Wish rings were a bit like that
- Thread starter Shear
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I had always assumed we jump out at the same speed as the objects we're near, and our maneuvering is all relative speed. If that wasn't the case, it'd be really hard for us to dock with anything.
Yeah, I can see that being the case too.
That we magically acquire relative speed is the only way to explain it.
Something sci-fi always seems to forget; "in orbit" does not mean "you just happen to be close to a planet". As such, if you hyperspace jumped to a station, it would zoom right past you at incredibly high speed.
Something sci-fi always seems to forget; "in orbit" does not mean "you just happen to be close to a planet". As such, if you hyperspace jumped to a station, it would zoom right past you at incredibly high speed.
*Looks in ship mirror and sees asteroid coming my way* "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR" oh snap-
In a rather surreal twist of slightly-suspect game design, if you drop out of SC close to rings... and then fly the rest of the way on thrusters, the asteroids never spawn.
Instead, you end up surrounded by fast-moving asteroid sprites.
Instead, you end up surrounded by fast-moving asteroid sprites.