Ah, OK. Sounds good then. As far as the geosphere goes, if you are sure you can't integrate it, then you should change the orentation of the sphere/dual domes.
Domes are designed to carry force along the revolved arches that they are comprised of. Currently most, if not all, of the force is coming horizontally, for which arches are not designed. This could be simply fixed by rotating the sphere 90* so its poles are horizontal instead of vertical... the two 'tracks' for the engine could follow the arches. This would give you a much more structurally sound, and aethetically pleasing, arrangement.
I also see there's a satellite on the bottom already, didn't notice that.
Glad to see you're putting a good amount of design into this ship.
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Quote:Original post by DerakonThe engine works by venting high-energy plasma and radiation generated by its fusion reactor into space. It's oversized because this ship has a cargo capacity that vastly exceeds the ship's tare mass (i.e. the mass of the ship itself), and it needs to stay mobile even when fully-loaded. That's also, incidentally, why the engine can move independently of the ship's body: when fully-loaded, the mass of the engine assembly is puny in comparision to that of the ship+cargo.
Just don't forget to account for this using some sort of ballast. The weight of the cargo will need to be controlled in order to keep the rotational inertia within the ship body and not outside of it, near the engine.
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