Build:Gravity

5.8 Gravity

(Required)
Cost: 1 x Size
Power Requirement: (0.5 x Size) Power per round (minimum of 1)
Available: 2076

Throughout the habitable areas of any starship, gravity generators are placed below the deck plates, thus providing a standard sense of "up" and "down", regardless of the motion or orientation of the ship. Gravity generators—disk-shaped devices about 50 cm in diameter and 25 cm high—create a controlled stream of gravitons similar to a tractor beam. The primary component of a gravity generator is a suspended superconducting stator which creates the gravitational field.

Pre-2322 systems: If an artificial gravity generation system loses power, the ship loses internal gravity immediately; it does not degrade as quickly on later systems. Post-2321 systems: If power to the gravity generation system is cut off, the stator continues to provide gravity for approximately 240 minutes. However, the gravity will gradually degrade to 0.8g and then, after about 20 minutes, fail entirely.

Pre-warp ships, especially those before 2063, may not have gravity generators.

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