Original Starship Design Thread

[knowles2]

no you need 8hours per day if you wish to care for your body

It been proven to be a myth people who sleep 8 hours show no sign of better health certainly not body health than people who only get 5 hours or less a day. In fact it very rare for people to get eight hours of sleep.

And I really hate sleeping it such a wast of time.

[Merlin1701]

Everybody is different when it comes to sleep patterns.
I can get up get ready for the day, go to the office crack on then come home and depending upon deadlines carry on with client work or model until 11-12ish. On other days I will get up at 8 and go to bed at 10.

[locutes]

then ill rephrase I need atleast 8hours of sleep per night. And infact I do get that most of the time.

[Experiment 442]

just remembered, i have infact got mild insomnia. and it's going to get worse, so i might take up a job involving a computer seeing as i'll have so much free time.

[Experiment 442]

And I really hate sleeping it such a wast of time.

yeah, all you do is lay there for about a few hours. not a very good thing to do in history class though...

[Finger13]

It been proven to be a myth people who sleep 8 hours show no sign of better health certainly not body health than people who only get 5 hours or less a day. In fact it very rare for people to get eight hours of sleep.

And I really hate sleeping it such a wast of time.

I thought that 7 or 8 hours was what everyone should try to get, but anything more than that starts becoming unhealthy and people that sleep like 10 or 11 hours actually die sooner lol.

Either way, I agree that sleep is lame. I typically get like 5 hours through the week and become increasingly tired as it progresses until Saturday and Sunday, where I just crash and sleep way in lol.

[Experiment 442]

down the pub on friday helps put you in a good mood for sleeping in over the weekend.

[Merlin1701]

down the pub on friday helps put you in a good mood for sleeping in over the weekend.

you said that you are 14...pub?

[Finger13]

you said that you are 14...pub?

Pff, it's the UK. What do you expect?

[Experiment 442]

finger13 is right you know.

[Finger13]

finger13 is right you know.

If you are 14 and actually manage to get into pubs and served then that is pretty bad though hahaha. If that happened in Canada it would be the most ridiculous thing to witness, and blatantly obvious.

[Merlin1701]

I guess it depends where in the UK you are 442, and how that pub is run. lol

[locutes]

here in holand getting into a pub when 16 is easy cuz its legal but they really check IDs and all, and last time I were in the UK i couldnt get in a pub even at 16...

drinking is bad for you so just do not do it unless it is not much. (my dad is an alcoholic so I know where im talking about)

[Experiment 442]

only a few times, fridays is all. sometimes only once a month. but the pub is owned by my dad and he doesn't mind, so...

[Daryl Froggy]

Okay Here is a visual representation of a pure science fantasy FTL drive that I like to call the Oscillating Lateral Acceleration Engine. Theoretically it can take you anywhere in the universe instantly so long as you have enough power, know where you are headed, and know the proper frequency of temporal oscillations.

Now why I call it an O.L.A.E. is mostly because I wanted it to sound overly complicated and 'sciencey' but I also wanted its name to at least somewhat indicate how it supposedly works. The 'Oscillating' part indicates how it shifts back and forth between and instant in the future and an instant in the past. The 'Lateral Acceleration' part indicates, possibly inaccurately, the fact that it does still accelerate away from the point of origin. And well the 'Engine' part should be self explanatory.

In its FTL mode of function, it can be used for sub-light propulsion as well but it isn't as efficient, it quickly oscillates its temporal frequency so that it doesn't exist in any specific time or space, this doesn't mean it passes through every point in the universe though. Done correctly this allows the ship attached to the drive to effectively travel at or greater than the speed of light without encountering any of the time dilation effects, or insane energy requirements, normal for these speeds. When a properly functioning, and tuned, an OLAE equipped vessel experiences the same in flight time as the exterior universe.


Now on to the stuff that really means more to you guys imagine that empty space in the middle of the model completely obscured by a bright energy like obstruction, you can choose what color, that always gets brighter the more energy that is put into it. As a rule most civilian users of the OLAE have a dimmer showing than those of military or pirate vessels.



How does this have anything to do with Stargate you may ask. Well this is explained as many things are with these two simple words; "alternate reality."


Which I will haphazardly describe in the first spoiler tag.

Spoiler:

Historical Deviations

1. The Stargates on Earth were not found by Dr. Langford, his daughter, or any other human being until the year 2006 AD, though the DHD was still whisked away during WWII.

2. As a direct result of the Stargate not being discovered and studied Dr. Ernest Littlefield was never lost off world and therefore significantly aided in the development of humanities, and American in particular, technical knowledge.

3. The first of these immense technological leaps happened towards the end of the Apollo space program. It was labeled, perhaps unimaginatively, a "Gravitational Insulator." and allowed the partial or complete removal of gravitational effects within a specified area or on a host object. This allowed for quick and cheap orbital launches. This was improved even further by the development of the "Helium Orbital Booster" or HOB.

4. 1983 a group of International and NASA scientists, including Dr. Littlefield and his eldest child, made the initial discoveries responsible for the eventual Oscillating Lateral Acceleration Engine. The first OLAE would be used in 1986 after the exhaustive efforts of Dr. Littlefield, his eldest child, and Dr. Samantha Carter brought about the first, and very public, OLAE prototype.


5. Martin Lloyd, who for this purposes of this reality is a technician of sorts, is able to make it to Earth without being captured by his mutinying crew mates and quickly goes into hiding both from Earth's governments and his own crew mates.

6. 1994 an independent self taught scientist, unprofessional crackpot scientist, discovered that by quickly turning a Gravitational Insulator on and off one could create temporary Anti-gravity waves that could allow for skyward travel while within a gravity well, this discovery came at the cost of nearly all the equipment in his hodgepodge laboratory which was thrown around quite spectacularly and giving the scientist a broken wrist. It isn't widely accepted until 1998 when the young Dr. Littlefield recognizes the potential benefits and brings the scientist into NASA, against her fathers wishes.

7. 2003 new advancements in OLAE design and energy distribution allows spacecraft using them to effectively go up to 10 times the speed of light placing the nearest star within half a years travel from Earth. These advancements also allowed spacecraft to use their OLAE's for sublight propulsion as well.

8. 2005 Martin Lloyd approaches Dr. Carter and secretly begins a dialogue with the US military through her. To prove that he is not crazy, as well as buying himself and his alienated comrades safe haven on Earth, Martin gives Dr. Carter designs and technical notes enough to construct working weapons, teleporters, and sensors (stated in order of perceived military importance). He also informs them of the powerful Goa'uld threat laying beyond their solar system and thereby the Stargate, as well as its use and extensive network, as well.

9. 2006 using newly constructed sensors, based off of Martin Lloyd's designs, they manage to locate both gates. However due to politics getting the gate from Giza presents some problems, though these are later solved. The gate in Antarctica on the other hand is up from grabs, and they do. Unfortunately the DHD is dead and therefore useless to them, Dr. Carter and Dr. Ernest Littlefield and Dr. Edwina Littlefield are among the scientists pulled in to develop a working dialing program.

10. Late 2006 the now top secret Stargate Program learns of a little known, and even less listened to, archaeologist who is in Egypt has a personal clearance for the export of artifacts, even really big ones, and is more than used to the idea of alien technology in ancient archaeological sites. It takes some convincing on the part of Lieutenant Colonel Jack O'Neill, as well as an official mandate for the Archaeologists continued clearance and inclusion in the Stargate Program, but Dr. Daniel Jackson agrees to help them get the Giza gate back to the US.


11. In 2009 a well armed exploratory team goes through the now working, mostly, Stargate to find out exactly what is at the coordinates found on the Giza cartouche. They encounter Ra and, surprisingly, manage to defeat his small compliment of guards and capture him with his ship intact. Mining of and research on Naquadah soon follows. And yes Jackson did go along and yes he and Sha're did get married.

12. 2011 an Iris is finally fitted into place over both the Earth and Abydos gates. Ironically their version of Apophis meets his end against these barriers.

13. 2013 A new power source which has been in the works for over a decade is publicly paraded for the first time promising a bright future for mankind. It is not a Naquadah Reactor however instead a unique reactor allows for nearly the same output as a Naq Reactor all within about the same size, improbable but hey this is my dream not reality.

14. Finally in mid 2015 the local Goa'uld system lord takes notice that the People of Earth pose a, while future pending, threat to the Goa'uld strangle hold on the galaxy and sends a fleet of two Ha'taks to Abydos, turns out he has no clue about where Earth is, where they are met by seven of the 20 of Earth's interstellar warships. In a miraculous come from behind victory the Earth ships win the battle however they lose five ships and unfortunately bring themselves into the center ring of the Goa'uld's radar.

15. From 2016 to 2025 the Goa'uld send out small fleets to Abydos and eventually Earth losing every battle, though Earth's losses are heavier nearly every time. In 2019 the existence of the Stargate Program and the war with the Goa'uld is made public. In 2025 the Goa'uld decide to allow a temporary ceasefire so that they can lick their wounds and rebuild their fleets, even small losses build up over time after all. From then on an uneasy 'Cold War' exists between Earth/Abydos forces and the Goa'uld.

16. 2035 after a successful test of a new version of the OLAE mysterious hammer shaped warships, with two large pylons on their backs, appear beam the crew off the experimental craft and disappear into hyperspace with it in tow.

17. In 2042 a 'new' race begins fighting the Goa'uld and is winning by a fair margin they call themselves the Asgard. The first official meeting between Earth ships and an Asgard vessel does not go well as they are recognized as being the race who seven years earlier stole Earth's most audacious scientific achievement, and never returned it after they finished with it. After nearly declaring war on them the Asgard, who didn't want their attention split any more than strictly necessary, ended up giving the Earth improved energy weapons, weaker versions of the really neat beams, and improved teleporters just to shut them up. Their relations improve later on.

18. Do to the Asgards messing around with time, space, and realities 'our' SG-1, as well as the Odyssey, became temporarily stranded in this reality. Though their presence didn't really effect much.

Spoiler:

What do you think about them fried apples?