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

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 4/19/08 4:06 AM, "shadow at shadowgard.com" <shadow at shadowgard.com> wrote:

> 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.

That would be all the fuel tankage in the black spaces surrounding the
deckplans.  :)

>> Yeah, finding gas giants is quick and easy.  Finding iceballs is much
>> harder.
> 
> Most gas giants will have several iceballs orbiting them.

Fair enough.  :)