MarcusIII
Banded Mongoose
Well is the assumed aver TL is 12 I'd say that they cannot easily be punctured by small arms, knives, etc. And of course strong enough to hold in all that weight under High G maneuvers.
Ship Design Philosophy
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Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
The usual assumption would appear to be that bladder equipped spacecraft operate under inertial compensation.
So high gravity manoeuvre survival is still open to question.
Punctures can be caused by micrometeorites, or that loose screw in orbit, so I'd be more interested in self sealing.
So high gravity manoeuvre survival is still open to question.
Punctures can be caused by micrometeorites, or that loose screw in orbit, so I'd be more interested in self sealing.
mavikfelna
Cosmic Mongoose
TL8 and later any kind of liquid container that might encounter a puncture in regular use should be self sealing for very minor punctures. TL5-7 you would need to add it on for extra cost. As TL advances, the level of puncture that is self sealing should increase, maybe every 2 TL is 1 level but major punctures probably are beyond self sealing abilities.
Minor armoring should become integrated as TL advances as well, as light weight, high strength materials become common and inexpensive to produce.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Kevlar?
Finding a leak in a gas filled volume is fairly easy, and a second layer with a sealant might work for automatic repair.
The obvious use is to create volume, possibly using a concertina frame that can expand.
A smallcraft could be equipped with a jump drive, or use it as a bridge for goods or personnel between two spacecraft.
Finding a leak in a gas filled volume is fairly easy, and a second layer with a sealant might work for automatic repair.
The obvious use is to create volume, possibly using a concertina frame that can expand.
A smallcraft could be equipped with a jump drive, or use it as a bridge for goods or personnel between two spacecraft.
MarcusIII
Banded Mongoose
Agreed but that can be damaged or suffer failure. So it would probably be given some consideration
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
We could use primitive hulls as the basis.
You can't accelerate faster than factor/three, and can't install either manoeuvre or jump drives.
Considering the material involved, I'd discount plasma and rockets, as well.
It's possible that the prohibition against faster than factor/three, could be due to the lack of inertial compensation field, but that's not mentioned in the description, so I'll take it as presented.
The next aspect is what can you install inside the bladder covered superstructure, outside of the drives.
You can't accelerate faster than factor/three, and can't install either manoeuvre or jump drives.
Considering the material involved, I'd discount plasma and rockets, as well.
It's possible that the prohibition against faster than factor/three, could be due to the lack of inertial compensation field, but that's not mentioned in the description, so I'll take it as presented.
The next aspect is what can you install inside the bladder covered superstructure, outside of the drives.
