Sigtrygg
Emperor Mongoose
here is a link to his original essay :
Ship Design Philosophy
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Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Starships: Cheapest Possible
Q. Current deckplans show the Scout Courier jump drive crosswise towards the rear of the hull.
R. Twoish time eight squares.
S. Serpent class fourish times fourish squares.
T. Do different dimensions mean different models?
U. And, differing sized spare parts?
Q. Current deckplans show the Scout Courier jump drive crosswise towards the rear of the hull.
R. Twoish time eight squares.
S. Serpent class fourish times fourish squares.
T. Do different dimensions mean different models?
U. And, differing sized spare parts?
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Starships: Cheapest Possible
V. Cube root 5.1924941 metres.
W. Which should include access ways.
X. Six metres times seven and a half metres times 3.1111111111111111111111111111111 metres.
Y. Four squares times five squares.
Z. Though, it probably works better as a two storey engine.
V. Cube root 5.1924941 metres.
W. Which should include access ways.
X. Six metres times seven and a half metres times 3.1111111111111111111111111111111 metres.
Y. Four squares times five squares.
Z. Though, it probably works better as a two storey engine.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Starships: Jumping For Dummies
1. Considering I never have done that, I may fit into this demographic.
2. We'll use as our example Terra, since most of us would be familiar with the place.
3. Let's say that Terra has a diameter of twelve and four fifths thousand kilometres.
4. That would make the jump boundary at one and three tenths million kilometres.
5. The starship breaks orbit leeward.
6. Earth's orbital speed averages 29.78 km/s (18.50 mi/s; 107,208.00 km/h; 66,615.96 mph), which is fast enough to cover the planet's diameter in 7 minutes and the distance to the Moon in 4 hours.[3]
7. Seven minutes times a hundred would be seven hundred minutes.
8. Or, the unmoving starship would be marooned at a hundred diameters.
9. In eleven and two thirds hours.
1. Considering I never have done that, I may fit into this demographic.
2. We'll use as our example Terra, since most of us would be familiar with the place.
3. Let's say that Terra has a diameter of twelve and four fifths thousand kilometres.
4. That would make the jump boundary at one and three tenths million kilometres.
5. The starship breaks orbit leeward.
6. Earth's orbital speed averages 29.78 km/s (18.50 mi/s; 107,208.00 km/h; 66,615.96 mph), which is fast enough to cover the planet's diameter in 7 minutes and the distance to the Moon in 4 hours.[3]
7. Seven minutes times a hundred would be seven hundred minutes.
8. Or, the unmoving starship would be marooned at a hundred diameters.
9. In eleven and two thirds hours.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Starships: Jumping For Dummies
A. Terranova is an exact duplicate of the Sol system.
B. It's one parsec away.
C. Assume that there are no significant gravity wells, currently, between the calculated jump point and jump exit.
D. Ideal jump exit would be a hundred diameters exactly windward of Terranova's orbital path.
E. Which would mean that without moving, the starship would intersect Terranova's orbit in eleven and two thirds hours.
F. Though, in either coming or going, that would be shortened by accelerating either towards or away, to or from, the departure point or destination.
A. Terranova is an exact duplicate of the Sol system.
B. It's one parsec away.
C. Assume that there are no significant gravity wells, currently, between the calculated jump point and jump exit.
D. Ideal jump exit would be a hundred diameters exactly windward of Terranova's orbital path.
E. Which would mean that without moving, the starship would intersect Terranova's orbit in eleven and two thirds hours.
F. Though, in either coming or going, that would be shortened by accelerating either towards or away, to or from, the departure point or destination.
Fluffy Bunny Feet
Emperor Mongoose
There is no system within 1 parsec of Earth. Even Proxima Centauri would take Jump 2.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Surprisingly, the Map doesn't show any system named Terranova.
It's to keep it simple, and familiar.
It's to keep it simple, and familiar.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Starships: Jumping For Dummies
G. Starships can choose where and when they can transition.
H. Arrival is an estimation of time and space.
I. ESATA.
J. Preference is getting a headwind, and arriving early, and more or less where desired.
K. The planet will eventually catch up.
G. Starships can choose where and when they can transition.
H. Arrival is an estimation of time and space.
I. ESATA.
J. Preference is getting a headwind, and arriving early, and more or less where desired.
K. The planet will eventually catch up.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Starships: Jumping For Dummies
L. Regardless of how far the ship jumps, it always stays in jumpspace for roughly one week (148 + 6D hours).
M. Six days ten hours, to seven days sixteen hours.
N. Average seven days one hour.
O. That would mean, your margin of safety in time would be eleven and two thirds hours, plus thirty hours.
P. Or, about one day eighteen hours out.
L. Regardless of how far the ship jumps, it always stays in jumpspace for roughly one week (148 + 6D hours).
M. Six days ten hours, to seven days sixteen hours.
N. Average seven days one hour.
O. That would mean, your margin of safety in time would be eleven and two thirds hours, plus thirty hours.
P. Or, about one day eighteen hours out.
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Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Starships: Jumping For Dummies
Q. You can't plot a jump through a hundred diameters of a significant gravity well.
R. Because it would like the starship hitting a brick wall, and being forced to drop back to reality.
S. You know, I can't recall how much time the crew actually experiences when this occurs along their planned route.
T. Though, in Einsteinian terms, it's still more or less a week.
U. So that a munchkin doesn't the bright idea as to how to fly faster than plot.
Q. You can't plot a jump through a hundred diameters of a significant gravity well.
R. Because it would like the starship hitting a brick wall, and being forced to drop back to reality.
S. You know, I can't recall how much time the crew actually experiences when this occurs along their planned route.
T. Though, in Einsteinian terms, it's still more or less a week.
U. So that a munchkin doesn't the bright idea as to how to fly faster than plot.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Starships: Jumping For Dummies
V. What happens if the astrogator can't find a flight plan that a crow would approve of at the hundred diameter boundary?
W. Take out the protractor and divider, and start figuring out what would be the shortest route to get to a point in the system, that has a clear line of sight to the selected destination.
X. Worst case, you have to do a bypass with a wall pass, which would double the time, distance, and fuel required.
Y. It's not clearly shown on Traveller hex maps, but space is four dimensional, and timing and three hundred sixty degrees of direction can alter the angle of approach.
Z. Adapting to that, would be half the astrogator's workload.
V. What happens if the astrogator can't find a flight plan that a crow would approve of at the hundred diameter boundary?
W. Take out the protractor and divider, and start figuring out what would be the shortest route to get to a point in the system, that has a clear line of sight to the selected destination.
X. Worst case, you have to do a bypass with a wall pass, which would double the time, distance, and fuel required.
Y. It's not clearly shown on Traveller hex maps, but space is four dimensional, and timing and three hundred sixty degrees of direction can alter the angle of approach.
Z. Adapting to that, would be half the astrogator's workload.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Starships: Jumping For Dummies
1. Still within the 100-diameter limit: DM-4
2. In theory, you could jump from the centre of the Earth.
3. Or, just from the landing field, itself.
4. I sorta recall that there was an increased penalty within ten diameters.
5. Within one diameter, it should need a miracle.
6. It should be kept in mind, that most planetary bodies move in space, while they're also rotating.
7. The calculated point of departure on the surface, being the landing field, would be a constantly moving target.
8. Plus, the jump bubble would be half filled with the landing field's materials.
9. Which, presumably, holistically, has some gravitational properties.
1. Still within the 100-diameter limit: DM-4
2. In theory, you could jump from the centre of the Earth.
3. Or, just from the landing field, itself.
4. I sorta recall that there was an increased penalty within ten diameters.
5. Within one diameter, it should need a miracle.
6. It should be kept in mind, that most planetary bodies move in space, while they're also rotating.
7. The calculated point of departure on the surface, being the landing field, would be a constantly moving target.
8. Plus, the jump bubble would be half filled with the landing field's materials.
9. Which, presumably, holistically, has some gravitational properties.
Fluffy Bunny Feet
Emperor Mongoose
Changing the ships mass and likely blocking it from jumping.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
It depends as to how and when jump bubbles are formed.
That would be whether they are formed as they entre the rift, or formed just before.
And the school of thought that believes the reason that drop tanks are destroyed because the jump babble expands, and the other which contends that the bubble forms instantly.
The expanding bubble would pop the starship off the ground.
That would be whether they are formed as they entre the rift, or formed just before.
And the school of thought that believes the reason that drop tanks are destroyed because the jump babble expands, and the other which contends that the bubble forms instantly.
The expanding bubble would pop the starship off the ground.
Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Spacecraft: Armaments and Giant Surface-to-Space Mega Guns
Spacedock delves into giant "Space Guns" as both launching methods and anti-orbital defence vectors.
Manmade hole - spacetime rift created by jump drive.
Spacedock delves into giant "Space Guns" as both launching methods and anti-orbital defence vectors.
Manmade hole - spacetime rift created by jump drive.
