I'm picturing that wherever it landed, and even however gently, the lowest (relative to planet) parts of the ship would be unusable. First, the ship structure isn't designed to bear the dead weight of the ship resting on some part of the hull under ~1g, so you'd expect some deformation, perhaps even crumpling, which would extend to deformation of nearby interior compartments. Second, the ship would settle rather deep into the ground (or lakebed, or whatever), and water, soil, and life would get in through the deformation cracks. I'd expect the very bottom of the ship to be a dirty, flooded mess.

I picture various stairways and ladders being built to reach the undamaged, unflooded access hatches nearest the ground.

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Greg Chalik <mrg3105@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, I was thinking this as about the only case for a major capital warship to be found alone, other than during basing transfers.

The number of variables that come with this are too great, including ability to resist planetary gravity during crash-landing.

Then there is hull integrity. Landing in water (ideal) would cause flooding, and I'm not sure bulkheads built for atmospheric containment would serve equally well against water, and for how long.

Cheers

Greg

On 13/02/2016 2:20 AM, "Jeffrey Schwartz" <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 3:04 AM, Greg Chalik <mrg3105@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Are you saying that even at TL15 the IN has no way to track its warships?
>
> Cheers
>
> Greg
>

I could see a Tigress jumping out of a battle with heavy damage,
misjumping 36 parsec from the planned RV point, and being presumed
destroyed rather than "lost"

If they were jumping while keeping the Black Globe up, it might be
hard to tell the difference between Jump Flash and the nuclear
missiles going off near the globe.
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