tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015553697395174564.post8531524497749305694..comments2024-03-27T07:55:50.131-07:00Comments on The Land of Counterpane: A Galaxy Far Far AwayCounterpanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553996687667995394noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015553697395174564.post-3304612514683560632016-11-04T09:40:20.737-07:002016-11-04T09:40:20.737-07:00I did some thinking about this back in the day whe...I did some thinking about this back in the day when I used to play Traveller (and then a homebrew system based on the James Bond 007 RPG). The important thing in space is not so much speed as acceleration*. Acceleration allows you to change direction in response to attacks or opportunities.<br /><br />Acceleration will be determined by the relationship between the power of your engines and your mass. So a big ship will be slower after a given period of acceleration if it has the same engines as a smaller ship. <br /><br />* At least until you get up to relativistic velocities. Counterpanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553996687667995394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015553697395174564.post-17982207539672987012016-11-04T09:23:28.298-07:002016-11-04T09:23:28.298-07:00I would imagine that all ships in space travel at ...I would imagine that all ships in space travel at exactly the same speed. With a lack of atmosphere and gravity (and hence resistance) any ship in space would essentially travel at the same speed irrespective of size. Broedershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218127480258279732noreply@blogger.com