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Jamwes
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Re: IEPs - Inflatable Escape Pods
They do have a personal short-term use version of something like this in the D20 Arms & Equipment Guide. The Meredex Atmospherics EMS-90 Bubble Cloak on page 95. It is a cloak that you wear that can wrap around you to form a bubble if you enter the vaccume of space. The bubble is 1.2 meters in diameter and has enough air and power for 2 hours.
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5/31/2006, 12:27 pm
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krag123
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Re: IEPs - Inflatable Escape Pods
I would disagree.
A sheild is desinged to disipate heat and energy that, but only in small amounts. The Droid-dika shield generator maybe impressive and can take alot of hits at once, but its deinged to take hits in many locations covering a small surface area.
Going though the atmospher of a planet would cause massive thermal spike thoughout the shield causing it to fail rather quickly. The space shuttle on re-entry has to deal with a few 2000-3000 degree tempeture change for several minuets. While a sheild generator takes maybe 10-15 hits per second resulting in possibly a 500-1000 degree temperature change to small areas of the shield.
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5/31/2006, 12:40 pm
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Jason Staar
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Re: IEPs - Inflatable Escape Pods
If you are looking for a personal re-entry kit look at this site.
re-entry kits
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5/31/2006, 1:10 pm
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Jason Staar
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Re: IEPs - Inflatable Escape Pods
This was an idea i had for the placement of escape pods in a yt-1300
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5/31/2006, 1:45 pm
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tpkc klick
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Re: IEPs - Inflatable Escape Pods
As of the NJO, New Republic Intelligence has one-man re-entry pods similar to the link that Jason Staar had posted, so it wouldn't be out of the question for an IEP to have re-entry capabilities.
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5/31/2006, 2:31 pm
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Trowa
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Re: IEPs - Inflatable Escape Pods
Okay, so the re-entry shield would only have to absorb all that heat on one side.
But if we can build a backpack (or simularly compact model) for a single person's re-entry, why don't we build those systems into the IEP so the IEP will land?
That way, it's less complicated, and the IEP can double as a shelter if needed.
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5/31/2006, 4:08 pm
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Lucas P
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Re: IEPs - Inflatable Escape Pods
I do not see that the idea ofthe IEP achieving reentry into an atmosphere is feasible, or necessary...unless you like cooked occupants - or if you want to make it reentry capable why have them in the first place?
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5/31/2006, 5:22 pm
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tpkc klick
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Re: IEPs - Inflatable Escape Pods
Lucas, the technology for a functional one-man re-entry pod exists in Star wars, so we can't reject this idea on technical grounds. Whether or not this would be a capability included in an IEP is another matter.
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5/31/2006, 6:14 pm
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Lucas P
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Re: IEPs - Inflatable Escape Pods
that is what I mean.
an IEPO is supposed to be a cheap 'dinghy' type emergency vehicle. It is meant to sustain the occupants only, it has no engines or at least very minimal attitude control only. equipped with short duration life support - a day or two at most.
If you start adding capabilities to this then you are making it heavier and might as well use a fully featured hard shell escape pod.
Ultimately this thing is meant to be there to cut down on internal space resources of the ship and still be in compliance with Imperial law concerning life boats on ships.
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5/31/2006, 6:26 pm
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Re: IEPs - Inflatable Escape Pods
I like the idea as well. Thing to consider is that if you eject in orbit, and you have no way of maintaining that orbit via thrusters, said orbit will decay and your IEP will eventually enter the atmosphere if the planet has one. If you are near a planet or moon, eventually that IEP will make contact with the surface of that planet or moon (if it doesn't burn-up in the atmosphere first)--its just a matter of time. So hopefully you will be rescued prior to that event.
Now, I don't see why a form of IEP that VOID has drafted couldn't be equiped with a heat-resistant material and energy shield for atmos entry (is it re-entry if you've never been in it to begin with?), and a small ion propulsion system.
Stop looking for excuses to kill the idea and look for ways to make it work.
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