Timeline for Non-Spin Artificial Gravity
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| Aug 19, 2017 at 15:27 | history | edited | Separatrix | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 18, 2017 at 22:17 | comment | added | Jeutnarg | minor note on this - some books by l e modesitt, jr. do the 'artificial gravity' thing, but they have flat decks. Basically, the ship looks like a cake baked in the shape of a ship (after you remove the outer hull). Reason given is that making artificial gravity curved would be super complicated - flat is easier. Also, reason why layers of decks wouldn't be useful for defense is that weaponry is so powerful that physical armor is basically meaningless. | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 19:10 | comment | added | Gregor Thomas | Doesn't have to be spherical - if the ship has multiple parallel decks, have "down" be a plane cutting through the middle. There's just a bit of awkwardness when you have to move from one half to the other. | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 18:08 | comment | added | Pharap | Can confirm spherical gravity generators are weird (and fun). | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 16:47 | comment | added | SethWhite | The enemy's gate is down | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 15:33 | vote | accept | Disgusting | ||
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| Aug 18, 2017 at 15:17 | comment | added | Disgusting | This is something I had considered, but my players designed their ship with no thought to science and I'd rather not change it too much. Also, I liked the idea of the gravity generator failing during a mission, but this may be the only sensible option. | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 14:21 | history | edited | Separatrix | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 18, 2017 at 14:17 | comment | added | Separatrix | @AricFowler, if it does actually affect your course then direction of travel is in practice the only logical option | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 14:14 | comment | added | Aric | You could have "down" as the direction you are moving in, so the ship is powered by the weight of its inhabitants. Of course, you'd need a way to reverse this to slow down again. | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 14:09 | history | answered | Separatrix | CC BY-SA 3.0 |