Susan wrote: > If you want a reason to write a special ship. I'd write a series of > smaller modules that can be independent or can be connected to form a larger > ship...."Lego in space" > > There would be times where you'd want complete isolation of the various > groups of organisms. And micros, plants, fungus, insects, fish, and mammals > would be logical splits.
I'd really like a growth tank capable of handling a T-Rex, and enough room to carry a sedated dino around (i.e. enough to let it go on a rampage). A 20-hex species requires a 1,000-cf, 2.5-ton tank. The tank should be mounted on the sides of a big corridor, 30m wide and 20m high, to maneuver a dolly with the specimens. There could be just one of those corridors, running along the spine of a 200m or 300m ship, but having several of them would be sensible -- the plant department, the land animal department, the sea animal department ... A fully grown whale could be a 1,000-hex animal, and it would require a 50,000-cf, 125-ton tank. There won't be canals to let it out :-) It would be possible to have a control/hub core module and a couple of lab sections, forming an Y or a cross, but taking that down into the atmosphere to release a whale sounds iffy. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
