You remember that episode of its always sunny where charlie is a texas oil tycoon, and theyre in the van and dee and dennis discover that he cut the brakes? And they ask him why. And he just says, "WILDCARD, BABY!"
Having the high ground means not only being 'up there' but having the savvy to know what you are there for. And having the savvy not to have accidents while up there. Of course it could be like my friend said "The Space Force allows us to give billions of dollars to the Martians..." She was a bit drunk at the time. There are costs and advantages to 'being up there'. you have to weigh them.
Guns work just fine in space .. (with a bit of different chemistry for the propellants) .. , better, even, since less air to slow the projectiles.
But, yeah, think Particle Beams and chemical-cartridge Xray lasers.
America has had that tech for decades.
about 20 years ago I watched this one, helicopter mounted laser, that was able to push a tank off a building.
well, it was mounted on a heli. I know that the declas military info is about 10 years old at any given time.
holy schneikies
Stoopidly enough, all the jargon in the film 'Real Genius' was existing technology, and that was 35 years ago.
Personally I do not understand the logistics behind space colonization, but I think it will happen a long time from now. But guns do work in space.
You remember that episode of its always sunny where charlie is a texas oil tycoon, and theyre in the van and dee and dennis discover that he cut the brakes? And they ask him why. And he just says, "WILDCARD, BABY!"
Well, that's us.
MERICA... FUCK YEAH!!
"WILDCARD, BABY!"
The gang solves the energy crisis, that may be my favorite episode, - the rando that they keep fvxking his poor parked car.😆
The Importance of Wild Card - can't believe I actually tracked this down.. read far enough to get to the Vulcan explanation.
https://www.tor.com/2016/10/17/the-answer-to-why-humans-are-so-central-in-star-trek/
MY SIDES ARE GONE!!!!
10/10 BEST ARTICLE OF THE YEAR OMG
EDIT ----> I AM CRYING. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MUH SIDES.
I AM DED. I AM UNDER MY DESK AND I AM DED.
'But Why? said one Vulcan in the room'
'Because that would Fvxking Rule!' 😂🤣
That link should have come with a warning, WEW.
I think bookmarked is the understatement of the year.
Having the high ground means not only being 'up there' but having the savvy to know what you are there for. And having the savvy not to have accidents while up there. Of course it could be like my friend said "The Space Force allows us to give billions of dollars to the Martians..." She was a bit drunk at the time. There are costs and advantages to 'being up there'. you have to weigh them.