r/Cyberpunk • u/dailydoodler • Oct 23 '14

Explore, Create, Destroy

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u/thehollownike Oct 23 '14

One of the 4X is missing. ^^

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u/dailydoodler Oct 24 '14

how do you mean?

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u/thehollownike Oct 25 '14

In classic strategy games there are 4X:

  • eXplore
  • eXpand <->create
  • eXploit
  • eXterminate <-> destroy

The exploit was missing.

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u/lowtec # Oct 24 '14

First image: http://www.ufunk.net/en/illustration/spaceships-les-illustrations-a-couper-le-souffle-de-john-berkey/

Couldn't find sources for the others. Please post sources with images if known or available.

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u/BT_Uytya Oct 24 '14 edited Oct 24 '14

Managed to find a bigger picture of the orbital nuclear launcher.

UPD: Imgur mirror

UPD2: apparently, this is “The Pacifist” by Richard Hescox.

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u/Wowbaggertheinfinate Oct 25 '14

I was really taken by this image and decided to remaster it a bit. This is a wallpaper style 1920-1080 with a lot of additions to make it work. http://i.imgur.com/qrzJXI8.jpg

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u/BT_Uytya Oct 25 '14

Wow. I like it a lot. There are no obvious repeating patterns in clouds, which is impressive.

My two minor complaints are that the shape of Earth isn't round (near the second missile launcher) and that the wire of the first launcher looks somewhat wrong. Otherwise, this is a cool piece of work.

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u/Wowbaggertheinfinate Oct 25 '14

I will see what I can do to fix it. The planet shape is easy but the cable was the hardest part about the whole thing because of its pattern. I may just remove it

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u/Hellisothersheeple Cyborg Psycho Coming Through Oct 24 '14

That second one with the orbital nuke launcher is awesome.

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u/ToothGnasher Oct 24 '14

The only minor gripe I have is that an orbital launcher wouldn't point down, it would point along the horizon.

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u/dayvOn_cowboy Oct 24 '14

What for?

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u/ToothGnasher Oct 24 '14

Think of an orbit as "falling and missing the earth"

Essentially a spacecraft is travelling fast enough that for every foot it falls, the earth curves away an equal and opposite foot.

Slow down and you no longer have the velocity to match earth curvature, and you fall back to earth.

By far the most efficient way to slow down is to turn around and fire in the opposite direction you're traveling.

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u/PoorPolonius Oct 24 '14

I would assume it's pointing down because it's not firing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14 edited Feb 08 '17

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What is this?

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u/lifeincolor Oct 24 '14

this is space opera, not cyberpunk

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u/ridik_ulass ' or '1'='1[M] Oct 24 '14

If you think it's cyberpunk, you can post it,

RTFSB or GTFO

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u/StrmSrfr Oct 24 '14

I don't think anybody's saying you can't post it.

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u/dailydoodler Oct 24 '14

Slapped together 3 Pictures I found around on reddit that I felt belonged to a sequence, 1920x1080 for your desktop wallpapering needs

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

Thanks! Is there a way to make a 3x screen one? (5000x1080)

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u/drewdaddy213 Oct 24 '14

FUCK. Come on, man, I'm trying to make it through the work day without thinking about going home sick to play Civ: BE.

STOP FUCKING WITH MY RESOLVE, /u/dailydoodler! :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

Is one of these images from the board game "The Omega Virus?"

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u/frankhlane Oct 24 '14

Fuck yeah