Honorverse ramblings and musings

Jonathan_S wrote:Are you sure? Do you happen to recall where that was pointed out?

I remember the risks of attempting to exit hyper within the limit being laid out. (outer 20% no damage but remain in hyper; inner 80% destruction of the ship).
And I remember the risk of attempting to enter hyper while moving faster that 0.3c (destruction of ship)

But I can't seem to recall discussion of attempting to use a hyper generator while inside in n-space but within the hyper limit...

The Universe of Honor Harrington wrote:
The interface between normal and hyper-space was speed-critical, for if velocity at hyper translation exceeded .3 c, the translating starship was destroyed. In addition, a hypership had to reach the hyper limit of a star's gravity well before it could enter hyper, and the hyper limit varies with the spectral class of the star, as shown in Figure 1.

The original hyper drive was a man-killer. The casualty figures over the first fifty years of hyper travel were daunting. Worse, vessels which were destroyed were lost with all hands, which left no record of their fates and thus offered no clue as to the causes of their destruction. Eventually, however, it was determined that most had probably been lost to one of two phenomena, which became known as "grav shear" (see below) and "dimensional shear" (violent energy turbulence separating hyper bands from one another).

kzt wrote:No, if you time it just right, activating the hyperdrive will destroy your ship. I can't remember if it entering or exiting, but one of them has a zone inside the hyperlimit where really bad thing happen.

n7axw wrote:

kzt wrote:No, if you time it just right, activating the hyperdrive will destroy your ship. I can't remember if it entering or exiting, but one of them has a zone inside the hyperlimit where really bad thing happen.

I thought that ressonance zones applied to wormholes rather than normal gravity wells such as stars and planets... Am I wrong?

Don

cthia wrote:I can see the technology of the streak drive being adopted in the Honorverse if its secrets are ever obtained, but what of the spider drive? Will the Honorverse eventually say goodbye to its current drive technology?

SWM wrote:

cthia wrote:I can see the technology of the streak drive being adopted in the Honorverse if its secrets are ever obtained, but what of the spider drive? Will the Honorverse eventually say goodbye to its current drive technology?

Say goodbye? No. The spider drive is a specialty drive. The low acceleration, and lack of protection by wedge and sidewalls, makes it unsuitable for general use. The spider drive is only useful on stealth ships. It has no advantages over the impeller except for stealth, and numerous disadvantages.

Jonathan_S wrote:To expand on that; it appears to take up more volume than a normal impeller drive.