I like action games, including FPS, with RPG elements.
Borderlands and Diablo - I like that you can just jump in and start blasting without really having to read anything about the setting or characters
Fallout and Cyberpunk 2077 - slower paced and less immediately fun than the previous two, but the action does keep the story interesting
Pure RPGs can be fun as an engineering project - twisting the game’s systems to create unbalanced character builds.
Maybe they’re looking at SLS numbers and ignoring reusable rockets like Starship? Perhaps it would not be feasible to move a sufficient mass of shielding into orbit using the $2 billion per flight, one time use SLS.
If someone already quietly had similar tech maneuvering their satellites, and wanted to remain the only actor with eyes in the sky that can’t be shot down or eventually chased down due to lack of fuel.
thank you
Missed opportunity: “Standard Missile” is an actual weapon, deployed and in use today.
you don’t know what’s in there. could be pumpkin spice.
Voyager: " . . . and I think I saw a two‽"
NASA: “Don’t worry old friend, there’s no such thing as two.”
The waiting is how you know its giving you correct answers.
Shield charging is too fun - like bowling with bandits for pins and you’re the ball.
won’t somebody think of the parasites shareholders‽
the entire industry: “…and also fragment our offerings across a dozen different subscription services.”
The monk beats both other PCs unconscious and then uses the knife to cut off as much apple as they care to eat.
@aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com draw for me Calvin and Hobbes style comic, set in Starry Night by van Gogh, while the characters are on a sled and discussing the inevitable heat death of the universe.
Some people find hydrostatic equilibrium aesthetically pleasing.