Re: [GZG] How fast is FTL in GZGverse?

I'm a big fan of the FTL system in Mote. I also like that for the most
part you had to be motionless (with respect to a complex set of axes)
to use the drive (though the Moties did admittedly figure out a way to
come out of FTL with huge initial velocities).

You still get choke points at habitats, planets and other objectives
in the GZG system, but it also opens the door to fly-throughs at
relativistic velocities, which I think would strategically make things
like planetary bombardment almost impossible to defend against.

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Nyrath the nearly wise
<nyrath@projectrho.com> wrote:
> Many many games have copied the jump point system invented by
>  Dan Alderson for Niven & Pournelle's THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE.
>  N&P asked Alderson to design a FTL system that would allow
>  starship combat to occur, and that is what the Alderson drive does.
>
>  You see, the jump points are military choke points.
>  http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3v.html#mote
>
>  Without jump points, you need sensors with ludicrously huge
>  ranges, or battles only occur with the mutual consent of both
>  parties.  Not good for a starship combat game.

-- 
Robert Mayberry

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