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Old 01-12-2012, 01:27 AM   #49
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
AFAIK, gravity on space ships still counts itself as a silly sci-fi trope: On the largest to the smallest ships, it can provide full gravity; be turned off and on; it might be used to provide additional gravity where there is little or none, but is never used to remove too much gravity from a ship; there is absolutely no attempt to explain how it works, where it is installed, or how (in tandem with inertial dampers) it manages to change orientation well-nigh instantaneously in response to directional changes, impacts or unexpected turbulence.

It's just there, it works, end of discussion.
I don't mind the artificial gravity, as has been said it's an acceptable assumption for the sake of moving the story along.

But when the ship loses power and is adrift, the artificial gravity should be gone as well.
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