' Wrote:Okay. I'm very interested about your opinions and ideas about landfall in Sirius. There were paratroopers in 20th and 21st century; there were ODST's in falling cans in 26th century... so what stuffs does military uses to drop their soldiers on planets surface? Simple ships? Some kind of super-future parachutes?
Discuss.
P.S.: I'm hoping for no flaming, trolling or etc. Thank you.
Well in my story that I'm writing up (can be found in the link in my sig) I've thought of a particular ship, not so much a ship but a pod of sort that could dispatch huge quantities of enemies upon landing and deploy just as many of it's own forces. It was inspired by the kinetic rod strike from Endwar. Only difference is that it is a giant obelisk and not so destructive though the force cause by it's land is a byproduct. I was also inspired to use obelisks when I saw them fall to earth in the anime series "Tears to Tiara" and also because the country who uses them are based somewhat on African civilizations namely Egypt along with others.
So uh, do you all have exactly any idea how fast those "drop pods" are gonna be going, the only thing left in them after they land is a thick paste in real life.
' Wrote:So uh, do you all have exactly any idea how fast those "drop pods" are gonna be going, the only thing left in them after they land is a thick paste in real life.
See every single space program prior to the space shuttle.
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' Wrote:Those pods would come around the planet a few times (or at least a massive portion of a rotation) before landing, and then they landed -in water-.
Drop pods, as described by Sci-Fi, will impact land.
At almost full speed.
With minimal deceleration.
Go figure.
What Kanga said, so yeah uh, you all have fun with that.
Cause realistically here is another thing, those little fins that pop out of the side on drop pods in all sci-fi to slow em down, those are probably just going to make your pop into a falling centrifuge.
Which are we discussing, realistic planetfall techniques, or science-fiction ones?
I was under the impression that it was the latter.
If we're talking realistic, then the side in orbit has essentially already won. Nothing will ruin your day like a hunk of rock which has been accelerated to near-relativistic velocity being dropped on your head. Except for many such rocks.
The very real threat of complete and total annihilation usually is going to be enough to make someone surrender.
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Also, when dropping I imagine a means of escape is the last thing you have to worry about, because if the soldiers live, you win, and moving them can be done through the docking ring. But if the soldiers die, then there is no need for a hasty retreat.
Either way I imagine it would be a one way trip, plus retreating planet side into space would be cause to be hit by anti-air defenses due to how much the pod would lumber.
Well, in the stories that I've written, I developed a HALO apparatus. (High Altitude-Low Opening) Which is used by modern Paratroopers, SEALs, Marines, and Commandos, essentially, you drop from a high altitude and open your parachute at a low altitude, what this does is allow you to punch through enemy radar, traveling at speeds that make you look like a bird on a radar screen, and also lets you not worry about getting hit by AA or S2A fire. Now, the apparatus i made was like a powered glider, deployed from a smallish ship that was already in Atmo. Now, if you had....45-50+ ships in Atmo., you could deploy about 25 or 30 troops per ship, maybe more depending on what vessel your moving troops in. Giving you what.....1500 ground-pounders down and ready to go? The apparatus utilizes induction jets and a medium wingspan to arrest decent. Plus, if you think a cloud of parachutes defending into a field was intimidating, what about a swarm of pilotable power-gliders flying in and touching down, disassembled and weapons up in less than a minute? I thought it was a good idea...
It's easier to kill once you realize you're already dead. Just livin' on borrowed time for now, and I'm ready to use it to the last second. So, whadd'y'a say? Pick up your gun, and join me in the suicidal charge directly into their frontline?
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' Wrote:Well, in the stories that I've written, I developed a HALO apparatus. (High Altitude-Low Opening) Which is used by modern Paratroopers, SEALs, Marines, and Commandos, essentially, you drop from a high altitude and open your parachute at a low altitude, what this does is allow you to punch through enemy radar, traveling at speeds that make you look like a bird on a radar screen, and also lets you not worry about getting hit by AA or S2A fire. Now, the apparatus i made was like a powered glider, deployed from a smallish ship that was already in Atmo. Now, if you had....45-50+ ships in Atmo., you could deploy about 25 or 30 troops per ship, maybe more depending on what vessel your moving troops in. Giving you what.....1500 ground-pounders down and ready to go? The apparatus utilizes induction jets and a medium wingspan to arrest decent. Plus, if you think a cloud of parachutes defending into a field was intimidating, what about a swarm of pilotable power-gliders flying in and touching down, disassembled and weapons up in less than a minute? I thought it was a good idea...