TheMonster wrote:But if a Lenny Det has Warshawski sails, then it has Alpha nodes. And if it has Alpha nodes, it might just as well have Beta nodes too, and be able to produce a wedge.Vince wrote:We do know the Leonard Detweiler class does have a hyper drive* and Warshawski sails*, courtesy of the author stating? snerking? on this forum that they can pass through wormholes. That being established, since all the streak drive is when all is said and done is a souped up military hyper generator that can reach 2 bands higher in hyperspace, why wouldn't the Mesan Alignment equip the LD's with streak drive hyper generators, instead of limiting them to standard military hyper generators?
*Both a hyper generator and Warshawski sails are needed to transit a wormhole, per much textev. The best and most complete description of transiting a wormhole is given in Honor Among Enemies. Nearly all of chapter 9 is given over to a complete step-by-step description of a wormhole transit.
What am I missing here? Is there something about the triple-keel design of a spider-drive ship that allows it to mount sails but not a wedge? What could that "something" possibly be?
To produce a wedge, the impeller nodes need to be in a very particular arrangement. To produce Warshawski sails, the arrangement is a little more forgiving. The triple-keel design of a spider drive is incompatible with the necessary arrangement for an impeller wedge, but apparently still allows a Warshawsk sail.