[gurps] TL10 ocean going

[rekres]

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 3:15 AM, Roger Burton West <roger at firedrake.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 05:32:02PM -0800, Captain Joy wrote:
>
>  >Weather is not appreciably different than Earth.
>
>  Then there's not much reason to use submarines anyway. Modern-looking
>  cargo freighters for slow transport, WiGEs or simply aeroplanes for fast
>  transport.

I think it would depend a lot on where the habitats are located.  If
it's 95% water then I'd expect most of the habitats would be
underwater, most likely ocean floor domes/bubbles.  You could build
floating cities, but they'd be constantly affected by wave action and
the regular storms.  If you build your cities underwater then
naturally you'd need vehicles that could reach those depths.

Also, ships that had a submersible option could dive to avoid large
wind/wave action and storms.  As a former submariner with the USNavy I
can tell you that it tends to be a lot more comfortable submerged than
on the surface.  What I'd do is design a semi-submersible... a ship
designed to operate mostly on the surface, but that could be made
water-tight and submerge for extended periods of time.


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Chris J. Whitcomb
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