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Author Topic: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?  (Read 38017 times)

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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #210 on: September 10, 2012, 08:27:46 am »

And IIRC Radiation sticks to water better than it does normal rock so every coastal detonation would damage the Dolphins longer and worse than us.
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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #211 on: September 10, 2012, 09:08:28 am »

But hunter-gatherer dolphins can move away from irradiated areas in the same way humans could, and we get a large amount of our food and air from oceans.
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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #212 on: September 10, 2012, 12:01:13 pm »

But hunter-gatherer dolphins can move away from irradiated areas in the same way humans could, and we get a large amount of our food and air from oceans.
Burn it.
Burn it all.
Burn the sea to the ground.

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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #213 on: September 10, 2012, 12:08:33 pm »

But hunter-gatherer dolphins can move away from irradiated areas in the same way humans could, and we get a large amount of our food and air from oceans.
Burn it.
Burn it all.
Burn the sea to the ground.
Sounds dorfy. But remember oil mmkay?
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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #214 on: September 10, 2012, 12:22:14 pm »

We don't need no stinking oil! We've got the sun!
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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #215 on: September 10, 2012, 12:34:39 pm »

We don't need no stinking oil! We've got the sun!
CRASH THE SUN INTO THE SEA
THAT'S HOW THIS STUFF WORKS

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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #216 on: September 10, 2012, 12:36:26 pm »

We don't need no stinking oil! We've got the sun!
CRASH THE SUN INTO THE SEA
THAT'S HOW THIS STUFF WORKS
But isn't the fish going to be burned? I prefer them roast...
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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #217 on: September 10, 2012, 05:33:21 pm »

This derail has my full approval.
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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #218 on: September 11, 2012, 12:37:49 pm »

I think crashing the sun into the ocean would be effective.
Someone really doesn't seem to like saving the dolphins.
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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #219 on: September 11, 2012, 12:49:46 pm »

Explosives work to a limited degree, but they still have an effective range, and a resistance to sonic shockwaves can be built up.
Oh yeah and forgot to mention that explosives underwater are incredibly devastating, the shockwave will kill everything it passes. Which happens to be much larger underwater. Think about a grenade, thrown at a person no shrapnel need hit them to kill - only the shockwave. Same with underwater.
So yeah, a few sailors with hand grenades would decimate any conceivable dolphin aggression or resistance. They would do better to sue for peace.

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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #220 on: September 11, 2012, 03:32:39 pm »


Oh yeah and forgot to mention that explosives underwater are incredibly devastating, the shockwave will kill everything it passes. Which happens to be much larger underwater. Think about a grenade, thrown at a person no shrapnel need hit them to kill - only the shockwave. Same with underwater.
So yeah, a few sailors with hand grenades would decimate any conceivable dolphin aggression or resistance. They would do better to sue for peace.
Only to a limited degree, and range changes kills to stunning to just annoying. Explosives are more effective yes, but a grenade is only good for a pond, and two grenades are also only good for a pond. A ocean is bigger than that, and unlike on land, it's a 3d environment, so there is more room you have to cover. It's like flak guns versus airplanes, except the dolphins flying "under the radar" are actually further from potential defensive actions.
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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #221 on: September 11, 2012, 03:40:38 pm »

How about just draining the sea trough a dolphin-denying grate, after laughing a bit at them doing disco on dry land we just clobber them and refill the sea back up.
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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #222 on: September 11, 2012, 03:54:05 pm »

I'm siding with our dolphin overlords.

pls hlp thy r rapin meeeeeeee
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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #223 on: September 11, 2012, 04:53:45 pm »

I'm siding with our dolphin overlords.

pls hlp thy r rapin meeeeeeee
Is that a reference to dolphins being one of the few animals who participate in recreational sex? Or is it something else?
Vague misspelled messages are confusing.
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Re: What has, and would happen, realistically, at first contact?
« Reply #224 on: September 11, 2012, 05:11:26 pm »

It's a reference to that fact Dolphins have a propensity for raping eachother and other animals.

I even think I may have possibly heard a rumor about dolphins raping a whale but I've forgotten where from. :/
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