[gurps] TL10 ocean going

[rekres]

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Rupert Boleyn <rboleyn at ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> HK piter wrote:
>
>  > On further reflection.   Things will be slightly different.
>  > Certainly Robert's suggestions hold true.  Submarines will be king
>  > (especially in open waters).  Like he said, supercavitation will
>  > probably be used on the smaller vessels (but not the larger ones).
>  > With weather like that hydrofoils are *OUT* (their fragile foils will
>  > be broken in those huge swells).
>
>  In some ways really big waves make things easier on such things, because
>  the ship runs up and down them, rather than smashing into them.

I don't see any appreciable difference.  If you are lucky enough to
ride up the face of the wave and over the peak, you'll still smash up
when you crash into the following trough... just as you would have if
you had smacked into the wave face.

If we are talking Earth-normal weather patterns, then the bigger the
wave is the more violent it tends to be.



-- 
Chris J. Whitcomb
"I try to keep an open mind, but my brain keep falling out!"