Original Starship Design Thread

[thekillman]

my gun is better

[locutes]

my gun has got heavy armour piercing ammunition!

[thekillman]

mine fires a superconcentrated neutrino beam

[locutes]

mine fores at warp 9.9999995

[thekillman]

does not matter, neutrinos are more devastating.

[tjoflojt]

does not matter, neutrinos are more devastating.

last time i checked neutrinos don't usually interact with normal matter, but i might be missing something?

[thekillman]

actually it does. but because the neutrino is so small, and almost massless, the few million travelling through your body per second only interact with 3 atoms or so. unnoticeable. neutrino detectors are massive spheres of heavy water and even then its really hard to detect as there are very few interactions.

a weapon would have to fire trillions of not quadrillions of these things on somebody to do noticeable damage. then again, i said my weapon would be a FOCUSSED neutrino beam

[tjoflojt]

actually it does. but because the neutrino is so small, and almost massless, the few million travelling through your body per second only interact with 3 atoms or so. unnoticeable. neutrino detectors are massive spheres of heavy water and even then its really hard to detect as there are very few interactions.

I know, i did a minor work on IceCube for school a few weeks ago

a weapon would have to fire trillions of not quadrillions of these things on somebody to do noticeable damage. then again, i said my weapon would be a FOCUSSED neutrino beam

i would like to se you build a handheld gun that somehow creates and stores enough neutrinos to kill someone. and I'd like to know how you're gonna fire them too

[Lt. Col. Mcoy]

I'd also like to see him focus something that (practically by definition) passes through everything.

[Experiment 442]

me to

[Crazy Tom]

I'd also like to see him focus something that (practically by definition) passes through everything.

*waves hands* "Gravitic lensing."

[Lt. Col. Mcoy]

Show-off.

[tjoflojt]

Just a quick question: Are there any official abbreviations for the ship classes? like, DSC for Deep Space Carrier, FC for Fighter Carrier, and so on?

[Lt. Col. Mcoy]

Most people make them up. A few people (like myself) use actual naval and air force designations, like DDG for destroyer, BB for battleship, C for carrier, etc.

[tjoflojt]

is there anyplace where i could find those designations?

EDIT: found a great site with all the designations that the USN ever used