If a ship or boat has a power plant failure, I assume there would be emergency batteries to keep life support going. This is mentioned specifically in DGP's 'Starship Operators Manual Vol 1' on p16 where the 'Old Timer' recalls his ship's power plant being knocked out of commission by a Zhodhani missile. They jumped to safety as they had 'batteries to last life support for two weeks'.
Would these batteries be classed for ship design purposes as hull, power plant, life support or what? I'm assuming that artificial gravity grids would be turned off to save power and the rest of the equipment would work on reduced power to say 75% of normal.
What are people's thoughts on this?
Would these batteries be classed for ship design purposes as hull, power plant, life support or what? I'm assuming that artificial gravity grids would be turned off to save power and the rest of the equipment would work on reduced power to say 75% of normal.
What are people's thoughts on this?