Help! M-drive protection from micrometeors: source?

[Black Vulmea]

Somewhere in CT is a reference to maneuver drives protecting starships from micrometeors; I thought it was in BeltStrike but I'm striking out - pun intended - locating it.

Does this sound familiar to anyone, and if so, do you recall the source?

 

[Rupert]

It does sound familiar, but I'm damned if I can recall or find the source.

 

[mike wightman]

It is in Beltstrike.

Folder 1 page 2:

"Ships under power are not affected - part of the M-drive generates a low-power screen against radiation and meteorite impact - but a power failure during approach within about a million kilometers of the gas giant would be fatal."

 

[Black Vulmea]

It is in Beltstrike.

Thank you!

I searched my .pdf with "micrometeor" and "meteoroid." "Meteorite" or even just "meteor" never crossed my mind.

I thought I was losing [more of] my mind [than I already have].

 

[whartung]

"Ships under power are not affected - part of the M-drive generates a low-power screen against radiation and meteorite impact - but a power failure during approach within about a million kilometers of the gas giant would be fatal."

Well that makes combat at the High Guard position particularly interesting. Break the power plant/M-Drive on a ship and it, essentially, disintegrates due to local particulates at speed.

 

[mike wightman]

I would imagine the protective screen breaks down at the same time as the acceleration compensation and the artificial gravity...

and so long as you are not in a gas giant's radiation belt or ring system you likely wouldn't need to worry too much about background radiation or particulates.