Please, I know you are not an engineer or scientist but chemical rockets for an interstellar space ship is just too egregious for artistic license! Then to compound the absurdity you use RP as fuel which requires extensive refurbishment after each flight to remove the carbon buildup in the engine bell.
Don’t be lazy, show a different way to depict motion.
Couple of minor points.
The ship that landed would not be capable of interstellar flight. The main ship would be in distant orbit and the one that landed would be a supply shuttle.
In my mind the main ship is a very large open frame battle carrier carrying supply shuttles, assault landers, CAS fighters, close orbit gunships and destroyers/cruisers for fleet defense/high guard operations.
A number of fictional sci-fi settings have used this concept. Namely Battletech FTL ships carrying dropships and Traveller battle rider squadrons to name two.
Just because Ergen called it a starship doesn’t mean that it is one. Ergen has probably never been to orbit so his knowledge is limited.
The shuttle would not be using RP1/LOX as the C star and Spec Imp of RP1 is insufficient to boost the mass involved for an SSTO launch.
This would have to be some kind of “magic” juice with much higher thrust to weight ratios or the mass involved would have to be reduced/negated i.e. “anti-grav”. Maybe both. Pretty sci-fi to me.
Quite the opposite and I highly appreciate the graphical setup of this comic page. This is an excellent webcomic and sci-fi adventure.
One should make some research before blathering half-baked chatter. Have a look at former space rockets like Gemini and Saturn and you will find similar clouds with use of sole hydrogen and oxygen.
However, the overall mass involved with the space ship may be reduced/negated i.e. by “anti-grav” or other sci-fi McGuffins, as was nicely pointed out by Aname before. Keep on and keep rocking.
Sailors on shore leave, eh?
Some things never change.
Lucky she didn’t end up with a tatt.
Please, I know you are not an engineer or scientist but chemical rockets for an interstellar space ship is just too egregious for artistic license! Then to compound the absurdity you use RP as fuel which requires extensive refurbishment after each flight to remove the carbon buildup in the engine bell.
Don’t be lazy, show a different way to depict motion.
Thanks for your feedback. What is RP?
Very refined kerosene. Used for jets and rockets like the Falcon 9.
Couple of minor points.
The ship that landed would not be capable of interstellar flight. The main ship would be in distant orbit and the one that landed would be a supply shuttle.
In my mind the main ship is a very large open frame battle carrier carrying supply shuttles, assault landers, CAS fighters, close orbit gunships and destroyers/cruisers for fleet defense/high guard operations.
A number of fictional sci-fi settings have used this concept. Namely Battletech FTL ships carrying dropships and Traveller battle rider squadrons to name two.
Just because Ergen called it a starship doesn’t mean that it is one. Ergen has probably never been to orbit so his knowledge is limited.
The shuttle would not be using RP1/LOX as the C star and Spec Imp of RP1 is insufficient to boost the mass involved for an SSTO launch.
This would have to be some kind of “magic” juice with much higher thrust to weight ratios or the mass involved would have to be reduced/negated i.e. “anti-grav”. Maybe both. Pretty sci-fi to me.
Quite the opposite and I highly appreciate the graphical setup of this comic page. This is an excellent webcomic and sci-fi adventure.
One should make some research before blathering half-baked chatter. Have a look at former space rockets like Gemini and Saturn and you will find similar clouds with use of sole hydrogen and oxygen.
However, the overall mass involved with the space ship may be reduced/negated i.e. by “anti-grav” or other sci-fi McGuffins, as was nicely pointed out by Aname before. Keep on and keep rocking.