Space pirates? Yes, space pirates.

[Felya]

You've been stupid before, but this is a new low.

Does this page give out achievements for random idiocy?

Because you deserve something for this gem of random nonsense.

I think those are infractions... but, even at base level... do you even know how much that insych dude paid to even try to go to space? With the cost of entry, there really isn’t any booty there to justify it. Just base level... what is the first thing I would need, to be a space pirate. How ever much it costs for Russians to shoot me up there? That would be the start... how big can my pirate crew be? 2 or 3? At least 1, right?

[Powerogue]

Good to see our administration also gets all their know-how from video games. Space pirates are second only to Robotic Ghost Space Pirates on the list of extraterrestrial threats.

[Dontrike]

Welp, it's time to call in the Galaxy Rangers!

Fuck that, they'll live with us in our home with a small number of other hotties that love us, like Tenchi Muyo. I mean who doesn't want this kind of space pirate?

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It does sound silly at this stage of our ventures into space. But *shrugs, who knows what the future will contain? There has already been talk of developing private space trips to the moon and vacations on space stations. Sounds crazy I know. But several things have happened which would have sounded crazy years ago. Being prepared for the improbable can be a sound decision at times. You can disagree with it being good steps now and I can understand that position.

To be fair those talks have been happening since the 70's.

[Vankrys]

GOP: universal health care is too expensive
GOP: let's spend billions to protect against space pirate

Priorities man, priorities

[Ghostpanther]

GOP: universal health care is too expensive
GOP: let's spend billions to protect against space pirate

Priorities man, priorities

I agree with this. But you would still have the same stuff going on with wasting money on lower priorities with the Democrats. Universal health care in the US would cost trillions ( not billions ) of dollars. But that is another topic and I do not want to derail the thread.

[D Luniz]

please, we dont even have Sky Pirates yet

pirates have been slacking to the point they are over 110 years behind the curve

[Orange Joe]

I agree with this. But you would still have the same stuff going on with wasting money on lower priorities with the Democrats. Universal health care in the US would cost trillions ( not billions ) of dollars. But that is another topic and I do not want to derail the thread.

How much does healthcare currently cost Americans as a whole?

[Kraenen]

There will be criminals following humans where ever we go. And that is all pirates are. A group of criminals. 3 people hijack your car. Those are criminals and you could also say correctly, they are pirates.

Yup, so it sounds like in theory you agree with the idea.

[Dontrike]

I agree with this. But you would still have the same stuff going on with wasting money on lower priorities with the Democrats. Universal health care in the US would cost trillions ( not billions ) of dollars. But that is another topic and I do not want to derail the thread.

And getting to space to the point where pirates are a thing that are common, would cost hundreds of trillions, but why let simple logic like that ruin your weird rhetoric.

[Breccia]

How much does healthcare currently cost Americans as a whole?

Is that before, or after, Trump got us better health care, for more people, for less money?

I mean, that sounds like something we should be focusing on instead of the Space Force he promised. In fact, I might even call that "wasting money on lower priorities".

[Belize]

No love for my boy Harlock? Come on guys, I thought you all more cultured than that

[Dontrike]

No love for my boy Harlock? Come on guys, I thought you all more cultured than that
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That looks like a scrapped design for a character in Symbiotic Titan.

[Belize]

That looks like a scrapped design for a character in Symbiotic Titan.

How very dare you, Albator/Captain Harlock is a classic. A goddamn classic!

[Adam Jensen]

I mean, mayyyybe in the far future where space travel is both easy and commonplace. So long as it costs billions to launch a vehicle in space and tens of billions in infrastructure and resources before you can even get to that, I'm pretty sure our space booty is safe.

Right. The risk reward at this time for "space piracy" makes the idea ludicrous and unnecessary for decades, if not centuries.

[Stormspark]

Right. The risk reward at this time for "space piracy" makes the idea ludicrous and unnecessary for decades, if not centuries.

Plus, once the space pirates do eventually surface, we'll have Samus to deal with them. Speaking of which, l really hope they annnounce Prime Trilogy for the Switch at E3. It needs to happen.

[snothlord]

Ted Cruz is a fucking loathsome human being but I can envisage practical ways in which low-cost space piracy could occur. This is not one of the many, many things I would choose to flay this loathsome little rat in his own urine over.

[Wyrt]

I agree with this. But you would still have the same stuff going on with wasting money on lower priorities with the Democrats. Universal health care in the US would cost trillions ( not billions ) of dollars. But that is another topic and I do not want to derail the thread.

The US already spends trillions on healthcare and it's the worst system of any developed nation.

If we do healthcare right and model it based on other countries it should cost us less, not more, than what it does now.

[smityx]

Gundams are Japanese. We need American mecha!

We have them already.

[Sunseeker]

We have them already.

I wonder why we don't have defense contractors jizzing in their pants over this?

[smityx]

I wonder why we don't have defense contractors jizzing in their pants over this?

Guessing to big a target on a battlefield. Stands to tall with flat surfaces and would be easily targeted and disabled/destroyed. I could maybe forsee possible armored exo-suits with the capability to get low and behind cover. But mecha size objects will probably never be a thing.