Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Seems obvious in hindsight, off set seating.
Going by Dumarest, we know the Traveller iteration of cattle class.
Going by Dumarest, we know the Traveller iteration of cattle class.
Ship Design Philosophy
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Emperor Mongoose
Starships: Chariots of the Gods
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Engineering
This is how gravitic motors function.
This is how gravitic motors function.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Hull
Graphene (/ˈɡræf.iːn/)[1][2] is an allotrope of carbon in the form of a two-dimensional, atomic-scale, hexagonal lattice in which one atom forms each vertex. It is the basic structural element of other allotropes, including graphite, charcoal, carbon nanotubes and fullerenes. It can also be considered as an indefinitely large aromatic molecule, the ultimate case of the family of flat polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Graphene and its band structure and Dirac Cones, effect of a grid on doping
Graphene has many unusual properties. It is about 200 times stronger than the strongest steel. It conducts heat and electricity very efficiently and is nearly transparent.[3] Graphene also shows a large and nonlinear diamagnetism,[4] even greater than graphite, and can be levitated by Nd-Fe-B magnets.
Scientists have theorized about graphene for years. It has likely been unknowingly produced in small quantities for centuries, through the use of pencils and other similar applications of graphite. It was originally observed in electron microscopes in 1962, but only studied while supported on metal surfaces.[5] The material was later rediscovered, isolated and characterized in 2004 by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester.[6][7] Research was informed by existing theoretical descriptions of its composition, structure and properties.[8] High-quality graphene proved to be surprisingly easy to isolate, making more research possible. This work resulted in the two winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010 "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene."[9]
The global market for graphene is reported to have reached $9 million by 2012 with most sales in the semiconductor, electronics, battery energy and composites industries.[10]
Graphene (/ˈɡræf.iːn/)[1][2] is an allotrope of carbon in the form of a two-dimensional, atomic-scale, hexagonal lattice in which one atom forms each vertex. It is the basic structural element of other allotropes, including graphite, charcoal, carbon nanotubes and fullerenes. It can also be considered as an indefinitely large aromatic molecule, the ultimate case of the family of flat polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Graphene and its band structure and Dirac Cones, effect of a grid on doping
Graphene has many unusual properties. It is about 200 times stronger than the strongest steel. It conducts heat and electricity very efficiently and is nearly transparent.[3] Graphene also shows a large and nonlinear diamagnetism,[4] even greater than graphite, and can be levitated by Nd-Fe-B magnets.
Scientists have theorized about graphene for years. It has likely been unknowingly produced in small quantities for centuries, through the use of pencils and other similar applications of graphite. It was originally observed in electron microscopes in 1962, but only studied while supported on metal surfaces.[5] The material was later rediscovered, isolated and characterized in 2004 by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester.[6][7] Research was informed by existing theoretical descriptions of its composition, structure and properties.[8] High-quality graphene proved to be surprisingly easy to isolate, making more research possible. This work resulted in the two winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010 "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene."[9]
The global market for graphene is reported to have reached $9 million by 2012 with most sales in the semiconductor, electronics, battery energy and composites industries.[10]
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Armaments and Spine Mounted Ball Bearings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV4xVAYCK8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYNCGZCul1Q
Working model of a railgun.
There is no air in space.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV4xVAYCK8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYNCGZCul1Q
Working model of a railgun.
There is no air in space.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Hold The Door!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYUEqMcX3KI
Cutting edge technology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYUEqMcX3KI
Cutting edge technology.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Smallcraft stateroom Manhattan variant
Jak Nazryth
Mongoose
Hey.. a perfect rendering of the common space in a Scout Courier! 
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Renewable Propulsion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnw46tX15ak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zITD0hazJGk
We're obviously missing out on a cheap available form of power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnw46tX15ak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zITD0hazJGk
We're obviously missing out on a cheap available form of power.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Ion cannon battery.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Accommodating the Crew
You can always use a technological level nine adhesive to superglue the bed to the wall.
You can always use a technological level nine adhesive to superglue the bed to the wall.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Anti Gravity Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr3ngmRuGUc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr3ngmRuGUc
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Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Engineering
The Epstein Drive is a modified fusion drive invented by Solomon Epstein one hundred and fifty years before the start of Leviathan Wakes. It enabled humanity to travel from Earth and the inner planets, and colonize the Asteroid Belt and outer planets.
The drive utilizes magnetic coil exhaust acceleration to increase drive efficiency, which enables spaceships to sustain thrust throughout the entire voyage. A ship fitted with the efficient Epstein drive is able to run the drive continuously for acceleration to its goal and then after flipping at about the halfway point is able to run the drive continuously during deceleration. Previous engine designs used propellant less efficiently and could not be run long enough to achieve the high velocities that the Epstein drive permitted.
The Epstein Drive is a modified fusion drive invented by Solomon Epstein one hundred and fifty years before the start of Leviathan Wakes. It enabled humanity to travel from Earth and the inner planets, and colonize the Asteroid Belt and outer planets.
The drive utilizes magnetic coil exhaust acceleration to increase drive efficiency, which enables spaceships to sustain thrust throughout the entire voyage. A ship fitted with the efficient Epstein drive is able to run the drive continuously for acceleration to its goal and then after flipping at about the halfway point is able to run the drive continuously during deceleration. Previous engine designs used propellant less efficiently and could not be run long enough to achieve the high velocities that the Epstein drive permitted.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Accommodating the Crew
Or even building up the hull itself.
https://youtu.be/xktwDfasPGQ
Or even building up the hull itself.
https://youtu.be/xktwDfasPGQ
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Emperor Mongoose
Inspiration: HMS Camden Lock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz-1c2o1Dxw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz-1c2o1Dxw
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Starships: Sectionalizing
You can partition a spaceship, but how useful would that be for a standard hull, either mass manufactured or in inventory?
Bridges are standardized, if you take the ship design process at face value, to the point that you practically can slot them in, depending on the hull tonnage. Warships or specialized ships may have a larger cavity, to add in fire control and sensor stations, but for most commercial ships, it will be ten or twenty tonnes.
Engineering is more ambiguous, since the size of the motors are very much dependent on desired performance.
Now, my take on crewing is that one harassed engineer can look after one hundred and five tonnes of engineering, but the rules say it's one per thirty five.
So you can make an engineering section exactly sized to thirty five tonnes.
At technological level twelve, you can squeeze, after some weight loss, enough performance for a monogravving monojumper for a seven hundred tonne hull [fifteen three quarters/four nine tenths/fourteen].
At technological level nine, you can squeeze, enough performance for a monogravving monojumper for a four hundred sixty tonne hull [sixteen and a half/four and three fifths/thirteen and four fifths].
You can partition a spaceship, but how useful would that be for a standard hull, either mass manufactured or in inventory?
Bridges are standardized, if you take the ship design process at face value, to the point that you practically can slot them in, depending on the hull tonnage. Warships or specialized ships may have a larger cavity, to add in fire control and sensor stations, but for most commercial ships, it will be ten or twenty tonnes.
Engineering is more ambiguous, since the size of the motors are very much dependent on desired performance.
Now, my take on crewing is that one harassed engineer can look after one hundred and five tonnes of engineering, but the rules say it's one per thirty five.
So you can make an engineering section exactly sized to thirty five tonnes.
At technological level twelve, you can squeeze, after some weight loss, enough performance for a monogravving monojumper for a seven hundred tonne hull [fifteen three quarters/four nine tenths/fourteen].
At technological level nine, you can squeeze, enough performance for a monogravving monojumper for a four hundred sixty tonne hull [sixteen and a half/four and three fifths/thirteen and four fifths].
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Skimming Off The Top
Here's a thought.
How fast and how much gas can you skim once your spaceship enters a gas giant's atmosphere?
What speed would be appropriate?
This would indicate the window of vulnerability tankers or appropriately equipped craft have to have protection, or High Guarding, for.
Here's a thought.
How fast and how much gas can you skim once your spaceship enters a gas giant's atmosphere?
What speed would be appropriate?
This would indicate the window of vulnerability tankers or appropriately equipped craft have to have protection, or High Guarding, for.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Spaceships: Accommodating the Crew
For all those thin tubular hulls.
For all those thin tubular hulls.
