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The Round Lakes, located in the high polar latitudes of the planet were a source of mystery for the settlers who lived their. Ill equipped to plumb their depths they had to make do with speculation from the geologists living among them. Gaseous releases from melting subsurface ice was among the...

I posted one of these videos in the Prometheus opinion thread but I thought they deserved their own thread. Around Halloween this a friend (on the right) and I (on the left) recorded a series of videos about the Alien Franchise. We discuss the plot and setting, what they mean to us and what we...

A friend and I recorded a series of videos regarding the Alien franchise. Our discussion on Prometheus was pretty interesting, here's the first of the Prometheus series and the rest of the videos can be found on his channel

Lead the Charge! This was one of 2 pieces I did for a Star Wars exhibition in London over the summer. I wanted to make a WWII style recruitment poster but made it slightly too photorealistic to work. I originally had the Imperial Navy insignia with a banner of text across the top right corner.

If I recall, a naked human can keep their core temperature stable between 0 to -5 Celsius so long as they can shiver. Once their muscles become fatigued they become less effective at shivering and the core temperature will eventually drop leaving you in a whole heap of trouble.

I think the potential in a laser weapon against a human target would actually be in lowering the laser below the maximum yield. If you lower the energy then you could control the effect of the impact. A setting on too low power would cause a nasty burn but if you could create a laser pulse...

I'm fairly sure you are right about the oxidiser in the gunpowder mix, however conventional firearms would have a real tough time working in space. If you were in sunlight for example, the lubricant on the gun will be sublimating and drifting away as gas on one side and frozen solid on the dark...

I can imagine truck mounted missile launchers being the most likely avenue for an anti space weapon. If there is added mobility it could make it difficult for spaceships attempting to land as opposed to using silos which could possibly be detected from orbit. They could even be used as area...

I was thinking, to what extent do you guys think a man portable air defense system would be effective against spacecraft in low earth orbit? I remember in Elysium when Kruger (what a guy) fired a suitcase missile at a dropship heading towards the space station. I would have thought it would...

Regarding industry driving exploration and advancement in space, need we look any further than SpaceX? They turned a monopoly into a competitive marketplace and now we are going to see be seeing another leap in space technology. Making space profitable will likely push the government out of...

Personally I would add a little more detail or definition on the arms and chest to really pop it out from the background, though if it's a 'Muscle suit' it may deliberately have a smooth surface. It looks absolutely awesome though, love the skull design going on the faceplate

Ouch, depleted uranium up the tailpipe. Can't we all just get along? On a side note, while it's obvious that railguns are a pretty safe bet for hypothetical starship weaponry but what about active defenses? I'm thinking of things like the Phalanx CIWS on sea vessels or Quick Kill on tanks...

Hey guys what if... there were no battles in deep space. At all. If they detected each other they just reported it in to wherever their nearest outpost was and carried on their merry old way. The greatest ship based weapon would be shaking your fist through a porthole at the enemy.

You wouldn't need to make up a flammable tree as one already exists! Pine forests in UK summertime could be a more than plausible explanation. I remember when I was a kid me and a mate used to sit in the woods making fires and living in our own fantasy world. We once made a fire too high and it...

Cheers Mirranan I'll have a look at that now, I could use a nice, simple to maintain reactor like that in my Novel! I was talking more specifically about the Tokamak toroid Reactor design. As I understand the neutrons released from the reaction would melt the reactor vessel on contact. The...

A confinement fusion reactor HAS to be insulated by ceramic plates and refrigerated with liquid Helium or Nitrogen or the neutron release would melt the walls of the reactor. If it is in the bowels of the ship it would be even further heat shielded to prevent it harming the crew or the...

I mean stealth as in... stealth. As in the current sense of limiting emissions or sensor returns of any kind not turning invisible or anything. Combine this with ECM and Spoofing and you have an active way of giving the enemy false signals and target blindness (Think small drones or debris...

That's still under the assumption of a deep space ambush, I think the vast distances in interstellar and interplanetary space would make that kind of attack an improbability. I'm no scientist but I would assume this would mean a lower engagement speed and a change in the types of weaponry used...

I always hide my icons. Out of sight, out of mind!

Cosmic Geoff that sounds wild, I'm going to have to check that out. I absolutely agree with the electronic warfare aspect, in my WIP I have a focus on it just as much as the big artillery! FTL Starships are so vast and expensive that it would be highly preferential to cripple, capture and...