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Second Aristh:

--- Quote from: knnn on October 08, 2015, 12:12:23 PM ---But then that quote about gravity doesn't quite work.

Ah, you're saying that the web acts as a kind of sail and would serve to increase drag.  That might fit.

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Huh?  Which gravity quote are you referring to?

But yeah overall my current theory is that the webbing acts as a sail that catches etheric currents when it is charged.  Controlling the charge controls steering for the ship since you could affect which sails get pushed.  Those kind of control options make sense to me why mundane sails got dropped in the majority of ships.  The lift crystal provides the vast majority of keeping the ship in the air while the trim crystals are smaller versions to keep the ship stable and upright from winds/shifting weight/etc.

knnn:

--- Quote from: Second Aristh on October 08, 2015, 07:02:55 PM ---Huh?  Which gravity quote are you referring to?

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The engineer says something along the lines of "gravity will get us there faster".  This doesn't quite make sense if they were planning on turning off the lift crystal from the start.

Second Aristh:

--- Quote from: knnn on October 08, 2015, 07:15:45 PM ---The engineer says something along the lines of "gravity will get us there faster".  This doesn't quite make sense if they were planning on turning off the lift crystal from the start.

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I don't understand the inconsistency.  Using gravity to accelerate would be faster than sailing horizontally in normal circumstances.  To use gravity like that, you basically turn off the lift crystal.

knnn:

--- Quote from: Second Aristh on October 08, 2015, 07:28:37 PM ---I don't understand the inconsistency.  Using gravity to accelerate would be faster than sailing horizontally in normal circumstances.  To use gravity like that, you basically turn off the lift crystal.

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But they were always going to do a dive.  Doesn't this mean they were always going to turn off the crystal and use gravity? 

Second Aristh:

--- Quote from: knnn on October 08, 2015, 07:44:11 PM ---But they were always going to do a dive.  Doesn't this mean they were always going to turn off the crystal and use gravity?

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yeah...

I still don't follow you though.

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