GEN,VDES:Sub-Oceanic SDB Concealment.

How do you submerge an SDB to hide under the world's oceans?  Sorry if this has
come up on the list before, but the red light just came on for me last night.

The TNE 400 Ton SDB has a volume of 5600 m^3, and a laden mass of 4886.17
tonnes, for a specific gravity at 1G of .86.  It Floats!  (Dorsal surface
probably awash, but she is NOT going under.)

Now, I have not seen anything in the rules for using Contra-Grav for making
things heavier, so the base design is probably not going under water.

Clearly, any SDB designed to submerge must either be designed for it (ballast
tanks, probably some sort of prop. thrusters) or be locally modified (put
that crate of lead in stateroom three, and strap it down good!)

Just a thought, maybe a nasty to pull on some players who havn't thought
things though.

Les Howie
Prograph International