Re: Re: [GZG] A scratchbuilt Ringworld/Halo

["Eric Foley" <stiltman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, my take on all of this goes about the same as my take I had on planets 
when I used them.

Ships can be on a bigger scale than planets, asteroids and other celestial 
objects because they're simulating a blown-up sensor picture that you see on 
a viewscreen anyway, whereas the ship itself only occupies a tiny dot in the 
middle of the model on the table/floor.  Whereas asteroids and/or planets 
can occupy the entire area and don't need scaling on a Mk. I Eyeball's HUD. 
If the middle of the ship passes anywhere within the asteroid or planet's 
radius, it's probably dead.

This allows you to use anything from basketballs to round stool cushions as 
planets while you use Micro Machines or GZG miniatures as ships, and lava 
rocks or other stones as asteroids, and you don't have to worry about 
comparative scale.

Hence, the Halo they've got there works just fine for me.

My own $0.03 (two cents plus inflation)

E

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John K Lerchey" <lerchey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gzg-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [GZG] A scratchbuilt Ringworld/Halo


> Well, another take on this is that it doesn't have to be a Niven-esque 
> ringworld.  It could be like Halo - huge, but repacing a planet in orbit 
> around the sun, rather than being a ring defining the orbit.  In any case, 
> the one that you've built is awesome and should definitely be used in your 
> space games!
>
> :)
>
> John K. Lerchey
> Assistant Director for Incident Response
> Information Security Office
> Carnegie Mellon University
>
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Andreas Udby wrote:
>
> > Yeah, well, considering the construction in the novel had a diameter of 2 
> > AU's and a width of 997,000 miles, doing a proportional one would have 
> > consisted of just making a hoop of 1mm thick wire around a yellow marble 
> > and calling it a day!  I was just aiming for something that looked cool 
> > on the table.  And I know my son can't wait to fly a ship through the 
> > middle of the thing...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andreas
> >
> >
> > > > Cool, it's a baby Ringworld! (given the supposed scale of the
> > > > original, and the supposed scale of FT ships, that is!)
> > > Well, considering that we don't put suns and planets in the
> > > correct scale on the table either it should be ok:-)
> >
> >
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