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>From: Robert S. Dean [email removed]
>Now, my question is this: If you have a low
>tech spacecraft without artificial gravity, what happens if you do try to
>accelerate during jump, in order to keep everything from floating around
>the cabin?
Nothing should happen. No gravitational effect. Firing rocket engines in to
produce a gravitational effect requires that you accelerate in some direction.
Nothing to react against, no accelleration. No accelleration, no gravitational
effect. All float.
>From: [email removed]
>Subject: (4273) Using maneuver drives in jump (was RE: 4260 Warning...)
>Rob Dean asked about using maneuver drives during jump.
>There is also the point that Jump drives seem are affected by gravity. (The
>100 Diameter limit) They are not affected by the grav-plates of ships though.
I'd guess the effect is for gravitational sources outside the hull, ie, outside
the lanthanum grid. Similarly, using an anti-grav drive should cause any
problems as the drive's generator is inside the grid (unless it was left behind
:-).
mitch schwartz