' Wrote:assuming for the sake of argument that by a weird loophole in the laws of physics..a ship could use the help of a natural phenomenon to accelerate beyond the speed of light without warp engines...
oh ya about that thing death posted..he is partially wrong...
you could use a source of tremendous gravity..to use the distortion of space and time to accelerate..like the vortex around a black hole other known as "event horizon'....it would accelerate by breaching the known laws of physics...
99.9% physical speed...0.01 percent warping of space time...would end up getting around einstein`s "theorys" by using an uncoordinated wormhole-like effect
' Wrote:Dropping from the 3rd-story dorm room I'm in would be painful.
it gets aroudn the infinite energy requirement by not needing any energy for the 0.01 percent acceleration...it merely uses the distortion of space to its advantage
abit like how a whirlpool in a river accelerates an object..by warping the material aroudn the object into an acceleration curve...ratehr than providing energy
' Wrote:Dropping from the 3rd-story dorm room I'm in would be painful.
einstein`s law of relativity doesnt over rule natural laws of inertia...especially when we are dealing with a thing that disregards the laws of physics
' Wrote:Dropping from the 3rd-story dorm room I'm in would be painful.
Does not compute with Freelancer.
If it did, apocalypse time. Since all planets are a mere 200km away from each others cores.
Gas Giants, Earth Like, etc
' Wrote:of course, you are right. It could be 20, 100, 200 or more years(...)
To spice up the discussion: x years with all those fancy relativistic things applied or not? ;-)
Speaking of physics, let's try to measure in-game speed of light. Might get interesting results. Especially when speed of light is different depending on kind of a ze lazer gun you fire.
Even tachyons (supposed to be FTL) are a bit too slow (and visible!). Giant_blue_squishy_aliens universe, indeed. :)
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