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==Mechanical Stuff==
* Repairing ships apparently involves "acrid, nose-tickling smelling" chemical fusers and grease. <ref>Faith in the Service, Chapter 4</ref>

==Commercial Liners==
"Unlike a Fleet vessel, with its unmistakable emergency sirens, the passenger liner's sole indication of its status was a demure strip of red and white lights where the floor met the wall and the occasional repeition of a message 'to please stay in your cabins until the crew gives you further instructions.'<ref>''Only the Open,'' some chapter</ref>


* Short-lapse EVA softsuits: attached to a ship by an umbilical. Long hair must be braided and wound around the head to fit, and species with long ears like [[Aera]] may need to tuck back their ears.<ref name="line">"[[In the Line of Duty (Fiction) |In the Line of Duty]]"</ref>

==Well Drive==

Located in engineering on [[Fleet]] ships: an "enormous central chamber with its pulsing Well capsule."<ref name="wiw-ch03">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', chapter 3</ref> Has a bleed-off system, and overload of that system causes enough damage to cripple a ship.<ref name="wiw-ch07">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', chapter 7</ref>

Has five "speeds":
*1
*2
*3 (The Lip of the Well); most civilian ships stop here.
*4 Courier ships occasionally go this speed.
*5 (The Well's Deep) This speed is only typical of Fleet vessels pushing things.

There's a way to "bounce" a slow-moving ship out of Well if you know its vector and engine harmonies, but it's a 'bit of a gamble.' <ref>''Only the Open,'' some chapter</ref> Fleet personnel call it a tripwire. This is more of a pirate technique than a Chatcaavan one.

It takes about a week to repair a well drive. <ref><i>Earthrise</i> Part Two</ref>

==Platy-Driven Navigation==

See also [[Paradox Class Battlecruiser#Water Environment |Platy Water Environments]]

==References==

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