RE: Gravity, Tech & others (was Re: Orbits, etc)

2 AU for jump - woof.  But I'm used to Traveller's 100 diameters (volume

dependent as opposed to mass? Go figure).  Your comment about speed 'o 
light weapons is too true - in those 18 secs, a target with a velocity
of 
*1* has moved...1500 kms.  The only problem with such long ranges is
that 
the only viable weapons are c-speed (beams) and bomb-pumped lasers on 
missiles.  But then again, it's a matter of taste.

-----Original Message-----
From:	Brian Bell [SMTP:brian.bell@axom.com]
Sent:	Wednesday, July 08, 1998 02:06 AM
To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
Subject:	Re: Gravity, Tech & others (was Re: Orbits, etc)

> Keep turns @ 15 mins, make 1 MU = 7,500 km.  This should keep 1 thrust
= 
1 g.
> and Terra is 2", Jupiter 16", etc.  I think this might work for you.
>
This is about .025 light seconds per MU (1/40th of a light second). I
prefer to use larger units (75,000km or about 1/4 light second). To my
mind this gives a greater "cosmic" feel to the combat and allows ships
to reach a viable jump point (~2au in my game) quicker. However, planets
represent not only the planet but its gravity well also. It also
accounts for the large percentage to miss a ship in FT. If you have to
fire several light seconds away (even with speed-of-light weapons), it
will take some time to reach the target (target is 24" away: send an
active targeting pulse [6 seconds there, 6 seconds back], fire [6
seconds there], gives 18 seconds from when you first gave the order to
fire [12 seconds from when it was locked by active sensors or 1 second
per 2"].).

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