According to the REFEREE'S COMPANION, maneuver drives work by combining
gravitics and nuclear dampers technology. The strong molecular force is
manipulated by a grav field to push against large plates mounted in the
stern of the ship. Presumably, although the thruster plates themselves
lack the projective capabilities of grav modules, the grav modules that
are in the m-drive are used by themselves to lift the ship off the ground.
Once airborne, the ship then switches to the thruster plates for primary
locomotion. That's how a type/S with its thruster plates in the stern can
land on a planet on its belly.
- -- Palmer Davis --
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