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You've still got the problem of sheer size and the fact that at least part of the engines will be buried inside the hull. Look up images of cruise ship engines sometimes; they're far more than a (rather sizable) propeller sticking out the bottom of the vessel. Those things are huge and take up a good deal of space.

Quote from: I_Like_Pi on June 29, 2017, 06:47:04 pm

3 stat levul

* SC flops

Really complicated maneuvers required or something?

I'll be in downtown San Francisco. This is basically a given.

Your cargo is a mixed shipment of 1200 pounds of fulminating silver, three howler monkeys, and zombie Jim Morrison?

I wish! That actually sounds kinda fun, in a mere-inches-from-death sort of way.

Also a return load of SJWs and a family of people with different views.

And a USB filled with Tweet ideas for Trump. Good luck and may the the higher powers have mercy upon your soul schedule.

If there was some guarantee that such a load would allow me to get home at a decent hour, I'd throw in a few neo-Nazis as well.

Wildfires? Must be summer again. </Californian>

I'm terrified of my assignment tomorrow. It will be hellish. Kill me now.

You can take damage through armor from hard hits now. Or you might meet someone who uses mesons.
So only one reactor instead of multiple smaller ones is risky as well. (Can't remember, but do you even need one for railguns?

Multiple fire controls also help if you use the guns as secondary AA guns as well. You might also get stranded unless you have stargates everywhere. (or did I just muss the jumpdrive?)

Yes, someone remembers the mesons. They might only do like, 1 damage per hit, but no armor or shielding in the universe can stop them.

I think (think) the only non-missile weapon that does not use reactors is the gauss. It's been a while since I played far enough to start designing weapons though.

Maxwell bowed to the astropath.

"Thank you for your time, brother. Should I return alive, I will be glad to return the favor with some information of my own."

Return to the ship and dine in private.

That's why you always quicksave before trying to do something stupid like, say, swimming through a lake of lava.