How would real space war actually work? From stealth myths to fuel limits, explore the brutal physics shaping starships, tactics, and survival in deep space combat.

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Fleet of the Void - Designing Warships for Deep Space

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Editor: Keith Oxenrider

Graphics: Darth Biomech, Fishy Tree, Jeremy Jozwik, Legiontech, Udo Schroeter

Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic Chris Zabriskie & Stellardrone

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:53 The Strategic Context – Fighting in the Infinite

4:40 Unpredictable Motion and Limited Fuel Workarounds

6:37 Why Not Use Robot Pilots and Just Dodge Forever?

8:00 The Tethered Fleet: A fuel saving trick

10:13 No Stealth in Space

16:34 Warship Design: Built for the Void, Not for Hollywood

21:31 Command and Crew: Flesh, Steel, and Silence

25:43 Real Engineering

26:43 Life Support

28:06 Tactics in the Deep

31:42 Philosophy of the Void

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