[email removed] writes:
>
> Ignoring the possibility that this is the result of some 'blackbox doubletalk'
> the best explanation (IMHO) is that starship hulls are grav-shielded similarly
> to densitometers to keep the artificial grav inside them to prevent it from
> messing up the environment.
That works until some nutter decides to take a few grav plates out of the
ship, attach them to the ship's power plant via long power cables, and then
send a blackmail message to the local government.
I think it's just a matter of energy again. Unless you've got the mother of
all power plants, you won't do more than cause a slight readjustment in the
local wind patterns by using artificial gravity to move the atmosphere.
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