Marcatlas
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Yes, it is 100% relevant as that is how the rules say it gets from A to B in real space.I have, many times, but it is not relevant.
Yes, it is 100% relevant as that is how the rules say it gets from A to B in real space.I have, many times, but it is not relevant.
WILL you please STOP with the bad MANNERS. If you want a discussion and highlight things use the bold, highlight, underline etc - caps are an indication of snarkiness.Not if it is grav drive. But, propellentless is the same as reactionless. Propellant being the REACTION mass. Without a REACTION MASS there is no propulsion from a REACTION drive.
But not how they maneuver when in combat - which is dogfighting. When in combat your momentum magically disappears.Yes, it is 100% relevant as that is how the rules say it gets from A to B in real space.
depends on the edition. In some Like Mg1 and Cepheus) the grav drive creates its own gravity and doesn't rely on an external gravity field.Depends on the edition.
You do need a large enough gravitational field for the manoeuvre drive to anchor on, and freely manoeuvre upto a thousand diameters.
You say that now when you think you're gonna ride the crest . . . Wait'll you hit the trough . . .With Traveller gravitcs perhaps you can sail gravitational waves...
Slap that jump tape in the pioneer, and crank it up!Everyone knows the nozzles on the backs of the ships are light bulbs tied to the throttle. The brighter the light, the faster the ship is accelerating.
It's like those 3rd brake lights we have, or turn signals...required equipment in civilized space so folks can see what it going on.
So when I am in a steep gravitational gradient and the ship ahead of me brings his thruster-plates on really bright, and then they dim, come on bright again and go dark, I know he has just stalled the Fusion Reactor?Everyone knows the nozzles on the backs of the ships are light bulbs tied to the throttle. The brighter the light, the faster the ship is accelerating.
It's like those 3rd brake lights we have, or turn signals...required equipment in civilized space so folks can see what it going on.
Yea, or maybe he missed the clutch and blew the shift.I know he has just stalled the Fusion Reactor?
For MT you'd probably be rightSo when I am in a steep gravitational gradient and the ship ahead of me brings his thruster-plates on really bright, and then they dim, come on bright again and go dark, I know he has just stalled the Fusion Reactor?
Based on the spectrum I'd say his Thruster plates are misaligned . . .Norris' Yacht art:
It rocks the old style dish slots.Based on the spectrum I'd say his Thruster plates are misaligned . . .
We make every pretense of competency around here.While some of the earlier replies got a little testy, the humor in the last few pages is too good to miss!
In its second edition (1981). First edition had it, but with absolutely bonkers fuel burn rates that disregarded not just mass but also volume.CT Book 2 has nothing about using fuel per burn for the M Drive. It wasn't designed as a reaction drive that burns fuel
77 doesn't.All version of LBB2 use propellantless drives. As long as there is power you can maneuver. Unlimited Delta-V in other words.