I'll just say that the wave quirked in a particularly weird way with the Midnight. Internally she has the protection that drive fields afford most other ships... externally she behaves as your standard acceleration-type drive... albeit with a thrust-weight ratio that's the envy of just about everyone out there.
Note: Production model Blackbirds, of course, do not have this quirk and accelerate as well as you would expect.
And now, an attempt at some snippets.
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Benjamin had always had something of a sixth sense.
Sometimes he listened to that little voice that whispered in his ear. Sometimes he didn't.
Rarely were the consequences detrimental - he knew better than to make the really big mistakes. Most times when he gambled against these small warnings it was with relatively low stakes... the drawbacks were far from insurmountable, but far from desirable, too.
One such decision was the date he set for their first family vacation on Earth.
Not that Benjamin hadn't taken his family out on vacation before - Mars always had some nice spots, as did the Moon and the Crystal Cities. Even the outer planets had their attractions, desolate as they were.
But there were place he always wanted to share with his family, places where they had not been welcome before. Places like Malaquite Beach in Texas, the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, the Black Hills of South Dakota, and the Hawaiian Islands.
Recently, he'd cut deals with the US Government - certain intelligence disclosures, reparations for stolen property, and a sweet deal on certain ores that occurred rarely on US soil all paved the way for Benjamin Rhodes and his admittedly odd family to be welcomed back with open arms after seventeen years of being outlawed. Of course, there would be inspections to ensure that the presence of Handwavium would be kept to a 'non-volatile' form... but that was a minor inconvenience in the face of something potentially cathartic.
And so, when a slow time in the business of the Roughriders as well as Black Aeronaut Technologies had been forecast, Benjamin discussed the possibilities with his wife, made advanced plans with the US Government, and then made the arrangements within his own chain of command. There was much to prepare for, and while some may scoff at the notion of taking warships and fighters on a vacation, these people certainly didn't have enemies like Benjamin Rhodes did.
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More to come later when my head isn't about to smack the keyboard.
Note: Production model Blackbirds, of course, do not have this quirk and accelerate as well as you would expect.
And now, an attempt at some snippets.
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Benjamin had always had something of a sixth sense.
Sometimes he listened to that little voice that whispered in his ear. Sometimes he didn't.
Rarely were the consequences detrimental - he knew better than to make the really big mistakes. Most times when he gambled against these small warnings it was with relatively low stakes... the drawbacks were far from insurmountable, but far from desirable, too.
One such decision was the date he set for their first family vacation on Earth.
Not that Benjamin hadn't taken his family out on vacation before - Mars always had some nice spots, as did the Moon and the Crystal Cities. Even the outer planets had their attractions, desolate as they were.
But there were place he always wanted to share with his family, places where they had not been welcome before. Places like Malaquite Beach in Texas, the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, the Black Hills of South Dakota, and the Hawaiian Islands.
Recently, he'd cut deals with the US Government - certain intelligence disclosures, reparations for stolen property, and a sweet deal on certain ores that occurred rarely on US soil all paved the way for Benjamin Rhodes and his admittedly odd family to be welcomed back with open arms after seventeen years of being outlawed. Of course, there would be inspections to ensure that the presence of Handwavium would be kept to a 'non-volatile' form... but that was a minor inconvenience in the face of something potentially cathartic.
And so, when a slow time in the business of the Roughriders as well as Black Aeronaut Technologies had been forecast, Benjamin discussed the possibilities with his wife, made advanced plans with the US Government, and then made the arrangements within his own chain of command. There was much to prepare for, and while some may scoff at the notion of taking warships and fighters on a vacation, these people certainly didn't have enemies like Benjamin Rhodes did.
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More to come later when my head isn't about to smack the keyboard.