Helms galore...

Ok, the Merchant helm was a wee bit too power, but there is plenty of niches
to be filled by new helm types imho.

As for my own deliria, I am thinking about a new, less expensive helm
providing just propulsion - no air bubble, no gravity, like the mundane
space propulsion we Earthlings use. Such an helm (or what the evil-aligned
outer plane yawannacallit) would be unable of phlo-travel, yet it would
attain j-speed.

Ships equipped with this helm (let's call it a j-prop) have to be totally
enclosed and very resilient because of the great threat space debris poses
to crew survival: a hull holed critical results in an immediate
decompression!

Let's put up some stats:

the j-prop
air bubble:     none
g provided:     none
SR:             depending on total mass propelled
from 1 to 10 metric tons: up to SR 10, accelerate by 2 SR in 1 turn, man A
from 11 to 20 metric tons: up to SR 5, accelerate by 1 SR in 1 turn, man B
from 21 to 40 metric tons: up to SR 3, accelerate by 1 SR in 2 turns, man C
from 41 to 60 metric tons: up to SR 2, accelerate by 1 SR in 3 turns, man D
from 61 to 100 metric tons: up to SR 1, accelerate by 1 SR in 5 turns, man E
(1 metric ton is about the mass of 1 cubic yard of water)
j-speed:        yes, only if has reached maximum SR


Arr, now, lads! Avast, and shiver me timbers! Whaddya say to that?


Silmacar Halfelven
Captain of the Guards of Cardolan

DON'T PANIC.

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