[TML] [Merchant Shipping] Some ideas I came up with tomakemerchant shipping more interesing

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 17 Apr 2008 at 22:45, Jerry W Barrington wrote:

>     2. You're thinking some sort of field.  A thin sheet of metal foil will
> stop most charged particles.!

For *low energy particles that's true Alpha and beta radiation for 
example. But for solar flares, or a gas giant's radiation belts, you 
need *meters* of water or other shielding.

> > IMTU, civilian ships *can* do wilderness refueling . . . but it's
> > definitely a "life or death" choice.  Everybody doses up on anti-rad
> > and then huddles in the ship's tiny stellar flare shelter, while the
> > pilot handles it via remote.  And even so, it's only done if you can't
> > afford the time/fuel necessary to find a nice, cool ice ball
> > somewhere.
> 
> Yeah, finding gas giants is quick and easy.  Finding iceballs is much
> harder.

Most gas giants will have several iceballs orbiting them.
 

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