Re:Honor Harrington Question?

At 11:02 AM +0100 7/14/97, Tim Jones wrote:
>As we are discussing Honor Harrington I have a question I need
answering
>for my HH FT conversion.
>
>The ships have a gravity impellor wedge - is the wedge widest at the
>bow or
>stern of the ship. I had thought it was widest at the stern but I have
>found
>a passage that sort of contradicts that assumption, something about it
>being
>shallower at the stern - so which is it?

The open Impeller wedge is widest at the front. I dont have a page
reference for that tho.

>
>a)	    --==
>	 --==
> bow  <------- stern
>	--==
>	    --==
>b)
>      ==--
>	   ==--
> bow  <------- stern
>	   ==--
>      ==--
>
>Does anyone have a picture of a HH ship? I have tried to draw one
>according
>to the information in 'A Short Victorious War' and quite frankly it
looks
>stupid
> - too long and spindly? Something like this but worse:
>
>				  axis of symmetry
>   Plan view				  |
>    _					  |
>   | \_____-------=============""""""""""|
>   |  _____				  |
>   |_/     -------=============,,,,,,,,,,|
>					  |
>

Actually, that's about right. See the cover of 'In Enemy Hands' for
what a warship looks like in the books. The earlier covers are so-so at
best (Honor should NOT look ANYTHING  like Michael Jackson), although
"Honor Among Enemies" has a pretty decent looking merchant ship.

>Sincerely
>Tim Jones
>

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