New Gravity Theory

Boy, it's been pretty quiet on this list recently.  Where did everybody go?

Anyway, I have yet a third theory on gravity.  It's a little involved,
and I'm not sure if I'd actually want to use it in my campaign.  Here it is:

I call it "gravity by consensus", and it exists as a compromise between
the other two theories of gravity.  What you do is when any ship leaves
port you take a vote.  See who believes in contact gravity, and who
believes in gravity at the atmospheric envelope.  The theory with the
most votes wins, and that is how gravity works for that ship.

Now, when two (or more) ships intersect atmospheres, compare add together
the totals from both ships, and the new total determines how gravity
works while the two ships are within atmosphere range.

Example:  A 10 ton and a 50 ton ship intersect atmospheres.  All 10
people on the little ship believe in gravity at atmosphere, while the 50
ton ship believes in gravity on contact by a bare majority (26 to 24).
The new total is as follows:  34 people in the encounter believe in
gravity at atmosphere, while 26 believe in gravity at hull contact.  26
people on the 50 ton ship are outvoted and suddenly quite surprised to
see crewmembers falling from the little ship screaming for help.

There you go.  A new theory of gravity, just to muddy the waters.  Enjoy,
and here's hoping to hear from everyone.

Rich Gant
"Ssshh.  Be vewy, vewy quiet.  I'm hunting wabbits."