----- Original Message -----
From: "Onno Meyer" <[email protected]>
To: "The GURPSnet mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [gurps] Slow warp drive setting
Dataweaver wrote this a couple of days ago, but I had to read
Spaceships 5 first:
[snip]
The first issue is whether or not dangerous speeds are attainable in a
year or so; if they are, armored hulls would be necessary for all
interstellar journeys.
The bubble must provide some mitigation, so why not make it
full protection?
In the 'The Quantum Connection' & 'Warp Speed' novels by Dr Travis Taylor,
(IIRC) the Alcubierre Warp Bubble is completely impervious _whilst in
effect_ due to preventing interaction between the universes inside &
outside.
However for things like Navigation & Vision, it needs to be dropped
periodically, during which periods it provides no inherent protection (Doc
Travis proposes a cycle long enough to allow visible light in, but short
enough to prevent most other things).
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