Friday, April 24, 2009

Lighthugger

Lighthuggers are about 3km in length. The sleek hull is designed to cut through the relatively thick gas of space as the craft travels at 0.99c At relativistic speeds a very large gossamer sail can be unfurled to collect molecules for use in the Conjoiner engines.

Alliance craft, while capable of being pushed to 0.75c, are really only designed for 0.25c to 0.45c and the design differences between the craft are astonoshing.

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