[Spaceships] Homebrew - Alternate Contragrav

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by ericthered

its a little of both: it protects against a class of weapons and counter-acts gravity. In some universes its a very effective shield.
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Against a weapon nobody would use considering that this would be a standard propulsion system if available. Actually I'd suggest making it effective against missiles as well, but not beam weapons.

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Against a weapon nobody would use considering that this would be a standard propulsion system if available. Actually I'd suggest making it effective against missiles as well, but not beam weapons.

Just curious, but what would be your in game reasoning / techno-babble as light is just as effected by gravity as matter?

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

Just curious, but what would be your in game reasoning / techno-babble as light is just as effected by gravity as matter?

Well, sort of. Gravity is generally more relevant to slow objects. A lot of 'gravity'-based drive systems are likely to have boundary conditions that would be problematic for low velocity projectiles, though I'm not sure why this particular system would.

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

Just curious, but what would be your in game reasoning / techno-babble as light is just as effected by gravity as matter?

No, not just as. My explanation is that the higher the mass the greater the effect.