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Destruction of Earth - Charo - 09-15-2010
' 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...Four words for ya
Giant blue squishy aliens
Destruction of Earth - kersch_wasser - 09-15-2010
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
Destruction of Earth - kersch_wasser - 09-15-2010
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
Destruction of Earth - kersch_wasser - 09-15-2010
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
Destruction of Earth - ivr56 - 09-15-2010
' Wrote:Four words for yaThis
Giant blue squishy aliens
Quote:laws of physicsDoes 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
Destruction of Earth - AndrzejB - 09-15-2010
' 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. :)