I'm enjoying reading the Last Parsec: Eris Beta-V campaign book for Savage Worlds, but whoever wrote and illustrated the section on the space stations seems ... unclear on how spin gravity works. Why would you dock to the outer edge of a spinning ring instead of near the center of rotation, where both docking and moving cargo are easier? Parts on the ends of the rotation axis are described as being at the "top" and "bottom". One of these is executive offices -- wouldn't they therefore be in zero g?
@nyrath I haven't read Cherryh. (Amusingly, it's at the point in my reading list where I've stashed a physical copy in my go bag, so I'll have something to read after the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.)
What's the reasoning there for rim docking?
I do not recall a reason being given. Just a description of the arrangement
@peterdrake I'm not familiar with Last Parsec, but the idea just struck me of a station build before gravity manipulation was invented, so it got converted afterwards but still has the original ring shape.
@peterdrake
Roger, that. A ship always docks at the center of rotation of a wheel space station.
I suspect the campaign writer copied the rim docking from C. J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station.
I'm not sure about the executive offices, but the campaign book sounds incorrect