By air or by sea

Just following a similiar tack from my friend Vinnie's blog about his wierd science post. It was something I came across on a random search on google with regards to weapons tech. I stumbled across on this website called Deep Angel. Its an interesting site loaded with CG Image candy. The site was about the premise of future navies using supercavitation subs. Supercavitation occurs when an object moving though water reaches speeds in excess of 100 knots (110mph). If the object has a correctly shaped ‘cavitator’ on its nose, a bubble of air starts to form around the object... This extends to cover the entire object, and hence the object is no longer moving through water, but through air, which creates but a fraction of the friction. Supercavitation was discovered by Russian scientists when they first tested it on the "Squall" supercavitation torpedo back in the 1970's. This weapon technically tips over the known ideas relating to submarine warfare given that a supercavitation or supercav torpedo is many times faster than conventional torpedoes and gives the firing sub a longer threat range.

The website's content is pretty slow in content update but the current content so far is pretty good. The site has a section outlining the matter of a supercav submersible aircraft carrier and the use of supercav sub fighters. The mention of supercav sub-fighters and glossing over the text, made me remember plenty the old workhouse of a sub-fighter in XCOM 2: Terror From The Deep, the Barracuda sub-fighter. It also reminded me well enough the Spectre sub-fighters used in SeaQuest:DSV 2030 Tv show. CG graphics with underwater scenes are pretty great to watch, especially Blue Sub 6 in an episode where the Blue Fleet HQ was attacked by the mutants, most of the attack scenes were done in CG, courtesy of Gonzo. A non-CG reference to underwater vehicle shows would by Gerry Anderson's Stingray. Yep, the same guy responsible for Thunderbirds, Mysterons from Mars and Capt Scarlet. Too bad, I never considered such concept to be used in the old campaign days in high school. I never thought it be so cool in such an enviroment. Some of sub-fighters models in Deep Angel are capable of flying through the air to degree. The only thing lacking in the site is the kind of weapon systems to be deployed and used in the so-called Supercav age of this future navy.

Anyways, it was a fun look at that site. I guess an aquatic planet may be part of the travel destinations from the Twilight Empire sidestory Blaqueguard may prove interesting. :)