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7. "RE: BPGD: CSF-105"
In response to message #3
 
   >I mean, I don't like the whole retro-tech thing in general...The result,
>by all logic, would be a tortured creation of 'modern' technology
>forced into ancient forms, like building a modern warship in the shape
>of one of Nelson's Ships of the Line. It would be either a cripple, a
>joke or a monstrous money pit.

Consider your typical fighters built by spacefaring races, accustomed to set-piece battles between fleets fought in the voids between worlds. They'd be highly optimized for fighting in a vacuum, with just enough atmospheric capability to usually avoid crashing when landing on a planet.

Then along come designs optimized, in the pressure cooker R&D environment of Earth's Cold War, for atmospheric combat. With appropriate tech upgrades, they can hold their own in vacuum--after all, in space nobody cares if you're a cube--but down in the soup, nothing built primarily for space can touch them.

An in-story parallel would be the steam technology of Ishiyama, where they've taken something largely abandoned on Earth by the late 20th century and advanced it to the point where it can power starships.

That's how I envision the whole "RetroTech" thing springing to life. "Y'know, those crazy Earthers did things with aerodynamics that nobody else thought to do, simply because nobody else thought it was important. Maybe we can, um, 'borrow' some of that work."

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 BPGD: CSF-105 [View All] Gryphonadmin Aug-23-12 TOP
   RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Verbena Aug-24-12 1
      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 BeardedFerret Aug-24-12 2
   RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Vehrec Sep-02-12 3
      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Matrix Dragon Sep-02-12 4
          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-02-12 6
              RE: BPGD: CSF-105 BeardedFerret Sep-04-12 22
                  RE: BPGD: CSF-105 BobSchroeck Oct-24-12 51
                      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Oct-24-12 52
                          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Offsides Nov-02-12 53
                              RE: BPGD: CSF-105 SliderDaFeral Nov-03-12 54
      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-02-12 5
          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Vehrec Sep-02-12 11
              RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-03-12 13
                  RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Prince Charon Sep-21-12 48
          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 rwpikul Sep-07-12 31
     RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Zox Sep-02-12 7
          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-02-12 8
          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Vehrec Sep-02-12 10
              RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-03-12 12
                  RE: BPGD: CSF-105 JFerio Sep-03-12 21
              RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Zox Sep-03-12 15
              RE: BPGD: CSF-105 laudre Sep-03-12 17
                  RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-03-12 18
                      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 laudre Sep-03-12 20
                      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 BeardedFerret Sep-04-12 23
              RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Terminus Est Sep-03-12 19
                  RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Senji Nov-15-12 55
                      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Terminus Est Nov-16-12 56
      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 CdrMike Sep-02-12 9
      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 The Traitor Sep-03-12 16
   RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Malkarris Sep-03-12 14
   RE: BPGD: CSF-105 The Traitor Sep-04-12 24
      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-04-12 25
          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Offsides Sep-05-12 26
              RE: BPGD: CSF-105 JFerio Sep-05-12 27
              RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-05-12 28
                  RE: BPGD: CSF-105 pjmoyermoderator Sep-05-12 29
                      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-05-12 30
                      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 goosey Sep-11-12 32
                          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-11-12 33
   RE: BPGD: CSF-105 BeardedFerret Sep-11-12 34
      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-11-12 35
          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 BlackAeronaut Sep-11-12 36
              RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-11-12 37
                  RE: BPGD: CSF-105 BlackAeronaut Sep-11-12 38
                      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 BeardedFerret Sep-12-12 39
                  RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Offsides Sep-12-12 40
                      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 CdrMike Sep-12-12 41
                      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Star Ranger4 Sep-12-12 42
                          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 ebony14 Sep-13-12 43
                          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Offsides Sep-13-12 44
                      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 JFerio Sep-13-12 45
                      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 The Traitor Sep-28-12 49
                          RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Prince Charon Oct-06-12 50
   RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Zemyla Sep-14-12 46
      RE: BPGD: CSF-105 Gryphonadmin Sep-14-12 47


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