Timeline for space-born ship-to-ship combat 150 years from now w fission/fusion tech
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| Jan 10, 2017 at 20:20 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 9, 2016 at 16:59 | comment | added | Jason K | There are some novels that might help you. John Lumpkin's 'Human Reach' Series ("Through Struggle, the Stars" and "The Desert of Stars") is almost EXACTLY your scenario, verbatim, and covers space warfare to near exhaustion. FWIW, they use a combo of lasers, missiles, and railguns. Craig Alan's "Here be Dragons" is also about at your tech level (also using railguns, lasers, and missiles). As mentioned below, Atomic Rockets is far and away the best resource for you to be using. | |
| S Aug 9, 2016 at 16:05 | history | suggested | SnoringFrog | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 8, 2016 at 21:39 | answer | added | ChrisLively | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 20:15 | comment | added | RBarryYoung | #2, 3, and 4 could only be effective at short-range. In a dynamic long-range situation, they cannot reliably hit their targets. | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 17:58 | answer | added | Thucydides | timeline score: 6 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 17:44 | comment | added | AndreiROM | @montyHarder - I went into more detail in my answer, below | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 17:39 | comment | added | Monty Harder | @AndreiROM Indeed, the drones from Andromeda or the Very Dangerous Array from "Schlock Mercenary" are far more realistic than BSG- or Honorverse-style fighters. I'd design them to be able to fire cutting lasers as they approach the enemy, then attempt to make contact and when the laser fails just blow up. If that happens inside a hole the laser cut earlier, so much the better. | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 15:26 | answer | added | Ben Edwards | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 14:43 | answer | added | SpliFF | timeline score: 9 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 14:29 | answer | added | Cyrus | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 14:23 | answer | added | a4android | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 13:59 | answer | added | AndyD273 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 13:52 | answer | added | user1092803 | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 13:48 | comment | added | Simba | I'd suggest extending your time frame a little. In 150 years time, your colonies are likely to still include a number of early-generation colonists; children and grandchildren of the original pioneers. And that's for the oldest colonies. The planets colonised later may still be populated by the original colonists. Given this, I don't think they'll have had time to develop populations or infrastructure large enough to be self-supporting enough to go to war with each other. I'd suggest pushing it out to 250 years. You can slow the rate of technical development to compensate. | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 13:36 | answer | added | UIDAlexD | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 12:59 | answer | added | Cem Kalyoncu | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 12:28 | answer | added | AndreiROM | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 12:19 | comment | added | AndreiROM | "clunky and brick-like" => missiles. Fighters in space are unrealistic in the age of drone combat. | |
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| Aug 8, 2016 at 11:18 | history | asked | user431806 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |