tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post484846454511483217..comments2024-03-18T08:03:59.129-07:00Comments on Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon: New Art Riot #3 - lighthuggerAl Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-28525279776134449942022-01-05T14:49:59.844-08:002022-01-05T14:49:59.844-08:00Hey there, Mr. Reynolds. I realize I'm YEARS l...Hey there, Mr. Reynolds. I realize I'm YEARS late to this post, but I've recently picked up your books and am getting too invested! (reading Chasm City at the time of this comment, 1/6/2022 -also Happy New Year!)<br /><br />I do have one question that I can't find any answers to, so I would really appreciate it if you were to answer it. Lighthuggers usually have a layer of ice around their hull, as you depicted in the picture as well (optional however) what I want to know is... what is the purpose of this ice? Is it just a cheap and exposable way of shielding the vessel or are there other reasons behind it?<br /><br />Thank you, your work is heavily influencing me and I love reading it.FOXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283947483211584285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-70230025214018841802017-01-31T22:46:35.845-08:002017-01-31T22:46:35.845-08:00I have to say its really cool to see an author act...I have to say its really cool to see an author actually take part in this kind of stuff interacting with your readers.<br />I always thought of the lighthuggers as a sort of conical craft with the ice shielding at the front and a flat rear with the engines exhaust ports for the conjoiner drives there. Really cool to see your thoughts behind it Mr. Reynolds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-48234594932367701622015-05-08T13:49:11.757-07:002015-05-08T13:49:11.757-07:00Love your books! You're one of the few "H...Love your books! You're one of the few "Hard SF" writers who really makes the speculative science/technology believable and entertaining - a rare talent! I recently graduated with a Ph.D. in Geomicrobiology and your story of transitioning from scientist to SF writer is inspiring to me. I have always wanted to write SF - sigh... maybe after the post-doc!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-43207421084648528472014-02-04T18:45:46.136-08:002014-02-04T18:45:46.136-08:00Wow great job Yann! I'm working on my own vers...Wow great job Yann! I'm working on my own version now. I'll check back when it's done.Danohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139874701477904681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-74842094360329748992013-08-06T08:21:08.183-07:002013-08-06T08:21:08.183-07:00Wow thanks for sharing, you really nailed it. heh...Wow thanks for sharing, you really nailed it. heh I would love to see how you illustrate NFI post Cpt.Brannigan's makeover :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005210427773975709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-59520788519975970912013-01-27T03:50:30.882-08:002013-01-27T03:50:30.882-08:00Hello, i have updated and added 3 other high resol...Hello, i have updated and added 3 other high resolution views (6000x3000) in the zip archive at www.yann-souetre.com/0-data/NFI-ALL.zip<br /><br />Don't hesitate to share your feedbackYann S.http://www.yann-souetre.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-17032370509859432492013-01-22T13:28:41.564-08:002013-01-22T13:28:41.564-08:00Hello, here is my contribution
http://cggallery.i...Hello, here is my contribution <br />http://cggallery.itsartmag.com/story.php?title=Nostalgia-infinity<br /><br />Additional pictures here :www.yann-souetre.com/0-data/NFI-ALL.zip<br />Animated Gif only: www.yann-souetre.com/0-data/NFI.gif<br /><br />Thank you Alastair :)Yann S.http://www.yann-souetre.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-38692862049880600822011-12-29T07:36:51.418-08:002011-12-29T07:36:51.418-08:00I realise I'm a few months behind the times wi...I realise I'm a few months behind the times with this post, but I really dig the sketch. It's nice seeing what you had in mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-32636188970255333742011-12-03T05:37:24.995-08:002011-12-03T05:37:24.995-08:00Excellent, I like that a lot.Excellent, I like that a lot.Al Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-64590359521353139682011-12-02T17:47:27.908-08:002011-12-02T17:47:27.908-08:00http://sixdelta.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4ef0qd
...http://sixdelta.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4ef0qd<br /><br />This is my interpretation. Seems very different to the others I've seen around. I never pictured huge spars when I was reading the book, so I didn't put them in the drawing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-59666879182891169592011-11-22T11:32:51.010-08:002011-11-22T11:32:51.010-08:00Yes, I always imagined the NfI being a needle-like...Yes, I always imagined the NfI being a needle-like ship, and even before the melding plague being a distorted freak of a ship. I imagined that since Ultras own the majority of lighthuggers, very few of them would be close to their original spec. We all know after all, that Ultras love to tinker with things! Just my thoughts, and one of the things that makes reading such a more enjoyable medium than film/tv: we can manipulate things to make them look how we imagine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-16682557432907859322011-11-22T04:16:51.989-08:002011-11-22T04:16:51.989-08:00Nice drawing! I really liked the approach to inter...Nice drawing! I really liked the approach to interstellar flight in the Rev Space universe - especially as the LightHuggers are compared, in (I think) the Prefect (or maybe Redemption Ark? or Chasm City... I should reread them all), to the mothballed Demarchist attempts at a working Starship. Really added a great level of realism to the conjoiner/demarchist faction war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-75623392021712322652011-11-21T13:20:21.629-08:002011-11-21T13:20:21.629-08:00Bob - I don't work these things out to that de...Bob - I don't work these things out to that degree, I'll confess. I mention that the ships need lots of shielding, though.<br /><br />Brodie: if that's the case (4 x 400m) then the NFI would look like one of the more slender variants in the lower left corner. I don't remember the dimensions, I'm afraid.Al Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-10228465991540956592011-11-20T18:27:02.982-08:002011-11-20T18:27:02.982-08:00I can't remember completely but isn't the ...I can't remember completely but isn't the NFI 4km's long and 400m wide at the widest, so should be much more needle like. And the drives have big clam shells on the front. <br /><br />Also. Bob, I don't think anyone has used lighthuggers as planet busters as you just need to point the drive exhausts at the planet to do the damage you would want. I guess it would be very time consuming to send out a lighthugger on a planet intercepting path, as you would need to convince the ship AI that it wanted to do it first. When why do it, when you have better weapons, just tow a big enough asteroid into the orbital path of the planet and then not lose one of your key resources. <br /><br />So the old reasons of Cost and efficiency would mean they would only be weapons of last resort, and even then only for the very insane.Brodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14734796372931402178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-89246804871559156902011-11-20T11:39:58.783-08:002011-11-20T11:39:58.783-08:00wow, exactly how I pictured it, I perhaps imaged t...wow, exactly how I pictured it, I perhaps imaged the drives closer to the main body, but other than that, spot on to my imagination!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719233572462745582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-4979711951177900992011-11-20T04:07:13.685-08:002011-11-20T04:07:13.685-08:00Hi Al,
You'll be happy to know that work has b...Hi Al,<br />You'll be happy to know that work has begun on the pre-plague Nostalgia, I'll be sure to send you some pictures as I get further along. My wife is a bit apprehensive about the project as I plan on it being about 4 feet long when completed... <br />Thanks again for taking the time to put this on paper, very much appreciated.<br />Thanks,<br />MattMatt Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13513483198373130736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-78730904579605605722011-11-17T09:27:02.307-08:002011-11-17T09:27:02.307-08:00The sketch is superb. I think I'm going to col...The sketch is superb. I think I'm going to colour it in :-) Always wondered what characters like Skade looked like...another sketch perhaps?<br />Thanks and regards, SimonSimonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-16497153368804716812011-11-17T00:22:32.900-08:002011-11-17T00:22:32.900-08:00Since you are often said to be in the hard scifi g...Since you are often said to be in the hard scifi genre, I have 2 questions regarding lighthuggers. <br /><br />First since they get massive gamma levels with 1 g acceleration for such long times, won't the blue shifted CMB be shifted well into xray and gamma rays? I didn't run the numbers but since its 1g in the lighthugger frame of reference perhaps the gamma is not as bad as it looks. [gamma=1/(1-v^2/c^2)]<br /><br />Secondly, getting a many ton ship close to the speed of light would make a great planet buster with no real defense. A weapon Up there with The Weapons Cache. Is this the way it works in the Revelation space universe, or are they a weapon that no one has used..so far?bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03594261943657857572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-20002036345121549992011-11-16T21:58:15.243-08:002011-11-16T21:58:15.243-08:00Interesting to see this. I just got to the bit in...Interesting to see this. I just got to the bit in RS where Volyova initiates the palsy and makes a break for it in the Melancholia for departure. It looks kind if like the shape I imagined, but much more fragile.Stephen Willcotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05479334867208887402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-47940560580223071682011-11-16T09:54:43.990-08:002011-11-16T09:54:43.990-08:00Well, it's my interpretation 12 years after I ...Well, it's my interpretation 12 years after I wrote the book, so I wouldn't be too dogmatic about it. The Sulaco, though - wasn't that the big chunky-looking military ship that carried the marines all the way to the colony?Al Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-22444068501592779342011-11-16T09:07:48.823-08:002011-11-16T09:07:48.823-08:00Good grief, that's nothing like I imagined. In...Good grief, that's nothing like I imagined. In my mind's eye the NfI looked long and thin, like the Sulaco from Aliens, with the (much smaller) Conjoiner drives at the back. I guess I didn't pay enough attention to the description in your novel ;-)Sean Dynannoreply@blogger.com