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Can Dev explain the technology behind SOE Battle ship - Nestor ?

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Rabbit P
Nuwa Foundation
Fraternity.
#1 - 2014-08-31 01:35:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Rabbit P
Can dev explain why Nestor battleship can be built with 1/5 mass of a normal battleship and similar structure hitpoint compare to other battleship?
especially why Angel Cartel use some Jove technology but haven't built ships as light as Nestor? they also target to build a high speed vessel.
Absolutely Not Analt
Carebears on Fire
#2 - 2014-08-31 01:36:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Absolutely Not Analt
Rabbit P wrote:
Can dev explain why Nestor battleship can be built with 1/5 mass of a normal battleship and similar structure hitpoint compare to other battleship?


It uses Jove technology which is ahead of the technology available to the four empires.

The Jove are sort of the Deus Ex Machina of Eve. When you need a plausible excuse for why something seems a little off when compared to other things, invoking the Jove gives you an easy way out of the conundrum.

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Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#3 - 2014-08-31 01:42:55 UTC
Rabbit P wrote:
Can dev explain why Nestor battleship can be built with 1/5 mass of a normal battleship and similar structure hitpoint compare to other battleship?
especially why Angel Cartel use some Jove technology but haven't built ships as light as Nestor? they also target to build a high speed vessel.


Dude. Its a computer game. Who the hell cares. Stop trying to troll.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#4 - 2014-08-31 01:46:19 UTC
Show us on the doll where the bad Nestor Pilot touched your wormhole.





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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#5 - 2014-08-31 01:48:40 UTC
Normal battleships use a surprising amount of toilet rolls — the structural integrity per weight isn't stellar.
BuckStrider
Nano-Tech Experiments
#6 - 2014-08-31 02:04:13 UTC
Absolutely Not Analt wrote:
Rabbit P wrote:
Can dev explain why Nestor battleship can be built with 1/5 mass of a normal battleship and similar structure hitpoint compare to other battleship?


It uses Jove technology which is ahead of the technology available to the four empires.

The Jove are sort of the Deus Ex Machina of Eve. When you need a plausible excuse for why something seems a little off when compared to other things, invoking the Jove gives you an easy way out of the conundrum.


Would be a plausible, except you would have to explain the Briggs & Stratton lawnmower engine it uses for propulsion.

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Lothras Andastar
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2014-08-31 02:09:46 UTC
Legacy Code and Pssssssssssssh.

Because the Legacy Code has too much Psssssssssssssssh, nothing will ever get fixed until CCP stop wasting money on failed sparkle MMOs and instead rewrite the entire backend of EvE from scratch.
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#8 - 2014-08-31 02:28:25 UTC  |  Edited by: ShahFluffers
It has less mass because it is hollow inside... like a stripper or redhead or goth kid. If only CCP gave it enough of the proper amount of love to properly define it!

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Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#9 - 2014-08-31 03:54:57 UTC
its made out of plastic i think

how to fix eve: 1) remove ECM 2) rename dampeners to ECM 3) add new anti-drone ewar for caldari 4) give offgrid boosters ongrid combat value
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#10 - 2014-08-31 04:04:07 UTC
bobhax... at least that is the answer I give whenever things don't make sense. even if bob has been dead for however many years.

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Valkin Mordirc
#11 - 2014-08-31 05:03:25 UTC
SOE apparently Lore wise, did studies on the EVE-gate. So it's possible during the wormhole collapse that split the old earth explorers, from earth, caused some sort of 'super' Polymer type material that can be found near by.


That would be my made up explanation though. =P 
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Tara Vorkosigan
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2014-08-31 05:18:21 UTC
Could be the way they moved the drive systems to the ring results in a lower gravitic mass signature? I think that works with technobabble...
Sisohiv
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2014-08-31 05:30:46 UTC
Sisters
Of EVE

Women have less mass than men. So they make their ships lighter.

tl;dr Because bewbies.
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#14 - 2014-08-31 06:35:26 UTC
red goes fasta!

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Harrison Tato
Yamato Holdings
#15 - 2014-08-31 06:53:35 UTC
transparent aluminum
Yang Aurilen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#16 - 2014-08-31 07:40:47 UTC
RubyPorto wrote:
red goes fasta!


But it's white.X

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Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2014-08-31 08:09:29 UTC
Harrison Tato wrote:
transparent aluminum

transparent aluminium?!?!?!?!

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Adrie Atticus
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#18 - 2014-08-31 08:13:38 UTC
It's 90% empty, it's like a cruiser hull with a massive ring around it.

Also carbo-tanium.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#19 - 2014-08-31 08:42:40 UTC
Pssssssshhhhhhhh and Styrofoam

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Kestrix
The Whispering
#20 - 2014-08-31 09:05:49 UTC
Actually there is no technology behind the Nestor. What you'll find is that the Nestor is an entry on a data base that has a graphical representation and has a list of property's one of which being it's mass, altering this number will ether raise or lower it's mass. (I'm not a programmer so correct me if I'm wrong)

This is a computer game best try and not invent 'technology' to explain stuff and just accept that stuff does stuff.
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