It's just a game... so don't fuss about the various "inaccuracies" found in the game.

Besides, the shuttle really isn't a fighter now is it?

Well, also consider that the ships and pilots are enourmous compared to the size of planets. Plus the planets don't move, and ships are sent at really fast speed thru funky rings, and theres super shields that take damage, and....

Ya, it's a game, in space. You gotta take some liberties


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I'm thinking these units of measure aren't metres as we normally think of them. Or at least I hope so. Or, of course, it's just a game, and I don't really care.

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~ Self to the Centurion.

The planets are indeed tiny and the units are indeed metric. Don't try to explain it... there's no need. Also the planets are stationary.

A while back someone made a measurement about the planets and insisted the units are thousands of miles or something... Use some common sense: if you can see the curvature of the planet from a geo-sync orbit (e.g. when docking)then its size is not bigger than the moon.

I think we can all agree that there miles/second.

Also, how do tradelanes work, their orbits would put them out of wack, so they'd probably only line up like once in a bazillion years!

Whew, good thing there are no orbits, then

Try dogfighting with the space shuttle =T

Fleet, good point. Orbit, hehe.
Depending on how fast the orbit was you might see the trade lands move when your using them. That would be wild!

Ya the scale is a littel out of whack. I dunno what the K stands for in this game but if its Kilometers then dam everything is close. Our own moon is 384,400 km away. And thats the closest space object to us.

Edited by - Kodakmoment on 17-03-2003 04:46:16

Well, K generally stands for thousand, I.E. $100k would be 100,000. Doesn't mean it has anything to do with metric measurments. I really don't care what the unit for measurement is in the game. Lightyears would make more sense, though I think doing a 180° turn at 80ly/s would probably flatten the entire ship into something the size of a piece of paper. Not to mention it's inhabitants. Basically, who cares? Play the game and have fun. We all know that the game makers weren't out for any sort of realism.

Also, keep in mind that the '80' you see in the game is your standard flying speed - in space, you don't need to go that fast; most of the speed from that shuttle figure is, if I remember correctly, what's necessary to escape earth's gravity; or, conversely, break orbit and return. Once you're actually flying around in free space it's not necessary - and likely inefficient - to maintain that high a velocity. Also, likewise, there's that maneuverability question that someone brought up; in an inertialless environment, it takes just as much effort to _stop_ as it does to _start_.

Then again, it could just be chalked up to the developers wanting to make a good game and not, say, yet another Independence War.

Go with the Battlestar Galactica explanation. Every unit of measurement (distance, time, speed, area, age, volume, coefficient of friction) is measured in the "centon". Or, the "kilocenton".


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also take into account it takes you... what 45 seconds to completely orbit a planet?

...Just a random thought from a random mind