Comments on: Space War

By: Max

Max — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:06:08 +0000

What about H3 on the moon? I’d wager China and the US were willing to fight over this in a couple of decades =)

By: Paladin109

Paladin109 — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:45:48 +0000

I call copyright infringement, since that idea has already been used before…

(and yes Shamus the champions did use mecha)

*doesn’t want to openly admit to watching “G Gundam”…shhhh*

By: MintSkittle

MintSkittle — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:56:57 +0000

http://www.mechaps.com/

Have fun, Shamus.

By: Some other guy

Some other guy — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:14:33 +0000

Don’t forget that the Russians had a fully-operational battle station in the 70s.

From http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/spaceguns/

“Well, guess what–Salyut 3 had a machine gun. The station had a 23 mm rapid-fire cannon mounted on the outside, along the long axis of the station “for defence against US space-based inspectors/interceptors”. Combat engagements would have been leisurely by Star Wars or fighter jet standards, since the only way to aim the cannon was to point the entire station at the target, using its attitude gyros. A periscope connected to a visor on the main control panel allowed drawing a bead on the intended target. ”

Apparently, they have still managed to conceal existance of the mechs and the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.

By: Pixy Misa

Pixy Misa — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:13:56 +0000

Anyone else read Piers Anthony’s Bio of a Space Tyrant series? (Not that I recommend it.)

In the first book, there’s about a 10:1 ratio of pirates to legitimate space traffic.

By: Wonderduck

Wonderduck — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:08:08 +0000

You can never stop the Dread Space Pirate Westley!

I have ‘faith’ in the human race: if we ever get to where space travel is regular and commonplace, we’ll figure out some reason to fight amongst ourselves.

We’ve always done so, and just because we’ve got more THERE there, I’m thinking we always will.

By: some kid

some kid — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:06:26 +0000

And where there are pirates there are people to hunt them!

By: David V.S.

David V.S. — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:39:26 +0000

Why fight in space? The same as at sea: piracy.

When people start traveling in space then we will be putting resources in space: people, and the ships they travel on.

It may be that some day the most dangerous part of traveling to another planet is the potential to be intercepted by slave-traders or pirates wanting your ship’s metal/food/isotopes/etc.