Some of the things set up in Knight Hawks demanded that some kind of artificial gravity and anti-gravity exist, but no longer make sense because of the nature of the outdated theories, theories either debunked or so extreme they can never be made reality because of things we have learned about them since having been postulated. (e.g., centripetal force on a spinning space station; the station would have to be massive and spin at far too high a rate to let anything land and take an enormous amount of power to maintain. Let alone, does not cause objects to stick to it, but the objects are still considered to be in freefall and are simply being pushed by the object, let alone that each step toward the axle would diminish the effects.) Because the core of the Knight Hawks theories are unmanageable, they must be rethought.

I'd like to put forth a system of gravity-based "artificial" (not actually artificial) gravity and anti-gravity that I've come across based upon three assumptions: 1) gravity can be harnessed, 2) negative gravity (true anti-gravity) cannot exist, 3) anti-gravity can be simulated by opposing gravity with gravity with no ill effects (<--O-->).

Gravity harnessing requires the production of gravity through a microsingularity and its gravity harnessed through gravity processing plates and grids (the same grids you see the people walking on in science fiction movies, often covered by metal floor plates; the question of how exactly they do it need not be addressed. We can assume that the grid produces a kind of energy that allows the gravity to be conducted through the spaces in the grids). By means of this gravity harnessing, you have floating robots and can stand safely on a level of a ship traveling at varying rates of speed without fear of being squished or slamming to the ceiling.

Gravity itself does not crush a person (the surface pressing against them does), so opposing gravity with gravity has no ill effects on a person. This is the principle behind how the gravity harnessing is utilized.

This is all managed with the grids being on all sides of the interior of the ship. Plates and objects covering the grids have no diminishing effects on the gravity conduction. Computers monitor the gravity on all sides of the ship and adjust the gravity according to outside forces acting upon the ship. This technology is the means by which inertial dampers prevent pilots from suffering the effects of high-G maneuvers or letting ships enter and exit atmospheres with little-to-no negative effects or to jet from near standstill to moving at major rates of speed in seconds without ripping themselves apart or kill their inhabitants. The gravity from the singularity is simply pumped to where its needed to counter the effects of gravity and centrifugal/centripetal forces.

The energy required for all this is produced through the singularity which may itself be powered by a ships engines, or something as small as a robot's power pack.

Let me know what you think.