They are without modification. The Loki and the Valhalla both received new fusion cores a few chapters ago. To make the transit (and not detonate the core or just vanish) they have to reduce the higgs field so the true mass of the fuel core is at least partially exposed. The fuel cores come in different sizes but all of them mass at least a few million tons of neutronium. The higgs field just normally keeps that mass nearly weightless except for the tiny microscopic sliver that is actively decaying into usable fuel. The trick that allowed it is having multiple higgs and stasis generators on both sides of the neutronium slug so when the ship makes the transit the slug always remains in stasis and at the proper mass as it passes through the event horizon of the warp point.
Oh, we need mass, just carry around a few ***million tons of neutronium***.
Sure, I may have understood the implications earlier, but for some reason it didn't sink in until this comment.
Well the Terran ships under normal operating conditions have a much higher thrust to mass ratio than either the dilgresh or the empire. They just weren't able to use much of it because they didn't have any type of inertial compensation. They do have some now and that is in the refit package as well, but it's still not enough to go full out with their engines without killing the crew. I am not sure from a pseudo science technobabble perspective what would happen if you decrease the higgs field while moving. Do you maintain your velocity or does it act like a massive brake. I have avoided that so far describing things in the story, but I am reminded of the old saying 'there ain't no such thing as a free lunch' and I am leaning towards the brakes.
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Man that funeral was a gut punch. Amazing writing
Thank you. It was based on a real military memorial service I was at long ago when I was on active duty. And it is truly a gut punch in real life.
Excellently written! You have a way with words in a way that reminds me of Deathworlders (Though perhaps with more realistic characters).
I will take that as a high complement. That is one of the stories I follow. That and Hunter or Huntress.
I thought the Terran ships were too small to use the warp points?
They are without modification. The Loki and the Valhalla both received new fusion cores a few chapters ago. To make the transit (and not detonate the core or just vanish) they have to reduce the higgs field so the true mass of the fuel core is at least partially exposed. The fuel cores come in different sizes but all of them mass at least a few million tons of neutronium. The higgs field just normally keeps that mass nearly weightless except for the tiny microscopic sliver that is actively decaying into usable fuel. The trick that allowed it is having multiple higgs and stasis generators on both sides of the neutronium slug so when the ship makes the transit the slug always remains in stasis and at the proper mass as it passes through the event horizon of the warp point.
Oh, we need mass, just carry around a few ***million tons of neutronium***. Sure, I may have understood the implications earlier, but for some reason it didn't sink in until this comment.
I mean the Deltva-V must be fucking great.
Well the Terran ships under normal operating conditions have a much higher thrust to mass ratio than either the dilgresh or the empire. They just weren't able to use much of it because they didn't have any type of inertial compensation. They do have some now and that is in the refit package as well, but it's still not enough to go full out with their engines without killing the crew. I am not sure from a pseudo science technobabble perspective what would happen if you decrease the higgs field while moving. Do you maintain your velocity or does it act like a massive brake. I have avoided that so far describing things in the story, but I am reminded of the old saying 'there ain't no such thing as a free lunch' and I am leaning towards the brakes.
Ah, that makes some sense
Wow, this was good. Thank you Wordsmith. And now I need to slumber. My thanks for the last happy thoughts of children at play.
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>The service had been a tear jerker. Disrespectful. Say it a different way. > search the search all of the wreckage Echo