Does the ship eed to be streamlined for space travel? Warp, jump, warp gate
or normal space? If it needs to be streamlined then a girder or like might
not be the best but ... it sure makes adding cargo and removing it alot
easier.. Sort of the reverse of current container ship, or just instead of
cargo containers inside, they are outside connected to the ships grid
work/main spine or spokes going out from the spine.. Cargo inspections might
be harder, but .. The patron who packaged up the cargo container is the one
who certifies that what is in it, is what is in it, its manifest and all..
But then you might have a MRI or like device to scan the whole container to
make sure its bulk engine parts and not illegal immigrants, illegal
biomatter or nuclear/bio-chemical weapons or like..
Mike
Alaska
Plackards, they are nice to have..
fire suppression in space?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Jackson" <[email protected]>
To: "The GURPSnet mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: View Ports Re: [gurps] Freight
On 6/26/2012 1:55 PM, Zan Lynx wrote:
I have a question. Is there any real point to having external structure
on a space freighter at all, ball shaped or otherwise?
Typically it's a question of 'does the cargo require expensive surface
features or other equipment to protect it during transit, which are not
needed before loading and after unloading'. If so, it may be more
economical to attach those surface features to the transport (which will
re-use them) than to the cargo containers. Otherwise, all you need is a
framework to hold the cargo in place. FTL ships frequently require a jump
grid or something similar. In the extreme case you have lighter aboard
ship designs, where the cargo is contained in its own space ship
(typically one that can go places the main ship can't, such as into
atmosphere).
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