From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 10:30:02 -0400
Subject: [FT] Jump Limit
> Sun: Mass ~ 2e30 kg, Sqrt = 1.4 e15: Actually, 1.4e15 / 149,600,00 (km/au) = 9.36e6, so let's try dividing by 1e6= 9.36AU = almost to Saturn 2e6 = 4.68AU = inside Jupiter's orbit (which is 5.2AU) 3e6 = 3.12AU = outside the main part of the Belt 4e6 = 2.34AU = more or less at the Belt
From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 09:40:07 -0500
Subject: Re: [FT] Jump Limit
Might think about the system as a whole. I know the mass of the solar system resides mainly in the sun. The planets and asteroids, even counting the giants, are relatively insignificant, but I thought the Oort cloud was significant. On the other hand, I can't even keep ship variant designations straight... ;->= The_Beast
From: Matt Tope <mptope@o...>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:49:16 +0100
Subject: Re:[FT] Jump Limit
I'm currently re-reading Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy. No doubt many of you have read this, however he has his ftl capable vessels making jumps from around 1000km out (above the surface of) from an Earth type world. I don't the reasoning behind it though...other than the author cites that the planets gravity is no longer a hinderence at this range. (On a related note the Mercenary-Confed-Possesed space battle above Lalonde with combat wasps arcing round the north and south poles of the planet was strangely reminiscent of a recent FT battle I fought using the Medium Tactical missile rules from the weapons archive...:-)) Regards,