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We need to design silicon-based 'solar panels', hehe

Wait until we evolve a solar-powered laser to cut through the ice, using a magnification process that utilizes quartz particles in the water.

That's... Fucking genius. Seriously.


MUST DOOOOOOOOOOOO! If some creatures can develop nervous systems capable of creating electric shocks, why can't we develop a membrane or organ capable of focusing heat through the absorption and reflection of solar light? FUCKYEAH.

This is the REAL fun of these games. Not so much mimicking real-life evolution, as that's been done before a trillion times, in the wild. Even better would be to go beyond what we can find on Earth and speculate on possible xenobiological systems, theorize upon eccentric systems utilized by real-world creatures, and design our own race of world-dominating annihilators, MUAHAHAHAH I mean, huzzah for scientific advancement!

This thread has inspired me to pick up the fallout trilogy once more. Huzzah!

LP Fallout: Tactics is a hope for me.

This thread menaces with spikes of bloody fucking awesome, posting to watch.

Quote from: Ehndras on September 27, 2011, 09:07:02 pm

Quote from: Jacob/Lee on September 27, 2011, 04:16:35 pm

Ha, I got a nice laugh.

Its always the damn drive that blows and takes half the ship with it. I had the bad luck of having my military jump drive blow during a gunfight right as I was nearing the warp point. Needless to say, there was a collective FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- on the face of the entire fleet's crew as they were all depending on that one ship's Jump Drive. They all died.

That is your fault then. You made a fleet with a single point of failure.

All of my capital ships are jump capable. Sure it costs more but they never get stranded.

I was quoting the first playthrough I even had. Nowadays I actually put gates on every jump point. When I first started playing I had no idea what the hell I was doing, haha. Had a lot of fun fighting Precursors and that one story ruined me my first game. Before I could get another fleet out, Earth was bombarded to dust, heh. Took them two decades to appear then they suddenly murdered me in a span of months.

Shipyard overseer, "Mr. President, welcome to the launching ceremony! We've just finished rolling our twin habitats out of the factories and we'll begin the launch immediately. Sir, I'd just like to thank you for all of the opportunities you've given us and for allowing us the honor to take part in the history of our nation's expansion into the vast reaches of space. Mr. President, I salute yo-

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

"Oh gods! The first station's Photonic Drive has imploded, taking a large chunk of th-"

*SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!*

"Th- The station is tilting! Its... Its... Oh bloody fuck, the stations tilting towards the industrial sector! It'll wipe out our nation's industrial capability if it crashes! We need t-"

KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH...

Man on intercom: "Sir, the second station has exploded as well, it appears there was a leak in the fuel storage and it is no2 spraying hundreds of millions of litres of highly-volatile, flammable fuel all over..."

Overseer, "M.. Mr. President... The infamous Titanic, fully loaded with passengers and cargo, weighed only 46,328 tons... Each of these stations weigh approximately 22 million tons, sir. Upscale by density and volume, Sir, and well... If we can't keep these stations from crashing, quite frankly sir, we're all doomed. They'll virtually annihilate all traces of our very existence in the vast sea of rubble that will cover what was once our nation's capitol..."

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! CRASH! CLANG! CHHHHHSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH

"It has been a pleasure working with you, sir. May the gods have mercy on us all, for today we have surely attempted to become greater than even they are. Goodbye."

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WTFPWND by falling station from sub-orbital trajectory.

FAKEEDIT: holy sheet, 16 posts!