[gurps] Failing autopilots and RVO

[Onno Meyer]

Eric wrote:
> > I seem to recall that there were rules for how much DR a space craft
> > must have to avoid the Damage from re-entry.  Might it not be
> 
> VE164, sidebar, second-last paragraph

That is for aerobraking. My shuttle design has enough delta-V
to brake using engines. 

Of course one could assume something like "a failled piloting 
roll during powered reeentry stresses ships like aerobraking,
a critically failed roll is like ordinary failed aerobraking."

> > possible to extrapolate rules for repairs to armor that undergo a
> > given amount of continual damage?  I seem to recall something to the
> 
> > to determine how much damage is done to the armor and needs to be
> > repaired for each incident of re-entry. 
> 
> then replace that $ of DR, sounds appropriate.

The way the rules work, the frame can be much more expensive
than the armor. It should wear out, too, since we're talking
about structural stress.