Quote:Not a problem - you sound fairly reasonable compared to some folks I've had to deal with lately.
Rereading that it seems hostile. not meant that way, it's just nearly midnight. and I am tired.
Okay, looking through everyone's comments...
The listed "intended purpose" is a no-go; fair enough, especially since a replacement "intended purpose" has been provided. (Thanks!)
Real-world top speeds don't really apply to 'wavium, do they? We've already established that it can do a lot of things that hardtech can't. On the other hand, a top speed around 0.3c to 0.4c seems to me to be too fast for the setting... Would anyone object to a top speed of 0.25c for the stripped-down version, and 0.2c for the "fancy" version?
(And I know it isn't really necessary to use something this fast to get from Earth-Luna L5 to Phobos in a day, but it's (a) character development, and (b) the only ship available...)
Now for the important part - the ship's name. Anyone mind if I use Virgil Samms for the first ship of this class? (It is a speedster, after all. Subsequent speedsters would be named after later Lensmen; the 'Samms's first sister ship would be called the Roderick Kinnison under this naming convention. On the flip side, the "Doc" Smith Fen might get upset at the appropriation of the names...)
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
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