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Barrataria Commander
Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 295 Location: Republic of California
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:03 pm Post subject: Firespray deckplan and cargo |
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I'm looking at the Firespray-class deckplan here and trying to figure out how to manage a brawl in the cargo hold while in-flight.
How is cargo stowed in that hold? Vertically along the walls? I'm probably going to hand-wave the problem since I have new players, but given the way the ship is depicted in films I'm wondering if anyone else has thought about how loads are actually stored in this odd ship.[/url] _________________ "A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing"- George Lucas |
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ZzaphodD Rear Admiral
Joined: 28 Nov 2009 Posts: 2426
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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Given the way gravity is generated in ships I assume it could be stored 'up side down' in the ceiling, as long as that is the direction of gravity... _________________ My Biggest Beard Retard award goes to: The Admiral of course.. |
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Leon The Lion Commander
Joined: 29 Oct 2009 Posts: 309 Location: Somewhere in Poland
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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 6:04 am Post subject: |
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Yea, I thought a lot about "The Elephant" (as we call the Firespray in my group ) recently, as my gearhead player wants to get one soon (as soon as he scrapes together the funds...).
ZzaphodD has got it exactly right. There's nothing mysterious about it. Artificial gravity is your friend. In the hold, gravity is always directed towards the engines so the room is in proper orientation when landed. Then, when you climb the ladder and go through the hatch into the crew section, gravity changes direction 90 degrees, so its directed along the "trunk", towards the cannons. Its always like that, even when landed - the ship's artificial grav screens out outside grav in the trunk. Yeah, its a somewhat odd design and requires a little gymnastics when navigating the gravity gradient, but that's part of the ship's charm. _________________ Plagiarize! Let no one else's work evade your eyes,
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes! So don't shade your eyes,
But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize... Only be sure to call it, please, "research".
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CRMcNeill Director of Engineering
Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 16281 Location: Redding System, California Sector, on the I-5 Hyperspace Route.
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