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Old 01-09-2021, 09:51 PM   #63
Fred Brackin
 
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Default Re: GURPS O'Neill Cylinder Design

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Originally Posted by Tyneras View Post


That article is about making a ships SM smaller than it's mass would indicate by making it mostly high density armor. I'm doing the opposite, making a ships SM much larger than its mass would indicate by turning it into mostly air.
Even making your ship/station 1 SM larger means you have to treat your armor as if it were a smaller system for the new SM. That would affect not only your dDR but your PF as well and I really wouldn't recommned it as a design decision. The Spaceships books havs multiple stations that are done at a standard SM.

However, if you feel like you just _have_ to do this that 1 SM change divides your average density by 3. That 21 to 25 chcnge youam ppear to eb contmeplating divides average density by _100_ and that is probably muhc more than is needed for the effect you want.

It would make more sense to me to build this as SM+25 and then just put in lots of Open Space.
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