Mike wrote: > Gate on a plants surface? That was how the Stargate show did it. If it is possible to build a gate on the surface, why bother to put it in orbit?
- Safety/Quarantine. But with plenty of worlds, why not put your quarantine station on another planet? - Cargo handling. What happens to a wheeled vehicle if one half is through the gate and the other half isn't? Zero-G could be helpful. > Habitable or not? With plenty of habitable worlds to choose from (the case in Stargate), why bother with inhabitable ones? > Orbit? > Deep in space? Only if the system requires relays. > How much you to move thru it? Hamilton probably had it right -- if you want to move high amounts of cargo, use trains. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
