T5 compensators

[dalthor]

Howdy!

Building small craft IMTU, and was trying to figure out acceleration limits based on grav compensator technology. For practical purposes, any craft can exceed that acceleration limit, but it starts getting hard on the sophists aboard. [[ That is why they are called compensators instead of nullifiers. ]]

Looking thru T5.09 for info on grav compensators, didn't find a whole lot, so I looked at the TL availability of grav drives

TL          <9   9     10   11
-------------------------------
T5.09       1g   4g    7g   9g

Does it follow that grav compensators follow the same progression?

 

[David Johansen]

I can't remember where I saw it (possibly TNE) but I think they're roughly 3gs or maybe half behind. So when you can pull 6g the compensators only cancel out 3 of those.

 

[dalthor]

I found an answer.

Gravity based drives: Gravitic, Maneuver, NAFAL and Lifters are on T5.09, page 327. It states that those drives include the corresponding inertial compensation.

Alternate drives: Thruster and Orion: Per T5.09 page 331, drive do NOT include inertial compensation.

Per T5.09, under the Orion and Thruster paragraph, it states that Lifters are sufficient for inertial compensation.

Interesting side notes regarding starship lifters:

T5.09 page 277 -- Lifters allow limited hover capability and an ability to reposition itself or move short distances.

T5.09 page 278 -- Lifters (installed as a Hull Fitting) are a very low power Interplanetary Drive.

T5.09 page 279 -- Lifters to 1D

T5.09 page 280 -- limited performance, backup motion provider.

And I save the best for last. :devil:

T5.09 page 327 -- at TL-13 lifters are SPEED 9, or 700 KPH

 

[Magnus von Thornwood]

Wowsers!

Damn that is fast.

Nice to know.

 

[Condottiere]

I don't think Mongoose has answered this question, which as a ship designer I find important, since twenty five gee constant is theoretically possible.

They may have left it deliberately vague, despite apparently taking their lead from Tee Five.