06-10-2009, 02:43 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Dec 2004
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GURPS: Spaceships Inquiry.
Came up with an idea for a Transhuman style solar sail ship. Run by a large collection of families. I mean really large. On the order of a quarter million folks. Wanted to make it a rock body/armour (hollowed out asteroid) that spun for gravity. Uses solar panels for power and travels the system virtually non-stop with a large solar sail or plasma sail.
Ran into a problem. A spaceship cannot be given a space sail if it's SM exceeds it's TL. So as I understand it, Transhuman space is TL 10. So that means I can only make the ship as big as SM +10 yes?
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06-10-2009, 04:40 PM | #2 |
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Re: GURPS: Spaceships Inquiry.
That's the general consensus. Basically, TL10 with delayed "fast pulse power storage," i.e. the power cells necessary for TL10 personal energy weapons.
A ship like the one you mention might work better as a cycler. Place it in an eccentric solar orbit so it will make periodic close passes to Earth and Mars. More station than ship at that point, perhaps.
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06-11-2009, 04:06 PM | #3 | |
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Re: GURPS: Spaceships Inquiry.
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