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I think some of the parties are government. Lifeline Assistance and Universal Service Fund do sound like be government entities. If I've understood correctly, libertarianism is much about individual choice. I doubt they have anything against a private entity engaging in largesse. The entity...

Aren't they? I would have placed them in the small ships category. edit: And in terms of your definition, aren't they meant to transport and deploy ordnance on target?

One possible definition of warships versus combat space stations might be 'if the primary purpose for which it was designed is to maneuver across significant distances to intercept and engage targets, it's a ship' and 'if it is not intended to intercept targets but rather engage enemies that...

In that case, wouldn't a more useful interpretation of 'stationary' in terms of objects in space be 'unable to maneuver to any significant degree' rather than 'relative velocity'? At least I think it is probably closer to what was meant. I like turtles.

But isn't all movement relative by definition? It all depends on the frame of reference, which doesn't really need to be stationary regarding anything, it is simply the point of observation where you fix the coordinate system. I'm having difficulty understanding your argument regarding motion...

In Finland we are currently undergoing our presidential election. The first round has just finished, and the two leading candidates will face off in the second round with the winner being elected. Both of the two candidates have somewhat controversial spouses. The leading candidate who is...

The Death Star had a hyperdrive and sublight drives, so things might be a bit blurred there. I guess it depends on the precise definition one is using.

Indeed the Wookieepedia seems to say so. I should wonder why much of the rest of the source material for an Imperial Star Destroyer I've read (Star Wars Incredible Cross Sections) has indicated that the globes are pure sensor devices, and that there is no benefit for placing a component of such...

I beg to differ on the first part, much due to reasons I've already stated. On the second part, can you provide me with some sources on that, as it seems like a pretty dumb thing to do without any in-universe reasons? The Wookieepedia makes no mention of this fact regarding shield emitters...

Not the square meters, but perhaps the percentages are relevant in a big-numbers game. I believe it has a lot to do with the arcs-of-fire of the weapons mounted on a ship, and a cube seems to have a difficult time competing in that regard. Assuming turreted instead of spinal-mounted weapons, of...

A cube or a sphere always has at least half of it's surface area concealed by the rest of the ship. A dagger or a needle shape, such as an Imperial Star Destroyer, can present a much higher percentage of it's surface area, and hence a lot more guns, to a target.

I've always liked the Imperial Star Destroyers.

Hmph. Well if you wanna get all technical about it... "No light? They always said there would be a — Ah..."

"Some day, someone like me is going to kill you and your whole fucking race."

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Perhaps so, but I would point to the substantial body of literary works in Middle and Early Modern English built up during the preceding three hundred years or so. I would say that by the time the Great Bible came out, English was not a system of speech that they were just figuring out how to...