K and M in space.

[reavengitair]

I've always thought that its not really that realistic to call K kilometres and M metres, in reguards to distance in space. Bleh, freelancer has many things that are unrealistic, however, I think we could at least fix this one?

I've heard many people call "K" Kilometres and "M" Metres. I don't think that it is this way, I mean, flying 3k across space is like... nothing...

Could we invent a new discovery name for "K" that isn't kilometres, and one for "M" so it is a little more realistic?

[Dab]

Freelancer scale. It's retarded, get used to it.

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[Aoyagi]

I think that the K stands for Clicks...or whatever the spelling is. Dunno the M tho

[Dab]

I think that the K stands for Clicks...or whatever the spelling is. Dunno the M tho

Klicks, not Clicks. And Klicks is a slang abbreviation for Kilometers. Klicks = Kilometers.

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[Turkish]

Klick means kilometer.

As for your opposition to it? Those are international standard measurements, employed a lot more than anything else really. Whats the problem with it? I think it helps people to scale distances in their minds.

Technically K is more regularly used to refer to integers in the thousands though.

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I have a fetish for all things Norse.

[Aoyagi]

About Klicks...sorry, didn't know that.

And about K=1000, then M=million. That wouldn't work.

[reavengitair]

Ehh, Just a suggestion. I know the freelancer scale is f*****, but we can at least fix things like this within RP?

[Aoyagi]

Ehh, Just a suggestion. I know the freelancer scale is f*****, but we can at least fix things like this within RP?

Yeah, lets say "I am 14 Kicks far from you. You are on my scanners" Or "Come closer, like 1500 ... Minikicks, so that we can trade."

[Qunitinius~Verginix]

When I write RP stories, I write them to a more realistic scale. However, in game, K really does mean kilometres and M metres. Just look at the size of the guy in the cockpit. The game is basically scaled to his size. and as dumb as it is, we have to live with it.

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[Riley Mackenzie]

like what dab said, it's all freelancer scale, so really, "K" isn't 'kilometer' it's actually Space klicks which is, as we all know, bigger than your ordinary mild-mannered klick:cool:

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