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Help! M-drive protection from micrometeors: source?

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?
 
It is in Beltstrike.

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"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."
 
"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.
 
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.
 
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