Mike wrote: > I know for an invasion where your parked at the edge of the system, > collecting your forces, having STL craft as assault craft, better than the > glider of WW2 for sure.
Going from the edge of the system to a habitable planet by STL is probably going to take many days or even weeks, at least with the GURPS 3E technologies and single-digit acceleration. The GURPS 4E Spaceships rules allow faster sublight ships. >From TL11 or so, it becomes reasonable to add hyperdrive or warp to short-endurance landing craft. They get an effective range of 0.1 to 0.5 parsecs, not enough for interstellar travel but plenty to go from the outer system to the habitable zone. > Ablative shielding for the ride down, be it the "gliders" above, or a drop > ship, or as a designated rally point or .. The rally point would be a recovery boat, not a drop ship. Like Starship Troopers. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
