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*5 (The Well's Deep) This speed is only typical of Fleet vessels pushing things. | *5 (The Well's Deep) This speed is only typical of Fleet vessels pushing things. | ||
There's a way to "bounce" a 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> | There's a way to "bounce" a 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. | ||
==Platy-Driven Navigation== | ==Platy-Driven Navigation== | ||
Revision as of 22:30, 9 June 2020
For all the bits and pieces that go on ships.
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.'[1]
- 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.[2]
Well Drive
Located in engineering on Fleet ships: an "enormous central chamber with its pulsing Well capsule."[3] Has a bleed-off system, and overload of that system causes enough damage to cripple a ship.[4]
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 ship out of Well if you know its vector and engine harmonies, but it's a 'bit of a gamble.' [5] Fleet personnel call it a tripwire.
See also Platy Water Environments
References
- ↑ Only the Open, some chapter
- ↑ "In the Line of Duty"
- ↑ Who is Willing, chapter 3
- ↑ Who is Willing, chapter 7
- ↑ Only the Open, some chapter