Need Help on "Semi-Hard" Classic SF Spaceship Design

Fred Brackin · 04-20-2022, 11:37 AM

Okay, I've read all of these but not lately.

Reaction drives? That's not the idea I got. I always assumed no fuss/no muss Reactionless. Those "fuel" limits are more likely ased on the old misusndertanding about how fast nuclear power plants burn fuel i.e. on a scale of years and not days.

Very specifically, there are no felt G-forces. If the super-low G insectiod Dr Prilicla can go on ambulance calls there's nothing a human would even feel. Pricla's personal G-field device would seem to have a whole ship version.

The heavy beam weapons of the big ships appear to be Force Beams from UT. Those didn't make to spaceships officially but ISTR once calcluating them to be dDam2 and R2 but with no Armor divisor. This should match the stats for TL10 Lasers and Force beams in UT.

Obviously there's at least some sort of FTL comms. Specificaly the low information "distrtess signals" the ambulance ships respond to.

04-20-2022, 11:37 AM	#2
Fred Brackin Join Date: Aug 2007	Re: Need Help on "Semi-Hard" Classic SF Spaceship Design Okay, I've read all of these but not lately. Reaction drives? That's not the idea I got. I always assumed no fuss/no muss Reactionless. Those "fuel" limits are more likely ased on the old misusndertanding about how fast nuclear power plants burn fuel i.e. on a scale of years and not days. Very specifically, there are no felt G-forces. If the super-low G insectiod Dr Prilicla can go on ambulance calls there's nothing a human would even feel. Pricla's personal G-field device would seem to have a whole ship version. The heavy beam weapons of the big ships appear to be Force Beams from UT. Those didn't make to spaceships officially but ISTR once calcluating them to be dDam2 and R2 but with no Armor divisor. This should match the stats for TL10 Lasers and Force beams in UT. Obviously there's at least some sort of FTL comms. Specificaly the low information "distrtess signals" the ambulance ships respond to. __________________ Fred Brackin