Does Flight (Planetary) work outside an atmosphere (e.g. on the Moon)?

Michael Thayne · 05-08-2016, 11:10 AM

The title is pretty self-explanatory. The basic thing I'm wondering is how you'd represent the ability to fly if there is a body with significant gravitational pull nearby, but independently of atmosphere. Say your ceiling is 200 miles per standard gravity (G) of gravity. Flight (Space Flight, +50%; Planetary, -5%) seems natural, but officially those two modifiers can't be combined. What's the solution?

Anaraxes · 05-08-2016, 11:40 AM

I'd use Space Flight + Environmental.

The value of the Environmental given the example is pretty small. It doesn't really restrict your Flight at all, other than preventing you from travelling between planets. Everything else up to low orbit is available. Unless planet-hopping and deep-space battles, as opposed to adventures on the surfaces, is a major focus of the campaign, it's just a nuisance meaning you have to take the (presumed) regular planetary transport just like everyone else.

If deep space isn't relevant, then just use Planetary. The mod isn't really about the mechanisms of Flight; those are fluff text. It's about utility.

05-08-2016, 11:10 AM	#1
Michael Thayne Join Date: May 2010	Does Flight (Planetary) work outside an atmosphere (e.g. on the Moon)? The title is pretty self-explanatory. The basic thing I'm wondering is how you'd represent the ability to fly if there is a body with significant gravitational pull nearby, but independently of atmosphere. Say your ceiling is 200 miles per standard gravity (G) of gravity. Flight (Space Flight, +50%; Planetary, -5%) seems natural, but officially those two modifiers can't be combined. What's the solution?

05-08-2016, 11:40 AM	#2
Anaraxes Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: Does Flight (Planetary) work outside an atmosphere (e.g. on the Moon)? I'd use Space Flight + Environmental. The value of the Environmental given the example is pretty small. It doesn't really restrict your Flight at all, other than preventing you from travelling between planets. Everything else up to low orbit is available. Unless planet-hopping and deep-space battles, as opposed to adventures on the surfaces, is a major focus of the campaign, it's just a nuisance meaning you have to take the (presumed) regular planetary transport just like everyone else. If deep space isn't relevant, then just use Planetary. The mod isn't really about the mechanisms of Flight; those are fluff text. It's about utility. Last edited by Anaraxes; 05-08-2016 at 11:45 AM.