>tfw you'll never get to engage in infantry space combat

>infantry space combat

I don't know how to break this with you, but space combat would be really similar to fighting in a nuclear submarine, with a little bit of ICBM silo mixed in.

What you're actually going to be doing is really specialist programming, electrical, and mechanical work.

>>31053799
That is some retarded shit.

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>>31054106
I know, mane. The 80s were a little optimistic about space

Shattered horizon is a bomb ass game and you would enjoy it.

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>>31053765
>>31053799
One quick question about standard issue laser rifles,

They they emit concentrated light as a means to inflict damage / cut through a space suite, if your rocket pack suite had a polished mirror in front and the sides would that in effect make you impervious to concentrated light weapons?

>TFW concentrated light beam weaponry is already obsolete before it is perfected and deployed

>>31055120
Assuming micro-pulse rifles? No. The laser is a way to transfer energy to your target, just like how your fun uses bullets. The light itself is insignificant; what's important is the heat that goes along with it. Unless your polished mirror is capable of conducting heat away from the surface instantaneously and you have a heat sink to store all that heat in, it is going to undergo massive thermal trauma, and explode, same as anything else.
Continuous beam rifles? You'd have good protection against glancing shots, I suppose.
>Captcha is stars

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>>31055120
Problem with reflective surfaces is they're not perfect. 90% reflective would be an incredible achievement in a wearable optical surface. So the suit would inevitably melt wroth enough power on the emitting side.

>>31055270
Good job taking a useless thread with no /k/ value and actually making a thoughtful weapons related analysis.
I'm starting to think I even prefer /pol/ types over ridiculous threadstarters like this one.

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>>31055270
I see, but the reflective mirror itself though is capable of reflecting a good percentage of the heat though, if the backing of said mirror is made of the same heat absorbant ceramic material as the space shuttle, and if thick enough It may be what's required to halt the energy,

Plus build in a finned heat sink w/ liquid nitrogen plumbing cooling system (no need for radiator as space is already extremely cold), weight is also not an issue as your in space and no gravity.

With some good R&D and technology breakthroughs I believe that this may be a viable system for thwarting the Micro pulse

Pic related

>>31055356
Thanks man. Half of the reason I go through the /k/atalog is to make posts like that in stupid threads like this.
>>31055454
Weight is still important in space. Gravity may be negligible, but you're still going to want to move. The more mass you pack on, the harder that becomes. The harder it is for you to move, the harder it is to get into cover. Obviously, not being able to get into cover is a good way to get dead.
Moving on to your mirror-backing point; no. Space shuttle heat tiles routinely shattered under the heat of reentry, and were replaced after every flight. That's after being heated evenly. If a small section of it (~1 centimeter at five hundred meters distance) was massively heated while the rest wasn't? It would still shatter.
Fins are used on heat sinks because they maximize surface area, which helps with transferring heat to the surrounding air. Space has no air; you'd be better off with a solid copper block.
The best bet for anti-laser armor would be some form of ablative high-carbon ceramic with a high specific heat. It'd absorb the shot and flake off, like how brass helps keep the chamber of a gun cooler but absorbing all the heat and then getting it away from the system.

>>31055631
Not to mention that you're limited in the total manpower you can deploy from the planet since rockets are of finite capacity. More armor means fewer guns to shoot.

I think space warfare would be totally ship and/or drone based just on the cost factors alone.

>>31053799
I wish more practical effects like that were used more often, they just look better imo.

>>31057441
The thing about CGI is that if mixed with practical effects, it's really good.

Why do people still praise the Jurassic Park effects even though they're technologically out of date? They mixed animations and models with their CGI, so the eye didn't ever have time to adjust and spot the flaws.

By mixing the two together, the audience can't subconsciously classify it as one 'not real' thing because it keeps subtly changing. Thus, it feels more real. CGI can do amazing things but all too often it's used as a crutch.

Look at Fury Road for instance, that's a good example, lots of practical effects where it makes sense for them to be, and CGI to create huge set piece locations and weather effects where you couldn't make something practically.

>>31053790
>This

>>31055120
>the mirror wouldn't melt after a few milliseconds
Maybe if you're directly in front of me on a plane with me, it might hurt us both given that there would be a time frame where the laser hits me, then melts the mirror and hits you, all while i'm dying.

>how to sign up for anarcho-capitalist maniacal space force?