5% of c relative to what? :)
Sent from mobile device; please forgive terseness and typos.
On 18 Jul 2015 at 10:23, Robert wrote:
> For example, Jupiter to Earth is 6 days away at 1G brachistochrone
> (constant acceleration/decel from midpoint), or a day away at 6G.
Time dereases proportional to the square root of acceleration, so if Jupiter is 6 days out
at 1G, it's ~2.5 days out at 6Gs.
> IMHO reactionless drives should be thrust limited (so many G-hours
> before you have to turn them off, or get near a massive body to
> offload the momentum you stole to gain velocity in the first place,
> etc.)
>
> Higher tech levels? More G-hours possible, more efficient drives
> (converting reactor energy to kinetic energy of vehicle thrust).
I just handwaved them as limited to 5% fo lightspeed. That's about 12 days' constant
acceleration at 1G, and 2 days at 6G. For normal operations in Traveller it only affects
5G and 6G drives, as they can hit the cap inside 3.5 days and thus it reduces the
distance at which an in-system jump is faster than a 5 or 6G ship.
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