1. "RE: Hardspace: Shipbreaker"
In response to message #0
>The controls >take some getting used to, because your maneuvering physics are >semi-Newtonian (you have a maximum speed, which objects under thrust >in a zero-G vacuum really don't on that scale, but you have to cancel >your motion to stop or change heading, and "up" and "down" are all in >your head)
That may be somewhat more realistic than it seems - yes, objects don't have a maximum speed per se, but there is a hard limit for rockets using reaction mass: they can go no faster than the velocity of the mass they're throwing out, whether it be chemicals or ions.
Thus, your thruster pack? May just be -very low velocity-, to fit in with how crap the rest of the equipment is.
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