Evening Evyn MacDude,
To be honest my though was that they had either smaller thruster plates or other gravitic tech that was used for take-off or landings. Then there was an article in some magazine with an illustration that had a grid on the field of a down port.
I am in the process of putting together a spreadsheet using DGP 872 Starship Operator's Manual (SOM) Vol. I Game Rules For Starship Operations pp. 59-65. The Computing Travel Time formula on p. 60 matches the GDW 0213 MT Imperial Encyclopedia's Travel Times To Orbit p. 92 that a ship with a 1G drive taking off from a size 8 world takes 38 minutes.
Tom Rux
From: "Evyn MacDude" <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [TML] 1G ship vs Size 8 world.
2nd Take-offs and landings are much simpler, streamlining becomes optional. Primarily it is for ships that do lots of high speed lower atmospheric maneuvering. (Hint, if a balloon can reach orbit so can a unstreamlined ship).
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Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 8:12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [TML] 1G ship vs Size 8 world.
I have been pondering the whole Contragravity vs thrust idea.
Consider the implications of of Contragravity as a shield from gravity model, for ship operations.
1st off all space flight becomes straight line paths for the most part, with gravity becoming a choice instead of the law. Near planet operations are much simpler.
2nd Take-offs and landings are much simpler, streamlining becomes optional. Primarily it is for ships that do lots of high speed lower atmospheric maneuvering. (Hint, if a balloon can reach orbit so can a unstreamlined ship).
3rd Honestly this is the model I have seen used in games and not the thrust model.
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Evyn
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