G-Tanks....hmmm..well my first thought was...if you have ever
watched ROBOTECH...the Sentinels.....well the invid travelled in
thier pods didnt they and they were filled with fluid...although it
was more of a nutrient bath....another idea would be a bulky self
contained suit like the pressure suit in The Abyss....
What a GTank would look like.....basically a jacuzzi with a lid.
Scaling the densities of the liquids would be easy enough even using
salt solutions and substances such as CsCl....but to get the sort of
densities you are looking for then you are talking about heavy metal
salts and those are toxic..I can see it now....
"help Medic...the Pilots drunk his G-Tank dry and we're entering the
gravity well...."
A full-body suit would be advisable for two reasons.
1 When the pilot got out he would be covered in the gunk and
although salt crystals look great on tanned skin (oooer) they can be
a serious health hazard.
2 His skin would be all wrinkly and he'd look like a prune all
over...bleah.
Now I personally like this idea as its the sort of hokey thing that
a few lower tech worlds would use. Again I'm not sure of the exact
physics of it but it works for me as a concept and I'm waiting to be
shot down by all those experienced Travellers out there who have
degrees in fluid mechanics and suchlike. Sci_Fi for me isn't THAT
much of an exact science and if the rules say something doesnt
work...but I _want_ it to work....Guess who wins?
The rules?
No.
Anyway...I'm off for a spiffy weekend and I'd like to say Hello to
Rob at UCC and Roger somewhere in england who I met at WARPCon.
BYEEEEEEEE
Spaceman Spiff (Calvin&Hobbes)
The Dancing RCES (sounds rude)