From: adam.w.krajewski@gmail.com   
      
   The hammerhead design is interesting design, I will try this in my schemes (I   
   make simple spaceship drawings by pencil, I will upload them on the deviantart   
   in two weeks or so). In my current designs propulsion bus is cylindrical, with   
   circular shield on    
   top.    
   About nanotubes and coating, you are right, I completely forgot about   
   stretching.    
   With these cables and stuff like that, I don't feel competent to say anything,   
   I just don't know anything about them :D   
   Need more studying.    
   And yeah, it will be just like hard sf Hyperdrive Ring from Star Wars. This   
   gives me idea, why not try with making propulsion bus a ring? I don't see real   
   advantages for that, but the look can be nice :p   
   I'm starting to not understand how do you want spaceship to look, engine   
   module with truss and warship attached and habitat for interstellar flight on   
   cable? Let me know if I get it right. The railgun, or PBW could be nice, but I   
   must understand where do    
   you want to put this truss.    
   Point defenses are necessary of course. The tail first flight and deploying a   
   warship is really good idea for hard sf universe, although I tend to keep with   
   some semi hard sf stuff, like engines with slightly better performance, so the   
   warship alone is    
   capable of slow interstellar trip and super efficient radiators.    
   At the end note, how can I quote parts of your text? Is it possible on phone?   
      
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