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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Bowman" data-source="post: 7514445" data-attributes="member: 6925649"><p>There is another orbit that the ship can use, this one has a period of 18 months and will result in the ship returning to the same point in Earth's orbit but with Toril there instead, this is very similar to a transfer orbit to Mars, which the ship is designed to do anyway. A transfer orbit to Mars will take 9 months, since it is only half an orbit to take the ship to Mars, but if used to take a ship to Toril, a full orbit will be required, the ship will go out to the orbit of Mars and then fall back towards the Sun and will complete an orbit in a year and a half. Now solar shielding is required for this trip, but the crew has to be prepared to be in space for 18 months. This is shorter than a mars mission, as the ship does not stop at Mars during this mission. By this time the US government realizes through its probes that Toril is inhabited by humans and other humanoids, satellite pictures aren't very clear. Perhaps a lander resolves this, sending pack pictures of a human, and elf perhaps, before the characters damage the craft when they collect it. Some flying drones overfly Waterdeep and discover some other large winged creatures as well. Not sure how the Waterhavens would react to drones flying over their city. Enough information is gathered causing the mission planners to decide to land the craft outside of Waterdeep, since I bought the book which has some information on the various NPCs who might be interested in an alien craft landing outside their city.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Bowman, post: 7514445, member: 6925649"] There is another orbit that the ship can use, this one has a period of 18 months and will result in the ship returning to the same point in Earth's orbit but with Toril there instead, this is very similar to a transfer orbit to Mars, which the ship is designed to do anyway. A transfer orbit to Mars will take 9 months, since it is only half an orbit to take the ship to Mars, but if used to take a ship to Toril, a full orbit will be required, the ship will go out to the orbit of Mars and then fall back towards the Sun and will complete an orbit in a year and a half. Now solar shielding is required for this trip, but the crew has to be prepared to be in space for 18 months. This is shorter than a mars mission, as the ship does not stop at Mars during this mission. By this time the US government realizes through its probes that Toril is inhabited by humans and other humanoids, satellite pictures aren't very clear. Perhaps a lander resolves this, sending pack pictures of a human, and elf perhaps, before the characters damage the craft when they collect it. Some flying drones overfly Waterdeep and discover some other large winged creatures as well. Not sure how the Waterhavens would react to drones flying over their city. Enough information is gathered causing the mission planners to decide to land the craft outside of Waterdeep, since I bought the book which has some information on the various NPCs who might be interested in an alien craft landing outside their city. [/QUOTE]
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