[Diaspora] Bringing Magsails and plasma sails (mini-magnetosphere plasma propulsion (M2P2) and Diaspora

[Brad Murray]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Trey Palmer <trey.palmer at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Since fuel costs and every gram you use has to be carried with you, I think
> even some war ships might use these to extend their range and duration. They
> won't be their war drives, and battle stations would probably involve
> furling the sails (or ditching them entirely (let's hear it for explosive
> bolts)).
>
> And if militaries don't, I'd lay good odds that cheap skate ne'er do wells
> (PCs and the like)that try to make every bit of reaction mass go further
> would. Still, even for a ship like that, a magsail wouldn't be its only form
> of propulsion either.
>

Honestly, I think that if it's an optimal choice, then it's a choice that
gets made all the time. If that's the case then it's a way to describe why a
higher tech ship is more efficient (and why you're never really completely
out of gas) rather than a new technology that needs stats.

-- 
Brad Murray (halfjack)
VSCA Publishing
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