January 11th, 2001, 03:05 AM
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Re: Solar Sail???????
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Originally posted by Psitticine:
I haven't actually changed the descriptions or anything but in my own game (in my own mind, at least  ), the "solar sails" are actually catching otherwise wasted emissions from the engine output. If, say, a certain number of particles collide after being fired out the back, some of them are going to go rebounding back forward. Not many, granted, but a few. Those particles are what I picture being caught by the sails.
hopefully not. the sail (if working in traditional sail fasion) would be deployed in front of the ship to actually pull it. if it was deployed behind, it would need to be attached to rigid struts instead of long cables (or whatever) so that it would not wrap arround the ship when it 'inflates'
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