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Old 06-29-2020, 11:32 PM   #11
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Default Re: [Heresy] Tanks for the space!

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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin View Post
Traveller engineers already seem to lack "normal" concerns about long-term storage of liquid hydrogen. To be specific, early 21st century Terra can't store LH2 for long periods of time. We have to make new LH2 before the current stock finishes leaking away. A human-sized door into the tanks would probably make that worse.
There are already human-sized access points into the fuel tanks. MegaTraveller has this to say about it:
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Originally Posted by Players' Manual
Starship Fuel Tanks: No character may enter a full starship fuel tank containing liquid hydrogen. Immersion of a character in liquid hydrogen, even a character wearing a protective vacc suit or battle dress, results in the death of that character in the first turn of immersion. Of course, should the liquid hydrogen tank be empty, then characters may traverse it as normal.
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