tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252175094403576854.post1909398704614275106..comments2023-09-22T12:45:43.141-05:00Comments on Blue Max Studios: Superlasers and Solar Sails: Travel Across the Black DesertRocketDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05737339078433321350noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252175094403576854.post-83863467328090222042011-11-05T12:53:07.887-05:002011-11-05T12:53:07.887-05:00The first of the Nav Lasers were built by Brazil; ...The first of the Nav Lasers were built by Brazil; as the first nation to employ Magnetic sail IPVs, they needed them. The nav laser arrays in place at the LaGrange points are the oldest. The US built an outer array using asteroids colonized by the Destiny Foundation. One of these was captured during the war by the Russians and used by the EU prior to their withdraw from the Deep Space Theater. RocketDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737339078433321350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252175094403576854.post-17582714763722163802011-11-04T17:36:20.629-05:002011-11-04T17:36:20.629-05:00Hmm. So who built the first lasers? And what was t...Hmm. So who built the first lasers? And what was their disposition during the Great War?<br />And the most important - if they're using big horking fusion reactors, where is the fuel coming from? What is the fuel? Is there a steady train of IPV tankers arriving? And if so, from where?<br /><br />Tis hard SF, so you opened yourself up to the questions.Strannikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16087783366276504178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252175094403576854.post-76573314171942850392011-11-02T18:46:27.787-05:002011-11-02T18:46:27.787-05:00I don't think it would have the range, but I c...I don't think it would have the range, but I could be wrong. The Nav Lasers are powered by fusion reactors. Big ones.RocketDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737339078433321350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252175094403576854.post-44439642291910509372011-11-02T18:27:02.869-05:002011-11-02T18:27:02.869-05:00Ray, maybe I'm having a brain fart, but wouldn...Ray, maybe I'm having a brain fart, but wouldn't a particle beam give more 'oomph' than a laser for a mag sail/plasma sail? I'm not sure it would have the range though.<br /><br />Power sources. What are they using to power up those lasers?Strannikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16087783366276504178noreply@blogger.com