View Full Version : Gravtiy wells, worm holes and the mass of light oh my!
JerryC
08-15-2008, 01:01 AM
I am wondering how realistic the physics of space will be? Also, have we heard whether travel times can be realisticish based on in game time? I mean I am the type of person that might just set my ship to warp 9 and head in any given direction for a few days just to see whats there and if it can actually be done. I want to know if I can tractor an asteroid to a star base? I want to know if I can land my ship on a planet?
AAAHHHHHHHH! I want to play!
PraetorianHistorian
08-15-2008, 01:08 AM
They are going to be guessing a lot with the physics in space and then they are going to be taking artistic license like Star Trek does. You know those massive explosions of starships you see during a battle? Really wouldn't happen in space.
Instead, seeing as how that would be the size of a nuclear explosion, everything would vaporize and the blast would be in ultraviolet so you'd never even see it. The most you could hope for is a flash at the moment of detonation. But...this being science fiction...we get awesome blazes and sizzling hulls that even crackle and hiss in the vacuum of space.
I'm sure you are going to get a fun experience in physics similar to what you see in Star Wars Galaxies space fights.
JerryC
08-15-2008, 01:22 AM
Hmmm, I have to wonder if they treat planets better than EVE does. I mean a gas giant should be, well, giant. I have 1000000 questions and no way to get answers for any of them....
They are going to be guessing a lot with the physics in space and then they are going to be taking artistic license like Star Trek does. You know those massive explosions of starships you see during a battle? Really wouldn't happen in space.
Instead, seeing as how that would be the size of a nuclear explosion, everything would vaporize and the blast would be in ultraviolet so you'd never even see it. The most you could hope for is a flash at the moment of detonation. But...this being science fiction...we get awesome blazes and sizzling hulls that even crackle and hiss in the vacuum of space.
I'm sure you are going to get a fun experience in physics similar to what you see in Star Wars Galaxies space fights.