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Post by hellrock on Oct 26, 2015 19:52:14 GMT
What would your space empire be like? What's their politics, military, what is their technology (It can be science or fiction). And how would their space fleets or ground soldiers fare in a fight?
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Post by mitobox on Oct 26, 2015 22:08:23 GMT
I'm quite curious about a space-faring race that uses true feudalism. Y'know, the political system in Europe and Japan where central authority was less prevalent than local lords. In the case of Europe, this was because Vikings and other invaders made it hard for central authorities to adequately protect their subjects when it took a messenger from a burning village a week or so to reach the capital.
So let's say someone's playing as, say, a race of capybara people. We'll call them Boofbranes. So the Boofbranes are a happy galactic empire spanning over a good 10 star systems. Unfortunately, the empire's having some trouble with these lobster people called Crustcombs that go around in one massive fleet raiding everyone. Since the empire's fairly large, Mr./Ms. Emperor's having trouble sending the main fleet to go protect whoever's getting raided; by the time they arrive (FTL still isn't that quick, y'see), the Crustcombs've pinched all they could get and left to torment some other people, and they'll be back.
With the big threat the meanies pose, the locals start looking to local leaders. With a local lord managing an individual colony, they can get defenses up and running themselves, complete with a fleet of vassals. For extra points, we can have space knights/samurai working with the local ruler as the main defenders, with the space peasants' services being shared in exchange.
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Post by Atrox on Oct 26, 2015 22:42:27 GMT
Heard the word knights had to pop in and investigate...
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Post by Rowdy on Oct 26, 2015 23:08:48 GMT
Probably guerilla warfare run by a race of intergalactic, intelligent, innovative space gorillas. Just imagine it, there'll be giant gorilla guerilla mechatanks and cloaking devices. Oh god, the cloaking devices...  Cloaking devices shrouding mechanical ape mayhem everywhere... flinging banana missiles and poo bombs. They'll never see it coming. |
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RoboTrannic
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Post by RoboTrannic on Oct 28, 2015 7:07:07 GMT
if i was incharge o a glatci empire aye
i would
KILL EVERYTHING THAT THREATENS ME
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Post by mitobox on Oct 28, 2015 8:32:02 GMT
if i was incharge o a glatci empire aye i would KILL EVERYTHING THAT THREATENS ME Are you the "construct massive death weapons" kind of conqueror? Or are you more of an "overwhelm them with sheer numbers" guy? |
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RoboTrannic
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Post by RoboTrannic on Oct 29, 2015 6:18:57 GMT
if i was incharge o a glatci empire aye i would KILL EVERYTHING THAT THREATENS ME Are you the "construct massive death weapons" kind of conqueror? Or are you more of an "overwhelm them with sheer numbers" guy? (fourms being stupid so i wil do my post here) no what i mean is i will kill everythng that THREATENS ME which means if a empire envades i will just flat out kill everything they own even there home planet |
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Post by The_Wayward_Admiral on Nov 3, 2015 2:11:09 GMT
Despite my love of the Star Wars empire, I am something of a galactic hippie I suppose. I would have a bicameral legislature and a multi-person executive with a well thought out judiciary. The citizens of this empire would avoid open conflict preferring diplomacy and trade. In terms of "super-weapons versus overwhelming numbers", I subscribe to the Grand Admiral Thrawn train of thought, whereby super-weapons are a waste of resources, as are excessive numbers when you can simply employ superior strategy and wit.
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Post by limeyhoney on Nov 10, 2015 21:36:11 GMT
One thing you have to consider for space empires, space dog fighting would be more like 18th century warfare. Ballistic projectiles would be the best weapons. Basically, big rock make spaceship go boom.
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Post by StealthStyleL on Nov 12, 2015 21:21:11 GMT
I'm quite curious about a space-faring race that uses true feudalism. Y'know, the political system in Europe and Japan where central authority was less prevalent than local lords. In the case of Europe, this was because Vikings and other invaders made it hard for central authorities to adequately protect their subjects when it took a messenger from a burning village a week or so to reach the capital. So let's say someone's playing as, say, a race of capybara people. We'll call them Boofbranes. So the Boofbranes are a happy galactic empire spanning over a good 10 star systems. Unfortunately, the empire's having some trouble with these lobster people called Crustcombs that go around in one massive fleet raiding everyone. Since the empire's fairly large, Mr./Ms. Emperor's having trouble sending the main fleet to go protect whoever's getting raided; by the time they arrive (FTL still isn't that quick, y'see), the Crustcombs've pinched all they could get and left to torment some other people, and they'll be back. With the big threat the meanies pose, the locals start looking to local leaders. With a local lord managing an individual colony, they can get defenses up and running themselves, complete with a fleet of vassals. For extra points, we can have space knights/samurai working with the local ruler as the main defenders, with the space peasants' services being shared in exchange. Sounds like that would've been useful in the Spore Space Stage! |
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Post by bigbombr on Dec 5, 2015 18:31:03 GMT
One thing you have to consider for space empires, space dog fighting would be more like 18th century warfare. Ballistic projectiles would be the best weapons. Basically, big rock make spaceship go boom. Actually, at usual combat ranges (dozens or hundreds of kilometers lasers) are superior vessel-to-vessel weapons. At interplanetary ranges, everything but lasers (which at those ranges have a travel time of several minutes or even half an hour) and FTL weapons are useless. |
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Post by bigbombr on Dec 5, 2015 18:34:43 GMT
The most logical space-age tactics would consist of laser barrages to destroy sensors, thrusters, externally mounted weapons and other weak points, after which the vessel can be ignored (as it is rendered combat-ineffective) or annihilated with any weapon of choice. Kinetic and nuclear weapons would be great for orbit-to-surface bombardment though.
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Post by mitobox on Dec 5, 2015 21:34:48 GMT
The most logical space-age tactics would consist of laser barrages to destroy sensors, thrusters, externally mounted weapons and other weak points, after which the vessel can be ignored (as it is rendered combat-ineffective) or annihilated with any weapon of choice. Kinetic and nuclear weapons would be great for orbit-to-surface bombardment though. This is just like how space combat works in this RTS game called Star Wars: Empire at War. I, personally, like to target shield generators, since they're the only thing standing between a Star Destroyer and a laser-torn hull. Engines, too. |
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Post by bigbombr on Dec 6, 2015 8:45:18 GMT
The most logical space-age tactics would consist of laser barrages to destroy sensors, thrusters, externally mounted weapons and other weak points, after which the vessel can be ignored (as it is rendered combat-ineffective) or annihilated with any weapon of choice. Kinetic and nuclear weapons would be great for orbit-to-surface bombardment though. This is just like how space combat works in this RTS game called Star Wars: Empire at War. I, personally, like to target shield generators, since they're the only thing standing between a Star Destroyer and a laser-torn hull. Engines, too. Shield emitters might actually be feasible, they would just deflect EM radiation though. www.extremetech.com/extreme/181773-physics-students-figure-out-how-to-make-star-wars-deflector-shields-in-real-life |
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Post by Moopli on Dec 8, 2015 6:24:30 GMT
I, personally, am a fan of FTL cluster-casaba-howitzer missiles.
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Post by impirrenryry on Apr 8, 2016 5:05:18 GMT
I'm quite curious about a space-faring race that uses true feudalism. Y'know, the political system in Europe and Japan where central authority was less prevalent than local lords. In the case of Europe, this was because Vikings and other invaders made it hard for central authorities to adequately protect their subjects when it took a messenger from a burning village a week or so to reach the capital. So let's say someone's playing as, say, a race of capybara people. We'll call them Boofbranes. So the Boofbranes are a happy galactic empire spanning over a good 10 star systems. Unfortunately, the empire's having some trouble with these lobster people called Crustcombs that go around in one massive fleet raiding everyone. Since the empire's fairly large, Mr./Ms. Emperor's having trouble sending the main fleet to go protect whoever's getting raided; by the time they arrive (FTL still isn't that quick, y'see), the Crustcombs've pinched all they could get and left to torment some other people, and they'll be back. With the big threat the meanies pose, the locals start looking to local leaders. With a local lord managing an individual colony, they can get defenses up and running themselves, complete with a fleet of vassals. For extra points, we can have space knights/samurai working with the local ruler as the main defenders, with the space peasants' services being shared in exchange. Isn't that somewhat required when the distances and length of time for messages to travel is so great? Wouldn't any galactic empire be somewhat feudal? |
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Post by impirrenryry on Apr 8, 2016 5:09:32 GMT
Couple that with magnetic fields and you've got something that can deflect radiation and objects! |
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Post by early0000 on Apr 8, 2016 6:20:02 GMT
My fleet would use the same strategy the Americans used in world war 2. Insane mass production of Belgiuming terrible design. My entire fleet would basically just be a bunch of fighters with oversized guns being mass produced on a giant capital ship.
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Post by iaintevenmad884 on Apr 9, 2016 1:39:29 GMT
My space empire would be like the Yeerk empire. I wouldn't have to actually invent, design, or even build anything. I'd just infest some space-faring race and use what they have.
btw if any of ya'll even know what yeerks are congrats. I'd say they're coming for us if they weren't already here...
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Post by Aquos on Apr 9, 2016 8:04:12 GMT
yeerks are the parasitic slugs that take over your brain right ?  |
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