Talk:General Products

GP hulls vs. hullmetal
Terminology error: GP hulls and "hullmetal" refer to two different things. The GP hull is the "artificially generated giant molecule with inter-atomic bonds artificially strengthened by a small power plant". "Hullmetal" is a human-produced material used for ships after the Exodus (like the Sinclair yacht Beowulf doesn't want to use), and occasionally other things (Louis's fake cabinet in Ringworld Engineers).--Christopher Thomas 07:49, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Fixed in text. --Christopher Thomas 16:36, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Ringworld discrepancy
This article states that both a #2 and #4 hull were used in Ringworld. I believe this is incorrect. Perhaps the #4 is supposed to refer to Ringworld Engineers? - Frankie

Ringworld Engineers showed only one ship: Needle, in a #3 hull. Ringworld had Lying Bastard in a #2, Long Shot in a #4 and the unnamed #3 hull that transfered the landing party from the Long Shot to the fleet of worlds. --KevinK 14:12, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Galactic Core
Galactic Core under General Products' #4 hull links to a Star Wars article. I think this should be mended... maybe with a new article describing the galactic core explosion from the known space series...

Hmmm.... maybe I should create an account... 69.91.52.42 04:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Fixed. Thanks for catching the error. --Christopher Thomas 21:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Allusion to General Motors?
Question: Is the name "General Products" a reference to the real life car company "General Motors"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.71.7.193 (talk • contribs) on 19:23, 12 August 2006.


 * Beats me. If it was, we'd need a statement from Mr. Niven to be in print somewhere before the article could say so, due to verifiability requirements. If he's said something like this in one of his books, by all means post the citation so that this information can be added. --Christopher Thomas 06:36, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

pictures needed
This article needs a pic of the 4 hull types. I'd do it, but I'm unsure of how to paste pics into the article. Pb8bije6a7b6a3w (talk) 17:10, 10 July 2014 (UTC)