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Re: [FT] DDs and DHs inspired by WW2 types

From: "Chris DeBoe" <LASERLIGHT@Q...>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 17:33:01 -0400
Subject: Re: [FT] DDs and DHs inspired by WW2 types

Well, if I ever find my copy of High Guard (and Trillion Credit
Squadron)....

> On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 12:40:19PM -0400, Chris DeBoe wrote:
> > Traveler had some variations--Book 5/High Guard, I think?	There
were
> > combinations of basic shape and streamlining.  One was, I think,
"extended"
> > structure, which I always visualized as a Tinkertoy framework with
modules
> > stuck on where convenient.	It would be lousy at maneuver but cheap
to
> > build.
>
> Yes, but why would you take anything but the flattened
> sphere? If I remember, that gave you streamlining _and_ a mass/cost
> savings.
>
> --
> crawford@iac.net

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