Cynthia Higginbotham asked about the source of the "eigth ray of propulsion".
I think it came from the "Mars" novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, although I'm
not certain that I'm correct. The ray in the "Mars" novels (whatever it was
called) was pretty odd--sort of like helium or hydrogen, really. Airships had
tanks full of the stuff, and this kept them aloft. When somebody shot a hole
in the tank (happened all the time), the ships would lose altitude.
The ray used in _Armageddo 2249_ wasn't exactly antigravIt was more like
a pressor beam. Craft used several beam projectors, which acted somewhat like
stilts--the ships "walked" on top of the beams. Ships could be brought down
by firing explosive rockets into the beams, which upset the ship andde it
crash.
Lord Krieg
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