There's a good lecture on YouTube about relativity and the closed-fold sailing ship thought experiment. But if you're in a revolving drum in zero-G try throwing a ball - it doesn't behave the way it would in gravity.Short answer (without involving math) : Yes. I just need to try putting an object in orbit
In a world designed to use magnets, I'm confident they would use ferrous material for things like cargo containers. Or are you worried about space outposts using plastic and aluminum in their floors?
I'm worried about the drinks in the glasses in the outposts...
Ahh, we're talking about two different things then. FWIW I totally agree with you regarding drinks, trash, and all the other silly "this is not what zero-G looks like" contrivances in Odyssey.
Judging by the hair, the drinks staying in the glasses, the litter on the floor, the magnetic pants we all seem to wear, and the fact that we aren't crushed to a pulp flying our space ships Braben is mistaken in his statement. There appears to be both anti gravity and inertial dampening in the Elite universe.
Apology accepted, I hope others in the thread are able to move on from the rabbit-hole, too
I think we aren't crushed to a pulp in Newtonian space (sub-Supercruise) because we're forced to be seated in those specially-shaped seats. In Supercruise of course, it's an Alcubierre field and so all bets are off.Not canon any more. Like lots of lore and tech from the earlier games.Would now be a good time to mention that Frontier Elite 2 & Frontier First Encounters had tractor beam cargo scoops?
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If I remember correctly, FE2 even had a lightning style visual effect that grabbed the cargo container along with a brrrzzzztttt sound effect
