It's pretty much what I've seen too.
A ship 'lifts', 'levitates', whatever, off the ground & then it 'thrusts' away.
Heck, it's really hard to see how ships wouldn't use it when contragrav is used so much elsewhere, both civ & military.
From: Evyn MacDude <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 8:13 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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