Re: STL travel

Dangerous stuff, palaying around in your head, you might find a Gobo in
there doing the same!
-----Original Message-----
From: PeteSlade@aol.com <PeteSlade@aol.com>
To: FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk <FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk>
Date: 27 October 1998 00:51
Subject: STL travel

>Because I like the way ships manoeuvre in FT, I've been playing around
in
my
>head with whether there could be any explanation for ships moving in
this
non-
>Newtonian way.
>
>I've vaguely had an idea that even when moving on the table the ships
are
>traveling at a significant fraction of light speed, by having their FTL
drives
>on the verge of commiting them to FTL.  In effect they could be
drilling a
>hole in the real space directly in front of them, and they are
continually
>moving into a hole that moves ahead of them.  This could explain why
they
>can't just turn sideways/backwards - they're not really moving fast,
they're
>just falling into a `hole' in front of them.  Assuming the `hole' is
slightly
>larger than the ship, this would allow for a small degree of turn from
>straight ahead being possible - hence the turning arcs we are familiar
with
in
>FT.
>
>Has anyone else thought about this? Any better explanations?
>
>Also: should static targets be easier to hit than moving ones?
>