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WCDT 2902-2906 (23-27 February 2015)
SubaruStephen:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 26 Feb 2015, 11:51 ---I think QC has taken a turn too far towards realistic for Faye to build a Fighter jet.
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A full sized, armed military grade F-16-ish jet, definitely, that will never happen.
A remote control 1/16th model of a fighter jet that is modified to accept A.I. control, that's within Faye's capabilities (with some help from Clinton and Hanners).
Kugai:
Either that or a Veritech.
Kugai:
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 26 Feb 2015, 15:12 ---Shell People are born with severe birth defects, and transferred early on to egg-like (IIRC) metal enclosures fitted with life support and input-output ports. From there, they go on to control starships, installations, etc - a sort of "brain in a jar" where there's actually a whole body in there. The issue of disability is touched on; many Shell People reject any sort of pity, and may even feel superior (can you soar through space as naturally as if the ship was your meatbody, see across the entire EM spectrum, use tiny waldoes to paint a masterpiece on a pinhead, etc etc?)
... aaaaand sniped.
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Not forgetting that once in their permanent Shells as either a Starship, City Manager or Space Station (etc), they wind up indebted for all the necessary Pituitary Tinkering, surgery, training and final Shell, as well as their final 'Placement' as a Ship etc. They then have to work for several years or decades to pay that off.
I would suspect that the remuneration is well worth it as these individuals are in positions of major responsibilities - City Managers, Space Station Manager/Controllers, Starships etc. There is a Bonus System in place too, so if they manage their finances properly and with organisations which act as outside monitors to ensure that Shell People are not exploited (Mutant Monitors and SPRIM are the two main ones Anne mentions in the Novels), they can usually pay off and clear their accounts into the black in two to three decades. They then can renegotiate a better, more favorable Contract back into the Service they are currently working for or go independent, depending on what the Shell Person wants.
With Shell People having lifespans that can stretch into three to four centuries, it's not that long a period of what is basically a semi-benign form of Indentured Servitude.
bhtooefr:
--- Quote from: SubaruStephen on 26 Feb 2015, 15:19 ---A remote control 1/16th model of a fighter jet that is modified to accept A.I. control, that's within Faye's capabilities (with some help from Clinton and Hanners).
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Accept AI control? An AI can run on something that could fit in that scale fighter jet. And Momo's old chassis could donate the hardware for that.
wlewisiii:
--- Quote from: SubaruStephen on 26 Feb 2015, 15:19 ---
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 26 Feb 2015, 11:51 ---I think QC has taken a turn too far towards realistic for Faye to build a Fighter jet.
--- End quote ---
A full sized, armed military grade F-16-ish jet, definitely, that will never happen.
A remote control 1/16th model of a fighter jet that is modified to accept A.I. control, that's within Faye's capabilities (with some help from Clinton and Hanners).
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Oh, a generation 1 or even 2 (Locheed F-80C for 1 or a North American F-86 for 2) would not be all that difficult, merely expensive. The F-80 was in many ways a simpler aircraft than many of the other aircraft of WWII. You could use a current production off-the-shelf turbine for reliability and efficency and perhaps the two seat nose section from the T-33 with a modern electronics bay for the AI in the nose of the aircraft.
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