I've heard this tactic used in many stories: Using an EMP to disable enemy ships. My question is why haven't interstellar spacecraft "hardened" their electrical systems to withstand a strong magnetic pulse? Surely they pass through immense magnetic fields during their travels, what allows them to successfully navigate all the way to Earth only to be taken out by a 20th century human invention? Better yet go back another century and check out a neat construction by Michael Faraday. Hint.
First off, it would be extremely hard to construct a ship wde Faraday cage that would cover all systems. Unless you could make the entire ship function as it's own Faraday cage. Second, and much more importantly, these stories are works of pure fiction, and as such, the author has no responsibility to adhere to strict scientific possibility. Also, being that the timeline is set in the future, who's to say that EMP weapons haven't been advanced to the point that they are capable of defeating any anti EMP protection that may be employed.
@rancidmarmot1994 True, this is science fiction. While any scenario is possible I'm only questioning this oft-used tactic. Like quantum everything, EMP blasts are a fall-back catch-all aliens apparently haven't yet accounted for in battle defenses. Perhaps not a literal Faraday cage but shielding to protect against magnetic waves and pulses relatively common throughout space.
@rondohunter8966 @rondohunter8966 Agreed, they'd have to have incorporated sufficient shielding to protect against all kinds of deep space anomalies that any craft made to transverse the incredible distances involved would be sure to encounter. Quasars, solar flares, pulsars, and any number of celestial entities would pose quite the challenge to overcome. I was only surmising that things like EMP's would be sure to have been weaponised in a time when galactic warfare had become common place. I'm certainly no expert, but I would feel safe in assuming that it's quite feasible that EMP's could be magnified and concentrated into a beam capable of blowing through quite a bit of shielding. Of course, it's all academic but still entertaining to discuss what might or might not be theoretically possible when our descendants evolve to the point that our civilization has become type 2 or higher on the Kardashev scale. I have to say one of the best things about the growth of social media is the pleasant surprise of encountering someone with similar interests in one of these comment sections. Then, having an interesting conversation that under other circumstances, you would never have had the pleasure of experiencing.
@@rancidmarmot1994 Agree. It has been quite pleasant and interesting to discuss possible and potential problems associated with future space travel. I like to think of it like Star Trek. When it was made Gene Roddenberry insisted that all scenarios be made as realistic as possible, or explainable. Thus far most of what they have done has been considered possible by physics as we now know it. Even the teleporter. Because atoms are in constant motion it is impossible to determine exactly where one may be in space at any given moment. The teleporter converts all your atoms into energy that is then sent to a distant place to be materialized once more. However because atoms are in constant motion, how can the teleporter know exactly where to put each atom back in it's original place and position? Simple explanation: The Heisenberg compensator. He came up with the theory so he gets to name the fictional device that allows the teleporter to properly operate. (Oh I've got a nice side story by Stephen King about being teleported. Not a good idea.)
@rondohunter8966 The teleporter, imo has always been one of the most intriguing ideas Roddenberry came up with among a host of intriguing ideas. Another one of my favorites was the incorporation of dilithium crystals to power the warp drive as the amount of power needed to achieve, let alone sustain FTL travel, is almost unfathomable. I've got to look up King's take on horror via the teleporter. I've never heard that he entertained the concept. Now that I know, I don't think I'll be able to rest without reading it. Lol
Fantastic. Turing are you ready. And Turing muttered. What a shot at AI. The Turing test by Alan Turing in 1949, test a machines ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour. AI = Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Idiot guess it depends on the programmer.
Ye need the ai speaker to take lessons in proper English speech patterns. All the pauses are in the wrong places and there's some pronunciation errors.
I wonder if I can get a job being a proofreader for these stupid things? At least the text will be correct. Though I haven't the voice for narration...what the heck I can do better than this.
I've heard this tactic used in many stories: Using an EMP to disable enemy ships. My question is why haven't interstellar spacecraft "hardened" their electrical systems to withstand a strong magnetic pulse? Surely they pass through immense magnetic fields during their travels, what allows them to successfully navigate all the way to Earth only to be taken out by a 20th century human invention? Better yet go back another century and check out a neat construction by Michael Faraday. Hint.
First off, it would be extremely hard to construct a ship wde Faraday cage that would cover all systems. Unless you could make the entire ship function as it's own Faraday cage. Second, and much more importantly, these stories are works of pure fiction, and as such, the author has no responsibility to adhere to strict scientific possibility. Also, being that the timeline is set in the future, who's to say that EMP weapons haven't been advanced to the point that they are capable of defeating any anti EMP protection that may be employed.
@rancidmarmot1994 True, this is science fiction. While any scenario is possible I'm only questioning this oft-used tactic. Like quantum everything, EMP blasts are a fall-back catch-all aliens apparently haven't yet accounted for in battle defenses. Perhaps not a literal Faraday cage but shielding to protect against magnetic waves and pulses relatively common throughout space.
@rondohunter8966 @rondohunter8966 Agreed, they'd have to have incorporated sufficient shielding to protect against all kinds of deep space anomalies that any craft made to transverse the incredible distances involved would be sure to encounter. Quasars, solar flares, pulsars, and any number of celestial entities would pose quite the challenge to overcome. I was only surmising that things like EMP's would be sure to have been weaponised in a time when galactic warfare had become common place. I'm certainly no expert, but I would feel safe in assuming that it's quite feasible that EMP's could be magnified and concentrated into a beam capable of blowing through quite a bit of shielding. Of course, it's all academic but still entertaining to discuss what might or might not be theoretically possible when our descendants evolve to the point that our civilization has become type 2 or higher on the Kardashev scale. I have to say one of the best things about the growth of social media is the pleasant surprise of encountering someone with similar interests in one of these comment sections. Then, having an interesting conversation that under other circumstances, you would never have had the pleasure of experiencing.
@@rancidmarmot1994 Agree. It has been quite pleasant and interesting to discuss possible and potential problems associated with future space travel. I like to think of it like Star Trek. When it was made Gene Roddenberry insisted that all scenarios be made as realistic as possible, or explainable. Thus far most of what they have done has been considered possible by physics as we now know it. Even the teleporter. Because atoms are in constant motion it is impossible to determine exactly where one may be in space at any given moment. The teleporter converts all your atoms into energy that is then sent to a distant place to be materialized once more. However because atoms are in constant motion, how can the teleporter know exactly where to put each atom back in it's original place and position? Simple explanation: The Heisenberg compensator. He came up with the theory so he gets to name the fictional device that allows the teleporter to properly operate. (Oh I've got a nice side story by Stephen King about being teleported. Not a good idea.)
@rondohunter8966 The teleporter, imo has always been one of the most intriguing ideas Roddenberry came up with among a host of intriguing ideas. Another one of my favorites was the incorporation of dilithium crystals to power the warp drive as the amount of power needed to achieve, let alone sustain FTL travel, is almost unfathomable. I've got to look up King's take on horror via the teleporter. I've never heard that he entertained the concept. Now that I know, I don't think I'll be able to rest without reading it. Lol
Fantastic. Turing are you ready. And Turing muttered. What a shot at AI. The Turing test by Alan Turing in 1949, test a machines ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour. AI = Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Idiot guess it depends on the programmer.
Ye need the ai speaker to take lessons in proper English speech patterns. All the pauses are in the wrong places and there's some pronunciation errors.
I wonder if I can get a job being a proofreader for these stupid things? At least the text will be correct. Though I haven't the voice for narration...what the heck I can do better than this.