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knnn:

--- Quote from: Second Aristh on October 08, 2015, 07:50:15 PM ---yeah...

I still don't follow you though.

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Ok, so if they were going to turn off the crystal, then the downward movement was always going to be due to gravity.

Second Aristh:

--- Quote from: knnn on October 08, 2015, 07:52:56 PM ---Ok, so if they were going to turn off the crystal, then the downward movement was always going to be due to gravity.

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Exactly.  A free fall versus a power dive.

knnn:

--- Quote from: Second Aristh on October 08, 2015, 08:08:00 PM ---Exactly.  A free fall versus a power dive.

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So isn't it "the webs will pull us down faster" and not "gravity will get us down faster"?

Second Aristh:

--- Quote from: knnn on October 08, 2015, 08:18:11 PM ---So isn't it "the webs will pull us down faster" and not "gravity will get us down faster"?

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Not necessarily.  The webbing has to catch etheric currents to move the ship in the first place.  But, if the ship is going faster than the currents (by free falling), then you have more drag.  Turn off that drag altogether by not charging the webbing, and you get to go faster than you would using the webbing.  It works more like a sail than a jet engine.

raidem:
Yeah, my jist i take away mostly is forces down is mostly a function of gravity, the crystals are there to act against this force.  Sometimes, particularly during dives, it useful to lessen the lift of the lift crystal, then when you need to arrest your descent you increase the lift of that crystal.

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