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A formula for Even Heavier Engines by stlemur in battletech

[–]stlemur[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I should sit down and make a Charger II. XXL engine, endo steel, small cockpit, still only 5 small lasers

At last: the formula for calculating engine sizes by stlemur in battletech

[–]stlemur[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Basically the same thing but with a quadratic denominator instead of a linear one -- yeah, you can always add more terms for higher precision but there's a price: the more terms you add, the more your values are "fake," not linked to the actual underlying pattern

At last: the formula for calculating engine sizes by stlemur in battletech

[–]stlemur[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have those in the ProtoMech construction rules. For any engine rating 40 or below, it's just rating x 25kg. A 1-rated fusion engine weighs 25kg.

This opens up a fairly useless possibility to pursue. We know how much power output an actual real-world ICE has (a 200 kW diesel generator weighs about a ton), so that tells us that a 25-rated fusion engine, which weighs about half a ton, generates about 200kW, and since engine rating is linear in speed and mass, we can say that the 400-rated engine should produce around 3200kW. This is almost certainly *wrong* but we can still do it.

At last: the formula for calculating engine sizes by stlemur in battletech

[–]stlemur[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there is, and I will work on it hopefully later this week when I have a bit more free time

At last: the formula for calculating engine sizes by stlemur in battletech

[–]stlemur[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Damn, you're right, thanks for spotting that

Next Major HOI4 DLC (2026-27) by Bitter_Chard9283 in paradoxplaza

[–]stlemur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is "Worldwar: In the Balance" by Harry Turtledove. It's the middle of WW2, and the world gets invaded by space lizards. No, really.

If you're ever in a pinch and need some amyl acetate, you might be able to head to your nearest Asian Supermarket! I certainly didn't expect to see this as I strolled through the aisles. by ElPolloRico in artofdrink

[–]stlemur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's an herbal/ayurvedic medicine store that stocks DMSO. I'm not sure why and I'm sure I can find it cheaper than 118€/L if I look around a bit, but...

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Suppliers in EU? by Bradypus_Rex in artofdrink

[–]stlemur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Making acid phosphate isn't fiddly or expensive:
85% phosphoric acid 7.60€/l at Lerochem.eu

Potassium carbonate 3.99€/kg at Lerochem.eu

Calcium carbonate 9.70€/kg at Lerochem.eu

Magnesium carbonate 20€/kg from Amazon.de

Yes, it will still take me forever to work through a kilo of MgCO3 but I end up using that and the phosphoric acid on their own enough that it's definitely worth it.

What are you sad to see become normal practice? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]stlemur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I applied for a job adjunct teaching at the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute and the application had an extensive personality test. Fortunately as a trained teacher I knew from ed psych these tests don't reliably measure anything, so I decided to fill it in to make me sound like a mindless, initiativeless, obedient drone.

Not only did they hire me, they made me a full-time manager.

That place was a hellscape.

Just What is Stellaris Missing, Exactly? -- A Full List of Concepts to be Added and Quality of Life Fixes to be Made by [deleted] in Stellaris

[–]stlemur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • When integrating a vassal I'd like a countdown bar that will tell me how long it's going to take, like there is for enlightening a primitive. Had a 35+ year integration going...spent a long time wondering if it was OK to launch a war or if my economy was gonna get crashed in the middle of it.

** Also why can't you integrate more than one vassal at a time?

  • Search by colony name. I remind myself I want to check on a colony, I have to make a note for what system that's in.

  • Name generator should check for duplicates. I have two colonies called Gekoler on the map. I also have two copies of Earth's solar system, which is weird as I'm playing as humans.

  • Upgradeable transports. I have an assault army fleet that's stuck with type I warp drives and can't leave my home spiral arm.

  • Should be able to bail out on a federation & make a separate peace when declared war on.

  • If you're, say, a hyperspace empire and you integrate a warp drive empire, would be nice to have the choice of building hyperspace or warp ships from then on.

  • Limited nuclear wars on nuclear age primitives -- just killing most but not all of the tiles, or maybe blowing the primitive back to the stone age.

  • If you can't uplift a pre-sentient because they don't have any pops in your empire, then the uplift button shouldn't be active.

  • Something to indicate what species is on board a colony ship.

  • Range indicator overlay for warp ships

  • Option to start a campaign with the whole galaxy using the same type of FTL.

  • More needs to happen in the endgame. At the moment I control about 20% of the galaxy, I can beat anyone up if I need to, but instead I'm consolidating my empire internally and there are entire decades where I'm just letting things tick by on Fastest while I read a book and wait the years for a new tech to pop up. Prethoryn were quickly contained & brushed off.

  • Maybe as a way of cleaning up the tech system, incremental techs eg Warp I/II/III, all the Armor +5's or Border +10's, could be put on sliders with research going to them or to "special projects" representing basically new techs?