Timeline for If the ship's self-destruct is such a great idea why don't real Navies do this?
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| Feb 13, 2016 at 1:59 | comment | added | Mazura | @user23715 - "The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it." –Speirs | |
| Feb 13, 2016 at 1:51 | history | edited | enderland | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 13, 2016 at 1:24 | comment | added | enderland | @user23715 I don't think you understand military tactics. | |
| Feb 13, 2016 at 1:16 | comment | added | user23715 | In space? -- Self-destruct at the Captain's whim (+ 1st officer) would do nothing but tank moral. Unless you're Klingon I suppose. | |
| Feb 13, 2016 at 1:12 | comment | added | enderland | @user23715 ... you do realize that scuttling has more purposes than denying someone the ability to actively use a ship, right? That it has other benefits than just that purpose? | |
| Feb 13, 2016 at 1:03 | comment | added | user23715 | @ enderland says, "It's a good place to scuttle a ship using current, real life technology limitations." -- Yes, fantasy "sci-fi" settings aren't as big a problem for my question as realistic or "hard" sci-fi. I already stated that in my question. | |
| Feb 13, 2016 at 1:03 | comment | added | user23715 | @ enderland says, "This is as nice idea in theory, but nearly all scifi series/shows involve some sort of "radiation suit" which makes it invalidated." -- Radiation leaks make places uninhabitable for years, decades or longer. Ever see a ship crewed 24/7 with them wearing rad suits? I guess they could surgically give them all a hollow leg to solve the potty break dilemma? ...yeeeaaaah, no. Just no. | |
| Feb 13, 2016 at 1:02 | comment | added | user23715 | @ enderland says, "Removing the critical components doesn't mean you are blocking the ship from being useful." -- When was the last time you bought a used car without engine, transmission, doors and wheels? | |
| Feb 12, 2016 at 13:14 | history | answered | enderland | CC BY-SA 3.0 |