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;From:	Peter Jakobi <jakobi@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
;Date:	Tue, 1 Feb 1994 06:41:19 +0100

Hello,

re Onno Meyer on swing sections
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> The  _Pride_  might  have  had swing sections.  [...].

The  galley was said to contain a kind of podest that can swing and can
be  reached from galley flor via a step.  So you can place a cup of gfi
on  the  table  during  a  (stable  1g) burn without worrying about the
contents  of  that  cup.   The only other thing definitely mentioned as
swinging  are the blast cushions in CL.  The braces to support the arms
during  acceleration  (described  as  helping Py to reach the boards in
burn) also argue, that the bridge is no swing section.


re Onno Meyer on using the interface
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>>   Using the interface (to subspace) a ship may accelerate/dump speed. 
> If you  imply  by "multiplicator" that the vanes add to the effect of
> running  engines,  I disagree.  The velocity changes come in bursts.
> Perhaps the velocity (in a frame of reference with the local gravity
> well) is multiplied with a constant every time the vanes pulse, and
                             ~~~~~~~~ rather a function of the pulse...
> the ships use their realspace engines to get sth. worth multiplying.

About my thought.

(*)Now speed is saver in crisis according to CJC.

I'm not certain why this should be the case.

CH:   You  need speed to get through some 20m of cargo holds, frame etc
to  really hurt an hunter ship.  At least the kind of missile the Pride
had.   But  that's  not  necessarily  an  advantage  for the fast ship.
Whether  a fast ship hits a stationary mine or a stationary ship is hit
by  a  fast  missile,  you  have  the  same impulse.  It doesn't matter
whether  a  slow  ship  or a fast ship is suddenly accelerating by 5g -
it's  about  the same error in observers' estimate.  The advantage thus
must  be  connected to the interface:  if you're within a certain speed
interval  you  can  either  up  or down your space using the interface.
Another  advantage  would  be  if you could use the interface to CHANGE
COURSE  WITHIN  LIMITS.   (**)  So  with speed you would gain increased
manoeuvrability.   This  would  explain (*).  In CH at Urtur, the Pride
had to drop all speed and use the mains to implement the change to Kura
Vektor.  The kif hunter's however are described as having time to spare
in  Urtur  system.   At another place, it's said that a ship on certain
jump  routes  could  'slew'  to  avoid  the standard inbound vector and
instead  reappear  in the target system's nadir.  This might strengthen
(**) and explain statement (*).


re Bruce on David Cherry: 
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Thank you for the info on the art book.  I shamefully must declare that
POC  and  CV  are  that old, that I've them in the Heyne editions.  And
Heyne's  been  using  rather abstract SF-type cover art in the good ol'
days :-(.

GOH ? AGOH =?= available at cons you mean?

She's  using  or  at  least accepting works of David for cover art.  So
they're probably authentic_interpretations modified by artistic_freedom


re Jo on insystem drive:
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1.   As  I  figured it, the mains are working less than several hundred
   hours,  the real speed comes from the interface (get some v and some
   distance  to  other  mass  and 'un'dump).  So for trader's the power
   source  should  not  be  to  critical (CH run to Anuurn:  about fuel
   capacities required for the non-stop run)

2.   Can  you  mail  the  summary  of  the  reactionless insystem drive
   hypothesis? Thank You.


re Nick on crew size of merchanters:
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Wasn't there something in ML that ships the size of the Dublin can make
jumps  that  are  impossible  for  Lucy?   Bypassing  the  hinder stars
altogether  while  smaller Lucy creeps from one to the next?  And wages
within the family are probably no serious problem.


"Put Hegemony sanctions on them [the kif]?" [CL256]
Peter

PS: Really no opionions concerning 

-  the  connections  Hanan  Rebellion  and Hunter of Worlds (I have the
   German edition and so may miss some hints)?
-  any references to the MacLaren Stars?
-  the book "Glass and Amber"?