An interesting thought struck me. It concerns starships, their crews, technologies, and overall sizes.
I admit first and formost I am inspired by the Tron films and also Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying and Battlefleet Gothic to come up with this thought pattern.
Let me explain; in the original TRON and also in TRON Legacy, the 'ships' and 'fighter craft' were unique and made of light, which reminded me greatly of the K'nex building system. Rods were defined by lines of light, the floors and walls were made with the panels. Its a interesting thought. In Warhammer 40,000 the starships and fighter craft are massive. In some cases requiring as many as 100,000+ crewmembers, most of which never set foot on a planet, much less a space station.
So now my thought comes to this. A Carrier from TRON or TRON Legacy needs merely three crew members plus a captain then could hold as many as a million or more troops with proper space requirements, since this is a digital world, inside the computer, space can be compressed to fit more programs onto the craft. In 40K the ships are more limiting in their space requirements. And most crew members never see planet fall. And many are born onboard the craft in the first place. To pilot a craft in 40K requires dozens of crew on the bridge. As far as I am aware, it takes as many as fifteen people, each assigned a set task, maybe assigned two set tasks, to acomplish a goal set by the captain.
Now, lets get to the technology.
In TRON and TRON Legacy everything is made of light, and in some manner, steel for flooring, everything works as it is designed to do. When a carrier is damaged or needed it is simply created from nothing, maybe a master program or some such. In 40K the ships are made of stone and steel, and in some cases a mix of both. Plasma drives are used in 40K to propel the ships through space, and Warp Drives to push the ships into the Immanitarum.
Now, I wonder; With how the stargate program developed and starships were crewed, what were the crew requirements, how many crew members were actual crew, not including passengers, or soldier personell, just actual ship crew, be it cooks, janitors, etc. Do we have defined numbers ? Caldwell said and I quote "Our resources are finite" Did he know something we do not ?
I admit first and formost I am inspired by the Tron films and also Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying and Battlefleet Gothic to come up with this thought pattern.
Let me explain; in the original TRON and also in TRON Legacy, the 'ships' and 'fighter craft' were unique and made of light, which reminded me greatly of the K'nex building system. Rods were defined by lines of light, the floors and walls were made with the panels. Its a interesting thought. In Warhammer 40,000 the starships and fighter craft are massive. In some cases requiring as many as 100,000+ crewmembers, most of which never set foot on a planet, much less a space station.
So now my thought comes to this. A Carrier from TRON or TRON Legacy needs merely three crew members plus a captain then could hold as many as a million or more troops with proper space requirements, since this is a digital world, inside the computer, space can be compressed to fit more programs onto the craft. In 40K the ships are more limiting in their space requirements. And most crew members never see planet fall. And many are born onboard the craft in the first place. To pilot a craft in 40K requires dozens of crew on the bridge. As far as I am aware, it takes as many as fifteen people, each assigned a set task, maybe assigned two set tasks, to acomplish a goal set by the captain.
Now, lets get to the technology.
In TRON and TRON Legacy everything is made of light, and in some manner, steel for flooring, everything works as it is designed to do. When a carrier is damaged or needed it is simply created from nothing, maybe a master program or some such. In 40K the ships are made of stone and steel, and in some cases a mix of both. Plasma drives are used in 40K to propel the ships through space, and Warp Drives to push the ships into the Immanitarum.
Now, I wonder; With how the stargate program developed and starships were crewed, what were the crew requirements, how many crew members were actual crew, not including passengers, or soldier personell, just actual ship crew, be it cooks, janitors, etc. Do we have defined numbers ? Caldwell said and I quote "Our resources are finite" Did he know something we do not ?
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