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Re: David Weber\'s Universe
There was discussion on Weber's books, Insurrections, In Deaths Ground, and the other 2 in an earlier thread way back but can't remember which one off hand. Definitly a good series, I enjoyed it better then the Harrington Series, Already read the Shiva Option, but I won't tell you how it ends since your still reading it.... excellent series on space combat and new races...
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Re: David Weber\'s Universe
The Honor Harrington thread includes a link to another thread about a StarFire mod.
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"The Honor Harrington thread includes a link to another thread about a StarFire mod."
Which is now DEFUNCT I should add.
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Which is now DEFUNCT I should add.
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The mod, or the thread?
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The scenerio. 
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Re: David Weber\'s Universe
coudl someone please explain what this david weber deal is. I sure wish i knew being the umm un-avid sci-fi reader i am. I used to read some but that was in 5-7th grade when anything looked good so i don't have much of a discerning taste anymore.
EDIT: like 20 words ran together
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Re: David Weber\'s Universe
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Originally posted by Skulky:
coudl someone please explain what this david weber deal is. I sure wish i knew being the umm un-avid sci-fi reader i am. I used to read some but that was in 5-7th grade when anything looked good so i don't have much of a discerning taste anymore.
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Well, SE4 gameplay and incremental upgrades of modular components (esp. weapons and the range & damage increments) feel very much like Starfire universe. In particular, two books by David Weber & Steve White called "On Death Ground" and "The Shiva Option"-- which means, "glassing" a planet because you can't afford the combat losses of a ground fight.
They end up using 4 levels of fighters, gunboats, drones, all of the normal ship sizes in different vehicle classes, varied weapons combinations & missile/fighter/point-defence/primary beam weapon vs. shield&armor battles, ECM & cloaking, warp point assaults, and, Last but certainly not least:
The risk of exploring and coming across a race that's bigger, nastier, more advanced, and regards your species as a tool-using food source which is (temporarily) inhabiting *their* planets.
[And why you should always scout cloaked.]
Anyway, the second book starts off with warp-point maps of around 100 stars, occupied by around a dozen different races, which explore, fight, trade technologies, etc. I've always assumed that SE4 was a spiritual descendant of Starfire plus military/Sci-Fi books-- something by S.M. Stirling-- "The Domination of the Draka", or David Drake, perhaps Horatio Hornblower.
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