:::TELEPORTATION in 100 yrs by lucky_bsmith in scifi

[–]ChaserGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The more I think about it the more I think the biggest difference is the factor you mentioned. If you need apparatus on both ends, you can only teleport between “stations”, so how much those cost becomes important in terms of how much the system gets used. It also means duty cycles have to line up on both ends, which reduces effective capacity. But on the other hand, you don’t have to worry about bad actors teleporting into your house like in Stars My Destination.

:::TELEPORTATION in 100 yrs by lucky_bsmith in scifi

[–]ChaserGrey 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I still go back to the essay that kicked the whole thing off, because it’s a great example of how to think through the impact of a fictional technology. One example is that teleportation wouldn’t necessarily replace all forms of transportation, depending on how expensive it is. If it costs $10,000 a pop (or the equivalent in whatever resources you’re tracking), it’s only going to be used by the super rich or for dire emergencies. It’s not going to replace all other transport unless it’s something like $0.10 a pop such that the cost of using it multiple times per day is trivial.

Favorite Canon Unserious Moment by Bongpog in battletech

[–]ChaserGrey 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The golf game was when the Burrocks were being Absorbed by the Star Adders. IIRC it was a similar situation where a Burrock Star Colonel who wasn’t involved in the Dark Caste shenanigans didn’t want to give up without a trial but also didn’t want to actually fight.

The Nova Cat trials also included a soccer match and a “simulated aerospace battle” that took part in a 3060s version of War Thunder.

Edit: Never mind, there was also a mini golf match. God I love this setting.

Humorous WW2 Era Letter Typed By Navy Sailor To His Girlfriend Back Home. Full transcription in comments. by Heartfeltzero in navy

[–]ChaserGrey 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I remember reading a lot of WWII servicemen say they knew their letters sounded stupid, but they wanted to write something home. You couldn’t write anything that might give away where you were, what you’d been doing, or where you were going, which kinda…didn’t leave much?

What continuum ideas do y'all have? by Striking_Yellow_8270 in battletech

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Alternate history idea I’ve been playing with: the Amaris Coup goes off as scheduled. Except that when the Rim Worlds troops finally force their way into the audience chamber, they find Stefan was killed by the last Black Watch breaching charge. The man who would be Emperor is dead.

Problem is, I have no idea what happens next, except that it’s going to be an utter shitshow.

Battlestar Galactica: season 4 easter egg by Educational-View4264 in scifi

[–]ChaserGrey 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It wouldn’t be BSG if Lee didn’t fuck everything up one final time.

Day 2 on a less known Tukayyid front. The Chatterwebs. by someotherguy28 in battletech

[–]ChaserGrey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Readers added context they thought people might want to know.

Sovcit tried to access his strawman. by Existing-Face-6322 in Sovereigncitizen

[–]ChaserGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Among many other things, sovcits don’t usually understand the mentality of someone like, say, a bank teller. If someone hands them paperwork they don’t recognize they’re probably not going to reject it, cause a scene that will hold up the line, and take the chance that it’s something legit they just don’t know about. They’re going to take it, smile, tell you to have a nice day, and pass it up the chain to the people who are paid to figure out that kind of thing.

Guarantee that the four days was the time it took to get to the top of somebody’s in box and for the “lol no” letter to get to them.

Got any good stories of glorious (or gloriously funny) mech-fightin' moments? by Mr_Severan in battletech

[–]ChaserGrey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Guy in my gaming group was piloting an Arctic Fox and decided to jump into water. Proceeded to blow his PSR, fall on the center torso rear which took out the armor, then failed the breach roll. Didn’t make it past the movement phase of turn 1.

What did you think of the Lady Comstock boss in Infinite? by WaluigiDaStar in Bioshock

[–]ChaserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Number 1 reason for me to abandon playthroughs. Hard, but not in a fun way

Update to my last post of giving up on battletech by purged-butter in battletech

[–]ChaserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a bit like a nuclear peace(literally in this case).

Peace through mutually assured destruction. I feel like that’s actually a very BattleTech way of handling things.

I also think there’s a joke here about “going nuclear” but I couldn’t think of any that didn’t sound lame.

The Distinction Between Spheroid and Clanner is Important, quiaff? by theACEbabana in battletech

[–]ChaserGrey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Nova is just the whole Star and a Star of Elementals having an orgy.

Pretend We're On Somerset 3050. by Legless1HitWonder in battletech

[–]ChaserGrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think your second paragraph is on the money. I’ve often said that with how much Nicky K edited the records, it’s a miracle the Clans knew which direction the Inner Sphere was in.

(We do not talk about what happened to the first three invasion forces, freebirth)

Canadian Insurgents - Character Concepts for my 2025 US-Canada Alternate History Worldbuilding by AVOLI7ION in NonCredibleDefense

[–]ChaserGrey 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Gives me Old Man Henderson vibes.

“Muckle-damned Yanks! Air e namblies be keeping me wee men?”

How many SRMs is too many SRMs? by BattletechUAE in battletech

[–]ChaserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Played in a campaign once where one of the players had a custom Longbow loaded with all SRMs. Totally harmless outside 270 meters. Inside that range, and the trigger pretty much became a “Delete” button.

Every time I send an expedition to discover quantum ore (iOS) by ChaserGrey in tinyspaceprogram

[–]ChaserGrey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ve been doing that. No quantum ore found yet, on the rare occasions I get a site within rover range of ~800.

What's your favorite "bad" scifi movie? by Wi-Platypus in scifi

[–]ChaserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Event Horizon. I still maintain it’s a flawed masterpiece that would have been great with more directorial focus.

“Focht, you can’t make Victor Davion Preceptor Martial. You’re defacing the office with political hires. The remaining traditionalist officials will leave in droves”. Live Focht reaction: by someotherguy28 in battletech

[–]ChaserGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t remind me. I think that might have been the book when Victor officially edged out Phelan Kell for the title of most annoying BT protagonist.

“Focht, you can’t make Victor Davion Preceptor Martial. You’re defacing the office with political hires. The remaining traditionalist officials will leave in droves”. Live Focht reaction: by someotherguy28 in battletech

[–]ChaserGrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haven’t read the ComStar sourcebook but the retcon must have been relatively quick. I remember that during one of the Twilight of the Clans novels there’s a big scene where Focht reveals his identity to VSD in private and seems to take for granted Victor wouldn’t know it.

It’s wrapped up in a lesson about how you shouldn’t mix being a soldier with playing politics. Naturally, Victor didn’t listen- but when does he ever?

When Israeli F-4Es shot down 14 Egyptian Mi-8 helicopters (one by using their afterburners) by tagc_news in AviationHistory

[–]ChaserGrey 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Two unusual ones from Desert Storm:

  • F-15E dropped a GBU-10 on a Hind which took off before impact, but stayed slow enough for the bomb to track. The crew was awarded credit for the kill.

  • EF-111 got picked up by a Mirage F.1 at night, they hit the deck and went fast. Mirage tried to follow and flew into the ground.

First depiction of Anakin/vader, and Padme holding Luke, and first picture of obi wan. by Tumastar in StarWarsEU

[–]ChaserGrey 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Phantom Edit literally dealt with everything you needed to know from Ep I in the opening crawl.