>From: Mike Basinger [email removed]
>Subject: FF&S computer design sheet
>
>Has anybody created a spreadsheet for starship design for FF&S,
>or any other design sheets?
I'm currently working on several FF&S spreadsheet for Quattro Pro
Windows. It'll include designs for all FF&S weapons except for
Meson Guns and Energy Weapons(...soon though). The spreadsheet was
design to produce TL 9 to 12 equipments for use in my off again on
again 2300 "LIKE"' campaing. Under seperate files are spreadsheets
for design of lift vehicles and ground vehicles. I can try to port
it over to Lotus or Excel format. But I incorporate grapics (lines
and color coding) to make it 'user friendly' and I don't know how
well those will go through.
BTW I don't use gravitic focusing for the laser designs. I'll
include an explaination with the upload if it ever gets to that
point.
>From: [email removed]
>Subject: Re: From the "mote" to "The Gripping Hand"
>
>Edward Fok said:
>
>>Yes! t's call the "Gripping Hand" and it's out on paper
>> back. I personally perfer the original but GH is still quite good.
>
>Great. I'll look for it here, in Canada. Could you send me the
> information on the book (Like Pub. company etc.. will help me
> find it faster..)
>thanks..
Publisher is Pocket Books and the ISBN for the hardback is:
0-671-79573-2
>>I thought the Alderson Drive is more like the Wormhole
>>drive mentioned in FF&S. Specifically the closed type.
>>You right in that the principle for the Lanston Field is
>>different than the Black Globe...but I always though if it
>> quacks and walks like a duck, it's a
>>duck.
>>Also I think the "mote"'s universe haven't mastered control
>>of gravity yet.
>
>umm.. a wormhole. my impresion from the book was that it
> seemed more like a jump drive, dunno.. maybe you're
>right. about Black Globe: yeah, it's close enough :).
It's like a Wormhole mainly because it's a 'geographic' element
in that universe. The Jump Drive will allow one to go FLT anytime
they're 100+ diameter out. But with a Wormhole drive one gotta
find the 'hold' and open it...much like the Alderson Drive.
>I have a question for you, do you remember if in the book
>there discussed about the kind of ships that the Motes had?
>like what it was made of ?.. i don't seem to remember.
I recall the ship was described as some kind of metal-ceramic mix.
The drive was like a overgrown MagnetoPlasmaDynamic drive so in
FF&S it'll be like a Fusion rocket with a smaller danger space.
>I would like to try to design one :)
>
Good Luck!
- -EF