The Renaissance Man ([info]unixronin) wrote in [info]schlocktroops,
@ 2008-06-10 20:58:00
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Unloading

...Why doesn't Tag just gravy the cargo "down"?


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[info]darthparadox
2008-06-11 01:06 am UTC (link)
Personally, I'm wondering why they aren't teraporting it.

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[info]unixronin
2008-06-11 01:25 am UTC (link)
As unstable as the situation there appears, I'm assuming teraport denial is in place.

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[info]confusiontempst
2008-06-11 02:14 am UTC (link)
This question is entirely beside the point:
When did teraporting get fixed so that mass is no longer lost on each jump?

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[info]darthparadox
2008-06-11 03:38 am UTC (link)
I thought mass conversion just happened when changing velocities. I could be wrong, though.

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[info]confusiontempst
2008-06-11 04:28 am UTC (link)
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20000710.html

There's what I was refering to.

Followed by:
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20000716.html

I'm still going through the early archives to see if there was a solution offered for the problem at any point.

If not, then the simple answer to the OP is: You try to minimize teraports of shipments of material, since you lose some each time.

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[info]howardtayler
2008-06-11 04:47 am UTC (link)
This got fixed quite a while ago. I can't remember the exact strip.

The problem isn't the loss of mass. The problem is the TAD fields in place right now.

That said, Tagon and the others have figured out they have a problem. They have not engineered a solution, and that's fine, because they haven't figured out exactly how many problems they have...

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[info]gurgi
2008-06-11 08:04 am UTC (link)
that last part is what is what makes me look forward to much fine comedy... and BLAM... :)

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[info]unixronin
2008-06-11 11:05 am UTC (link)
I seem to recall Kevyn was able to figure that one out after studying the Gatekeepers' technology.

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[info]malimar
2008-06-11 01:44 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I was wondering why they aren't just using the same method to offload the cargo as they did to load it. There are probably lots of perfectly good explanations, of course, but I still wonder.

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[info]redneckgaijin
2008-06-11 03:28 am UTC (link)
Lack of control of the grav systems on Eatonrun, for one thing.

Lack of fine control on either ship, for another.

And, for a final cherry on the hypothetical cake, what effects would projected gravity fields have on a rotating space habitat with no artificial gravity or gravity shields?

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[info]sideband
2008-06-11 06:10 am UTC (link)
Not to mention that gravy only really goes well with potatoes and roast beef...

Damnit.. Now I'm hungry.

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[info]kokuten
2008-06-11 03:21 pm UTC (link)
"what effects"

Fun ones, from a 'look at that gorgeous chaos and destruction!' standpoint.

My internal Physics Engine is providing results in your scenario ranging from terrifying to horrifying.

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[info]unixronin
2008-06-11 05:46 pm UTC (link)
I would think that if the Tunguska's AI had fine enough gravy control to shoot Colonel Jaksmouth in the head with Tagon's pistol without injuring Tagon's hand in the process, then Tag could manage to unload the Eatonrun's cargo onto the habitat without inflicting worse than a few dented crates and bulkheads.

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