Re: Real Space Combat Help:

>	  Given that a target can maneuver in a very large threat cone
on the
> order of several thousand meters per G maneuver, your 500 meter radius
cloud
> does not guarrantee a hit at all...  You would have a better bet
against an
> 
That's a 500 meter SEPERATION between individual penetrators in a 
spherical cloud. All you NEED is one hit.  with a thousand 
Penetrators your cloud would be Kilometers wide AND deep. Also, the 
amount of delta Vee you can put into a maneuver depends a lot on mass 
vs thrust. First you detect the incoming penetrators. If they are 
stealthy that might be as little as several hundred kilometers (after 
all there is no energy signature to pinpoint them and they are 
wrapped in RAM materials) If they are not stealthy, you might "see" 
them at several Thousand kilometers. That would give you (assuming 
you have a sabot cloud moving at 100k/s) 2-20 seconds to classify as 
threat and initiate an evasive burn. Not the easiest task, I think.
Mike Wikan
Game Design\Conceptual Art
n-Space, Inc.
A Producer of 3D Entertainment Products