After the fall of Civilization

[Rupert]

Pink and purple spaceships, it's gotta be Halo.

So says the image link. And to that, I say, LOLWUT.

[the Teuton]

Enough with your whale- and phallus-shaped ships. The Borg will assimilate all. Resistance...is futile.

[Rupert]

The joke is that the Galactica was the ship used to escape the apocalypse.

[the Teuton]

The joke is that the Galactica was the ship used to escape the apocalypse.

I feel like an idiot.

[Laconian]

I feel like an idiot.

Time to turn in your nerd badge!

Oh wait, you were never issued one.

Carry on, then.

[Rupert]

LOL

[Rupert]

Time to turn in your nerd badge!

Oh wait, you were never issued one.

Carry on, then.

Yeah, BTW, I think it was probably your recommendation that got me finally watching (and finishing and thinking about re-watching) BSG.

[Minpin]

Fuck all of that.



If it were me, I'd throw on a couple more CIWS - 20 or so.  Keep a small wing of aircraft, and have at least 30 tactical nukes...or what the hell, the absolute biggest nukes I can fit onto a missile an
F/A-18 can handle.

The Westinghouse nuclear reactor has 140,000 shaft horsepower, and doesn't need to be "refueled" for 15+ years.  And, to appease the few remaining hippies/greenies, I'll keep all aircraft below deck and turn all areas not dedicated to landing/launching aircraft into a wind/solar farm with organic vegetables growing in between.

Brilliant! 

YES! A floating city with a necessary 5000 man crew! Feeding for 5k in a post apoclyptic world would be cake! Not to mention having some way to establish your authority over everyone else. (And let's face it subie, your no james bond)

You truly do deserve a prize for this brilliant idea!

[Minpin]

Anyways, everyone here is doing it wrong. I would live in a place that was I dunno maybe designed for a post apocalyptic world. You know, maybe like, Cheyenne Mountain??

[Rupert]

Yes, because you'd be able to get in there, or anywhere else.

The thing about impenetrable fortresses is that they're good at outlasting a siege, but not so good at living in forever. You still have to go out to get supplies, and there is undoubtedly a horde of violent people in front.

[Galaxy]

Wins.

Except Galactica will actually survive until we find, uh, Earth II?

But we already are Earth 2. Perhaps Earth 1 has recovered by now.

[S204STi]

Wins.

Except Galactica will actually survive until we find, uh, Earth II?

That's true, yet without a doubt the Pegasus was the superior ship.  If Lee "Dumbass" Adama hadn't gone and rammed it into shit I think it would have done a bit better long-term.

[MX793]

To tell the truth, the apocalypse would leave the roads largely intact.


Likely, we'd be riding in/driving cars that were working.


Probably a clapped out Corolla or something.

They wouldn't be intact for long.  In the north, at least, they are in a perpetual state of upkeep and repair.

[2o6]

They wouldn't be intact for long.  In the north, at least, they are in a perpetual state of upkeep and repair.

Fine. An older Explorer.

[Submariner]

YES! A floating city with a necessary 5000 man crew! Feeding for 5k in a post apoclyptic world would be cake! Not to mention having some way to establish your authority over everyone else. (And let's face it subie, your no james bond)

You truly do deserve a prize for this brilliant idea!

Who says it has to have 5000 men?  Certainly, it could be run with far less.

Oh, and it's you're, not your, chief. 

[S204STi]

I think he was using the correct form of the word there...

Still, an aircraft carrier would need a crew in order to work properly.  It'd be all about finding the balance of people versus the ability of your agricultural deck and fishing combined to feed them all.

[Submariner]

Yes, because you'd be able to get in there, or anywhere else.

The thing about impenetrable fortresses is that they're good at outlasting a siege, but not so good at living in forever. You still have to go out to get supplies, and there is undoubtedly a horde of violent people in front.

A few nukes launched from the mountain to land a mew miles away would take care of that.

Of course, it might complicate the whole leaving issue...

[S204STi]

That's where Galactica wins.  Just keep jumping from point to point so they can never pin you down.

[Submariner]

I think he was using the correct form of the word there...

Still, an aircraft carrier would need a crew in order to work properly.  It'd be all about finding the balance of people versus the ability of your agricultural deck and fishing combined to feed them all.

Your is a form of ownership, whereas you're is an abbreviated you are.

Anyways, the USS Harry Truman has a ship crew (minus the air wing and all of it's staff) of 3200.  Of course, I'm sure that if the situation called for it, the staff could be drastically reduced.  

Then again, I don't know why Minnie's getting technical over the reality of methods of survival in a thread about a hypothetical apocalypse in which options mentioned include space ships from video games, TV shows, and movies.  

[S204STi]

Oops, missed the last sentence of the first paragraph.

[Laconian]

Galactica will survive because the Apocalypse will come from computer networks, and Adama doesn't allow networking on his ship. He requires that all data must be transported between computers on punchcards with the corners clipped off.

[Rupert]

But we already are Earth 2. Perhaps Earth 1 has recovered by now.

Maybe. Lemme just put on All Along the Watchtower and see where we end up. Or do I have to be a wreckless undead pilot for that?

[Laconian]

Maybe. Lemme just put on All Along the Watchtower and see where we end up. Or do I have to be a wreckless undead pilot for that?

You will also need boobs an a 'tude.

[Rupert]

You will also need boobs an a 'tude.

I can pull a 'tude, and I think the original Starbuck from the '70s was a dude.

It's the undead part...

[Tave]

Your is a form of ownership, whereas you're is an abbreviated you are.

"Establish your authority" is correct. It is "his" (your) authority.

[RomanChariot]

"Establish your authority" is correct. It is "his" (your) authority.

YES! A floating city with a necessary 5000 man crew! Feeding for 5k in a post apoclyptic world would be cake! Not to mention having some way to establish your authority over everyone else. (And let's face it subie, your no james bond)

You truly do deserve a prize for this brilliant idea!

I think maybe, just maybe, Submariner was referring to the "your no james bond" part.  Minpin could also use to capitalize the name.

The bigger   goes to Minpin's use of that picture.

[Submariner]

"Establish your authority" is correct. It is "his" (your) authority.

I was referring to the "James Bond" quip.  I didn't even notice 'your' was used before that.  

Oops, missed the last sentence of the first paragraph.

[Rupert]

BTW, since we were talking about BSG in this thread ( ), is anyone else watching Caprica?

Just when it started to get good, they stall the rest of the season.

[2o6]

BTW, since we were talking about BSG in this thread ( ), is anyone else watching Caprica?

Just when it started to get good, they stall the rest of the season.

Caprica is great.


However I keep getting a lesbian vibe from Sister Clarice and Lacy Rand.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Caprica is great.


However I keep getting a lesbian vibe from Sister Clarice and Lacy Rand.

Them two, and Zoe; all lesbos part of a lesbo sisterhood cult.