RE: [LoGH] The Great Debate - Beowulf vs. Werewolf
Rob Ketcherside (roba@anime.net)
Thu, 12 Oct 2000 20:58:14 -0700
Out of curiosity, did you base your numbers off of one of the games (board,
computer, etc), or did you create them just based on diagrams as you
mentioned below?
Also, have you considered just using one of the Japanese site's information
as a starting point?
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-logh@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> [mailto:owner-logh@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of Justin Ho
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 2:11 PM
> To: logh@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject: Re: [LoGH] The Great Debate - Beowulf vs. Werewolf
>
>
> At 01:36 PM 10/12/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Now that we are back to the ships. Is there any plans
> >for a technical Ship section like linkclub's, for the
> >gearheads in all of us?
> >
> >--Josh
>
> I have the seed of such a page in process at:
>
> http://iluvatar.home.netcom.com/logh.html
>
> Note some of the information is referenced and some is speculative
> (some parts more speculative than others).
>
> Currently only the Ahsgrimm and Lubeck are available
>
> SPOILER warning: Since these files are written as if from a
> historical
> perspective, there can be spoilers. If you wish to avoid spoilers as to
> the fates of any ship or the character associated with that ship,
> stay away
> from the entry or avoid the lowest History portion of the entry.
>
> I am currently hampered by the time needed to find good frames
> of ships,
> and hence derive some of the numbers. I have the Data Book and
> Mechanical
> Photo File from Alba but since I can only read kanji and not the
> rest, I am
> unsuccessfully beating my head against the wall until I can find someone
> fluent enough to attempt a translation. That is why there are numerous
> holes yet to be filled as I do not want to contradict canon.
>
> Three problems have been noted already
> 1. What is the exact travel time to Iserlohn from Heinessen?
> There has
> been one instance of 2 weeks and one of 4. This apparent contradiction
> might be expected to affect warp jump distance.
> 2. The neutron cannons given for a standard FPA cruiser have a listed
> power output of 120 MW and a bore diameter of 12.3 cm. The
> problem is that
> from those numbers it seems that the power at its listed maximum range of
> 18 light seconds would be incredibly small.
> 3. How the hell does a magnetic field deflect a stream of uncharged
> neutrons? The data appears to indicate the shields have at least a
> magnetic field component, and the main cannons are most definitely listed
> as neutron cannons.
>
> Any help, especially any physics or gear headers out there, is
> appreciated.
