On 30May2022 1450, Richard Aiken - raikenclw at gmail.com (via tml list)
wrote:
> In the same vein as my reply to Jim up thread (regarding vacuum-rated
> equipment and the prevalence thereof) such low-pressure, low-strength vents
> would make sense in a TU with cheap starships (like mine). But in the OTU -
> with it's incredibly EXPENSIVE vessels - not so much. If I'm paying
> multiple tens of millions of credits for a "basic starter" ship, then
> everything in it had better be at *least* vacuum rated.
But note that 'vacuum rated' in a setting where ships don't normally
de-pressurise probably means 'will function in vacuum for a minimum of X
hours', and that after having done so it needs to be checked, and
possibly have components replaced. It also will assume that the users
have been keeping the thing properly maintained with the approved
*atmosphere and vacuum* rated lubricants, seals, and so forth. On an
older ship that's been operating on a limited budget for some time quite
a lot of the ship might well be using cheap third party parts and
consumables, with a corresponding sensitivity to sudden absences of
atmosphere (not to mention a voiding of the warrantees).

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>