Re: [FT] Railgun Goals

>Question: how is gravity going to affect high-speed projectiles, in the
>time/distance scales we are discussing? If you are near (near!!!) a
high-
>gravity mass (Jupiter and larger), your onboard combat computers ought
to
>be able to easily compensate for *that*, at least. I see range drop-off
>accuracy as the inability to accurately predict where your opponent
will
>be when you fire at their ship(s).

The drop off of which I speak is the predictability variety - not
gravity.
To be a little more specific, it should drop off like and inverse log
function.

Schoon