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Rebecca Hail

Amata LireinFriendly reminder: Space, contrary to popular believe, is not a vacuum. Lots of hydrogen and deuterium out there, and depending on where you are in space its density differs. So in the long run a projectile will slow down to a stop... it would take faaaar longer then the game suggests though

Gravitational drag might be a bigger factor in slowing down projectiles. Density in the interstellar medium varies but 30% - 70% of it have a density of 10^-4 to 10^−2. It's well possible that a reasonably sized projectile might not be stopped by friction until after the end of our universe.

Pretty much chance for that projectile to end up falling on a star. Unlikely it'll have much speed to escape the star's gravity completely, and, if "combat zone" have it's own relative orbit speed (depends on closer bodies, etc...), then projectile, fired somewhere to the "retrograde" direction, have a chance to end up that way... After several millenias...

Rebecca Hail Well, in Mass Effect for instance the spinal main guns of the human battleships fire 20kg iron projectiles with a speed of 3-4% of the speed of light. The escape velocity for the sun is 617km/s, so I would guess that a misshot would manage it to leave the system unless it impacts on some orbital body.

For the guns in Elite, yeah. They have nowhere enough energy to make their projectile escape the gravity of a star.

XGN BlazeShadowWell they got gravity right..found that out the hard way..think they named that crater next to arnason's progress after me

Lambast MercyThe Orion reminded me of the X-Bomber from a Japanese marionette show I used to love as a kid called Star Fleet over here. Great looking ship.
The Centurion still holds up today as well. Both would make great additions to the Elite garage.

BTW, look up the Star Fleet US/UK theme if ya want a super cheese laugh. It's performed by Brian May of Queen and it's so embarrassing now. I flippin loved it as a nipper.

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As it was a Japanese show, naturally the X-Bomber turned into a giant robot.

Lambast MercyHe liked the women in tinfoil with purple hair .. .. watch out Amata

Lambast MercyOh come on now!

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Elite Frontier calls it an interplanetary shuttle. I call it a box for looking at much more famous ship as inspirational basking music plays.

Lambast MercyEagle 5, otherwise know as proto-Saud Kruger.