On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 11:19 PM, David Jaques-Watson <xxxxxx@pcug.org.au> wrote:Dear Folks –
Catherine wrote:
> Other ships in the traffic pattern would also be unlikely to appreciate
being hit by such beams.
Firefly vs the Reavers.I consciously model the maneuver drives IMTU on the Firefly. Pulling a "hard burn in atmo" - like Wash and Kaylee did to that Reaver ship - is deliberately switching over from turbojet mode to fusion rocket (e.g. orbital-only) mode early. Not something you would do in a settled system (due to the radiation effects), but something you can get away with on a thinly-settled frontier moon.--Richard Aiken
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