On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 13:57 -0200, Bira wrote: > On 12/21/05, Tail Kinker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Introduction > > > -Reactionless Drive- > > Torpedo/9 Super Thruster 28m 22,350 kps > > Torpedo/10 Super Thruster 35m 15s 60,000 kps > > Torpedo/11 Super Thruster 45m 965,000 kps > > Torpedo/13 Mega Thruster 45m 3,650,000 kps > > IIRC, lightspeed is about 300,000kps, so your TL 11 and TL 13 > torpedoes are actually going faster than light (at about 3c and 12c, > respectively). > > What is the maximum speed of something without FTL drives in GURPS Space?
It looks like he needs to calculate velocity with more advanced equations. What should happen is the missiles get closer to light speed and get increased virtual mass. Another speed limit will be radiation and particle impacts. Depending on hull DR and other shielding, the missiles will come apart at some velocity well before 0.999 c. Light frequencies will increase toward gamma. Even the very dim background radiation of the universe will start to cause damage at some point. Individual hydrogen atoms floating in space will hit like particle accelerator strikes, and actual dust or micrometeorites will have massive KE. -- Zan Lynx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
