terms seem to be interchangeable which throws me off if they're the same. Unless Pinnaces are considered lifeboats by their emergency utility. I'm going to reread the passage in "Mission of Honor" where emergency evacuation procedures were being carried out on Weyland that saved so many lives. I thought they were boats. But it seems that whatever was used in the simulated emergency evacs aboard Weyland didn't have wedges or some of those boats would have been back en route when the attack came in and possibly would have been destroyed. Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense |
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by cthia » Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:01 am | |
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Indeed Jeff. Yours is the only other possibility I could think of to explain there being two designations. But that refers back to my previous question. You hear of lifeboats being picked up. Once they are, their wedges could be brought up in kamikaze fashion inside the rescuer's boat bay. It wouldn't bode well for future survivors but it seems it's a possibility by a scruple-less commander really wanting to destroy Honor Harrington. Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense |
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by Dauntless » Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:02 am | |
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my understanding is that a lifeboats and lifepods are the same thing.
similar to cutter, i.e. reaction thrusters only. can hold 5- 10 people (at a guess). some people evacuate via pinnace if there is time/boat bays are working as their duty stations are too "deep" to make getting to a pod in a reasonable amount of time (under 5 mins i'd expect) feasible. probably need RFC or one of the Bu 9 group to settle this. |
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by George J. Smith » Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:32 am | |
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"cthia
I've been trying to find some information about Old Tilman, like the type of crop it's brewed from. Anyone know?" "saber964 FAQ House of Steel IIRC or I think in the Pearls" "Hutch From House of Steel (FAQ's answered by RFC): [quote]Old Tilman doesn’t actually have a precise terrestrial analog. The best way to think of it would be as a hoppy oatmeal stout with a touch of honey added for sweetness. What gives it its distinctive flavor, and the reason there isn’t a precise terrestrial analog, is that it is brewed exclusively on Sphinx using both oats and hops which have mutated/been genetically altered to suit their new environment. As a consequence, the oat-based malt has a fuller, sweeter flavor with a hint of almond and the hops are milder, not quite so bitter flavored. It’s really quite good, but I’m afraid I’m not prepared to share my personal stock of it with anyone else at this time. Sorry[Quote]" "cthia Oatmeal 'eh? Thanks Hutch. I just knew it had to depart from the traditional wheat, barley or maize. So, Weber has his own private stock? Brilliant!" Anybody got any micro brewing friends who can have a go at making a terrestrial Old Tilman brew using the description RFC gave? .
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