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Message: <blockquote data-quote="garrowolf" data-source="post: 5622319" data-attributes="member: 31900">One effect that I was thinking would occur is that since the deflector  field would be redirecting force at right angles to the axis of the ship  then it would reduce the actual pressure against the hull. Therefore  the hull pressure that the ship would actually encounter would be a lot  less. Then the technology of just an extremely strong hull would be  sufficient. The technology of the previous tech level involved lots of underwater colonies and high pressure submarines. The special spaceships designed to travel in gas giants would have some of those features built in. Hmmmm actually the complexity of the problem could work in the other direction. If it is too complex to be easy to figure out then I can say whatever I want and people would be none the wiser. I was thinking resisting 100,000 bars of pressure would allow the ship to go deep into the liquid layer but maybe that is too much. that would still be above the metallic hydrogen level. Temperature would be an interesting issue. The field would be reducing the density of the liquids and gases at the ship's hull causing them to "boil" away from the hull. Effectively this would increase the motion of the gas and heat it so it would keep the coldest part away from the hull. It would be dangerous to use a rocket in a gas giant but it would probably produce a super cavitation effect and push the ship away from the area of thrust very quickly. Then the explosions would direct their force upward in the direction of least resistance. It would be good for fast movement but another system would be needed for slower movement. Perhaps a gravitic drive would be good here since you would need something like it to act as a ballast system. It may not even need to go that deep anyway since there would be so much accessible gas in the upper atmosphere. Then there is the question of weapons. A beam weapon would cause damage at the point of firing. Maybe a gravitic drive torpedo so that all the damage is at the target.</blockquote>

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