Jon replied to me: > Conversely, you could go anywhere of interest in the solar system > within weeks, and anywhere in the inner solar system within days; and > maneuvers in Earth orbit would take hours. You're not going to have > interstellar empires under these conditions; and most spaceships won't > be built for interstellar travel, even though it's conceivable that > they could manage it.
> Fuel limitations will be determined strictly by the power supply, as > is the case with any reactionless drive. If a ship is well built and maintained for week-long trips, she should be handle month-long trips without major trouble. Think of crossing the Atlantic in in a 40' or 50' sailboat -- it would be news if it fails, not if it works. > I cannot think of a reasonable justification for any sort of > superluminal sensors. Do you need reason or plausible deniability? > > * Can the non-pseudovelocity part of the drive be used in > > a gravity well? Multiple G for multiple months sounds > > pretty amazing. > > Non-pseudovelocity part? Please clarify. Possibly a mixup between your proposal and Johannes. I thought that the warp bubble magnified the effect of a thruster. > > * What is the payload fraction of a typical starship? > > I don't know for sure; that's left to the engineers to figure out. It is an important design decision and should be made, not figured. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
