• dmir@gehirneimer.de
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    3 days ago

    There actually might be no war at all, because some things make warfare between these two species that much more difficult.

    Behind the spoiler are details from Project Hail Mary, so if you’re planning on reading/watching it yourself, best not to look there.

    Spoilers
    • There is a massive difference between Earth’s and Erid’s atmosphere requiring so much preparation and war engineering from either party
    • That said, Rocky was able to make a sort of a spacesuit that worked extremely well, at least in the Hail Mary spaceship’s atmosphere (which wasn’t 1:1 earthlike, I believe)
    • That suit was made out of Xenonite, which is a substance Earth cannot compete with, probably making damn good armor
    • Earth has little to nothing to survive Eridian atmosphere in warfare circumstances: no material or tech that can be used for a spacesuit here, certainly not in the amounts for planetary combat, especially given the air supply that would be required

    Either side’s troops seem so fragile in the enemy condition and so unconquerable on their own turf.

    Honestly, Earth and Erid could make formidable allies more than anything, because a war between the two would be very stalemate-y attrition-type deal.

    • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
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      3 days ago

      There is a massive difference between Earth’s and Erid’s atmosphere

      Grunts breathe METHANE, that’s why they wear the masks and backpacks… and explode if you shoot them in the right spot.

      • dmir@gehirneimer.de
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        2 days ago

        I was thinking of the pressure difference and a spacesuit that allowed enough dexterity to do combat.

        And again, with Xenonite, shooting it even in the right spot is kinda too tricky for the terrans.