On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Onno Meyer wrote:
Johannes replied to me:
Constantly switch your contragrav on and off, and use the resulting
upwards and downwards (relative to the craft) winds for sailing.
Hello Johannes,
that would probably work, but it would turn the craft into a
kind of sailplane, which uses CG to gain altitude, and wings
(i.e. sails) to translate altitude into distance.
That doesn't match the look-and-feel I was aiming for, a
cross between Jabba's barge and Space:1899. The characters
come from a gleaming high-tech world, and the new vehicles
should drive the differences in the Traveller Imperium home.
The wings/sails could propably be mounted pointing upwards and downwards
(giving an overall similiar siluette to a plane, that has done the first
90 degrees of a roll). That would give a similiar look.
Granted a sailplane would be a more efficient use of the same
technologies, and other then tournament rules or fashion, i have no idea
why you would not use one instead.
One mans groundfloor is an other mans earthmissle
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