techno geek question, acceleration vs speed

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"rlbell.nsuid@gmail.com" <rlbell.nsuid.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:

> Personally, I refuse to accept unadulterated magic in a science
> fiction universe. Especially when everything is described as products
> of science and technology.

The wedge itself is pretty much a magic space drive.

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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:58 <waltbj01.DeleteThis@mindspring.com> wrote:

>My copy of Mark's (an old one) shows on page 452 table 1 that there is
>a steel alloy (52100) with a tension yield strength of 114 tons per
>square inch. Given a weight of about 490 pounds per cubic foot for
>steel, perhaps someone could figure out how far apart the node rings
>should be. Of course, there is always unobtanium for ship manufacture
>with N times that 114 tons, plus great fatigue resistance.
>Walt BJ

It is a matter of canon that the ships *are* made of unobtanium.
Civilians framework and Warships entire (frame and sheathing which may
or may not be thick enough to be classed as armor)(depending on ship
class). That is why military shipyards can so easily build civvies
when warship production is below max production capacity like
Blackbird was when Honor was discussing it with Willie.