eoncommander

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Reply to The Great Hyperspace War in Everything Else Stardock Forums

if my memory serves me correctly, it was the first major war fought between the republic and the sith (the species i mean, and its disciples). most people don't know that there have actually been several distinct groups known as "the sith." its quite fascinating, actually. there's a lot of information on wookiepedia about everything star wars-related (thats where most of my information comes from). in fact, i think they recently reached 60000 articles. on the hyperspace issue, i

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Reply to Saints of a Solar Empire - A SoaSE Story *Book 2 Complete* in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="DarthCaedusMorgan" reply="8" id="1969213"] Quoting Samurye, reply 7 Dosent gravity actually pull you out of hyperspace? P.S. I support the altenate universe theory. Samurye. Well not realy because celestial bodies of a certain mass or greater are preprogramed into the navicomputer to pull you out if you get to close. [/quote] yea. pretty much, any celestial body (i.e. gravity well) distorts th

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Reply to Saints of a Solar Empire - A SoaSE Story *Book 2 Complete* in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

basically, what happened in the star wars universe is that hyperdrives were reverse-engineered from an ancient, force-using civilization. so yes, it is not really understood, and we should draw our own conclusions however, it cannot be mere ftl travel. no halfway decent scifi source would so blatantly violate the laws of physics (see: Einstein, Albert, and speed of light). again, i prefer the alternate dimension theory (which is very closely related to 'alternate mode of physical exis

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Reply to A new ship class: Battle cruisers in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

you have to keep in mind, the definition of a battlecruiser is a ship with the firepower of a battleship, and the maneuverability of a cruiser. the only way to achieve this is to lower the amount of armor on the ship. therefore, were we to add a battlecruiser class, they would be extremely powerful, but would have low armor and hull points.

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Reply to How to beat AI, the guide in Strategy Sins Forums

on the first point, he meant planet health. on the second, im really not sure. it may be exactly as you said, or maybe he just meant near it, in a good position to attack

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Reply to Saints of a Solar Empire - A SoaSE Story *Book 2 Complete* in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="SSAF" reply="17" id="1966152"] And also, Katana Fleet didn't stay in hyperspace. Every time it's mentioned it's said to be 'constantly jumping around', and when Thrawn finally finds it, the Katana Fleet isn't in hyperspace, it's drifting out in the middle of space. [/quote] as a matter of fact, the crew of the katana fleet was infected with a hive virus, and that caused them to make random jumps through hyperspace.

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