The Lunar War

- The Lunar War - Brainchild of @L5Resident, TLW is a worldbuilding and art project dedicated to visualizing the near future expansion of humanity in space, its efforts to industrialize cislunar space, and the conflicts this new frontier leads to.

@TheREALeataTREE @ToughSf NISO is 150m long, the tanks store 14334m3 of fuel, a mixture of densified liquid oxygen and slush hydrogen at a 6:1 ratio, with a mixed density of 422.5 kg/m3, for 6056t of fuel (and 750t dry). With an Isp of 600s, that's 13km/s of DeltaV, which is plenty for a Cislunar warship.

@ToughSf If I have a nitpick, it's that unless the scale is a lot bigger than I think it is, there isn't a lot of room for propellant tanks here. Delta-V will be low given that dry mass will be a large fraction of wet.

Now THAT'S a scientifically accurate Hard-SF space warship! The level of detail is amazing, and you can clearly trace every feature on its surface to a specific need or role.

@TheLunarWar @dennis_sre The hot radiators appearing white under sunlight but red in shadow is a really neat detail.

@TheMeanHog NISO got a bit of a retcon & face lift.

@TheLunarWar Did Nem get more lasers???

Allons enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de Gloire est arrivé. Contre nous de la tyrannie, L'étendard sanglant est levé. #theLunarWar #BastilleDay 🇫🇷

Pleased to announce another Patreon post has been made free to the public! patreon.com/TheLunarWar/po…

@TheLunarWar That was a great way to present the scattering/reflection problem of radiation shielding. I hope more people get to see it.

New Post ! patreon.com/TheLunarWar/po…

Space warships for @TheLunarWar, with drop tanks to increase deltaV and radiators deployed to keep the lasers cool. The third image is what you see if you get its attention. Great #space #art by @voubi1 artstation.com/artwork/Gv3OaW

Tangental to my xkcd 2501 sins; OV-1 for the space domain of @thelunarwar Captured probably 90% of what youll find in, around and effecting the space domain by the time of TLW

Getting back into the swing of things with more @TheLunarWar #digitalart #space

patreon.com/posts/neutral-… The Pandava class write up is now free and public As promised, just about everything on the TLW Patreon will be made public eventually, patrons just get early access.

A perk of being a patron is getting an early look. Just about all posts will eventually be made public however. With that we are pleased to publicly unveil the pride of the PLASF fleet, the "Wolf" class. patreon.com/posts/whos-afr…

Fan made posters for #TheLunarWar on the American side. Organizations listed in the second poster are non-canonical.

patreon.com/posts/neutral-… Pandava class post is now free. As promised, just about everything on the TLW Patreon will be made public eventually, patrons just get early access.

Step 1: Circle the Moon. Step 2: Moon landing. Step 3: Build gigantic space-based solar power stations on the back of a cislunar economy, beaming down gigawatts from GEO. #space #art by @voubi1 and @TheLunarWar team. artstation.com/artwork/5WgmmA

Patches are in and live! Running a release sale for the next 2 weeks! etsy.com/listing/173649…

NEW O'Neil state flag patches are in and on sale ( through march 26 ) As they're a bulk run compared to hand made, they're super cheap compared to their predecessor as well as higher quality

New velcro backed O'Neill state flag patches coming soon to the official shop of @TheLunarWar As the per unit NRE is significantly less (bulk order) they will be significantly cheaper and higher quality than those previously listed. Should be able 10-15 per patch

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