[Spaceships] Can't find the right propulsion system

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by acrosome

So for the life of me the only option I seem to be able to find is a chemical rocket. But this seems like overkill at 3G acceleration. What I really need is just some sort of OMS, y'know? Have I missed some other option?

If "oms" means Orbital Maneuvering System such as found on the Spece shuttle that _was_ a chemical rocket. In fact it was one using hydrazine and nitrogen tet (storable at room tempeature though hgihly toxic) for fuel. It would ahve had a lower isp than the SSMEs but not an order of magnitude lower.

The OMS were a small pair of engines compared to the SSMEs and you could use a smaller than the normal SM chemical rocket for your workpod. That would cut accelration down to 1 G.