Onno Meyer schrieb am 2011-09-15:
> The cinematic image is of course Jabba's barge from Star Wars,
> but were the sails more than just show? I'm prepared to go with
> science fantasy here -- how realistic are contragrav, jump
> drives, and stars arranged in a hexgrid? -- but I'd like to
> think about the laws of physics before I break them.
- The configuration of the sails on the Hutt Sail Barge tells me that it is
mainly for protection against the desert sun. It looks more like a covered
wagon than a sail boat.
- In the StarWars-Universe, energy seems to be cheap. In a GURPS Space or
Traveller setting, the sail could/would/should probably be used for solar
energy as well. On a desert planet it could be enough to power the contragrav.
- There is a precedent for sailing "in just one liquid": interplanetary solar
sails.
Nice dice,
Nils.
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