Day 1 | Weapons and Trasportation

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Today we will discuss the Weapons available to the Federation and Transport used across the galaxy, before discussing I would like Julien to broaden the explanation

yoda bot wrote:be also, but the UNPF always have to keep monitoring these factories ...

I suppose so, but no need to monitor them closely, unless there's a threat of a war breaking out.

I agree with you! - but there should be something like: Certified UNPF Factories (for spaceships and droids factories)

Good idea yoda! (mind if I just call you yoda?)

thanks! - can call me yoda that if you wish

I don't think so, if that was true the nation that holds them controls the whole lot

What do you mean Forth?

EDIT: And what's with these first topic message reminders that appear in every thread?

Could planet-based laser weapons of mass destruction be ok? Because Solova has one. And Forth, I'm not against the reminders. Reminds me of SC4D.

I suppose they are ok, since you can't destroy anything but your own moons by doing that Epitaph also has one, but can't use it on a planet, since as it orbits a planet itself, it would destroy iteself in the explosion

Actually Solova's can only destroy other planets if they aren't blocked by anything.

I am saying that whoever owns the planet can regulated it, and Solova has Illegal weapons :\

No Stan, you CANNOT have a weapon that can destroy another planet (Epitaph's weapon is fine since I believe it's tidally locked to its parent planet, rendering its weapon useless except against spacecraft)

(and btw Forth, I agree with you now about the regulations of the factories )

Well ok then.

Well, without the means to quickly transport; let's say that a planet is under siege from an unknown invader. However, it will take several days for a retaliatory strike force to come in. They'd be backing up a graveyard while enemy forces prepare their forces for a counter-strike.

The best thing for us to have, in terms of economics, transportation, and defense is a Mass Relay network. Locate mass relays at the hubs of major populations and construct new ones as more and more colonies and systems grow.

These Mass Relays (if you've ever played Mass Effect) use extremely high powered mass effect engines to warp ships to another relay in the galaxy instantaneously. Such a drastic reduction in travel time will greatly expand our own growth as a Galactic Civilization. New clusters, and systems will now become virtual backwater frontiers, minimizing the resources needed for new exploration.

However, the downside is a great initial investment by the civilizations of the Galaxy. Such a network of massive relays that require a massive intial energy boost will be both costly and time-consuming. However, in the long-term, they will pay themselves off and may save our lives. Leaving us better prepared for whatever may lay ahead.