On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 04:33:00AM -0500, Damon wrote: > In my campaign a ship just "jumped" into system, using a jumpgate. The > jumpgate orbits the system's primary at around 100AU. The planet the > ship wants to go to is around 2 AU. What is the formula to calculate > the time it would take (non-relativistically) for the ship to reach > its destination using the acceleration/deceleration method?
Orbits are more complicated than simply boosting in the direction you want to go. On the other hand, I think those calculations are Alberto's specialty. What is the mass of the system's star? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
