Now, before we start, no "its a game" replies.
Shouldn't the fighters, which tend to be more aerodynamic, move faster in the nebula, as the engines have something to push on, not just newtons law? Also, the capships should be slowed down from the drag, as they are anything but aerodynamic.
1) The plural form of "nabula" is "nebulae";Actually, both forms are acceptable.
No, because the nebulas are still very much like a vacuum. A better question would be: "How can gas miners suck in gas from the nebula if the nebula's pressure is so low?"
1) The plural form of "nabula" is "nebulae";Actually, both forms are acceptable.
No!
noun [C] plural nebulae or nebulas
–noun, plural -lae, -las.
nebula (plural nebulae or nebulas)In your face.
Back to the main subject of the discussion...after many years the gas should start comprising thanks to gravity.
You can criticize all you want, but the fact of the matter is that you don't really have any authority to define correct spelling of English language. If a form of a word is regularly used and comprehended, it has become part of the language due to cultural and lingual evolution. Languages evolve. It is the way of theForceworld. If you want to act the grammar inquisitor, target all the ridiculous forms like "your" instead of "you're" and "cannon" instead of "canon" (the horror!), where the misspellings actually change the meaning of the words... :blah:
Not if it gains escape velocity from it's own mass in the explosion. If, for example, you were to shoot a bullet straight up at velocity 11.2 km/s (ignoring the atmospheric friction), it would keep ascending forever, but it's velocity would get closer and closer to zero.
Mathematically, it's velocity would react zero after infinite time, at infinite distance from Earth, but that's neither here nor there (literally as well as metaphorically).
Which, unsurprizingly, it most often does in both nova and supernova types of explosions.
Of course, if there are structures formed into the expanding gas cloud, those can after time form local centers of gravity and compress into new stars.
Look at it this way, why do you think all the inner planet are rock and metal, and all the outer planets are gas and water? It's to do with mass, everything is spinning, and the lighter materials end up on the outside. When a nebula, particuarly a Supernova-generated one is formed, much of that lighter material can actually be travelling too fast to be pulled back
Now, before we start, no "its a game" replies.A nebula shouldn't be dense enough to cause a significant increase in friction/drag. The nebula we have in the game isn't really representative of a real nebula either. But really...the answer you don't want to hear is the right one. It IS a game and the fact that the ships stop when you cut the throttle and the fact that the nebula conditions are not realistic makes further discussion sort of moot in my view. If we examine this as a gameplay mechanic...sure I guess we could do it so that speeds are reduced for everything across the board...but I don't see this as making a huge difference. Capital ships are already slow as can be and fighters zip around at speeds that are relatively close. There are better gameplay mechanics for the nebula and Volition already included most of them...the reduced visibility/sensor range and EMP lightning are good examples.
Shouldn't the fighters, which tend to be more aerodynamic, move faster in the nebula, as the engines have something to push on, not just newtons law? Also, the capships should be slowed down from the drag, as they are anything but aerodynamic.
Now, before we start, no "its a game" replies.
Shouldn't the fighters, which tend to be more aerodynamic, move faster in the nebula, as the engines have something to push on, not just newtons law? Also, the capships should be slowed down from the drag, as they are anything but aerodynamic.
Speaking of nebula's, how accurate are the Freelancer nebula's?I think pretty much as accurate as my knowledge on quantum mechanics. If you google any of the names of the nebulas (like Edge Nebula, Crow Nebula and Walker Nebula), you only find Freelancer related sites. Wikipedia doesn't give anything on those exact names.
QuoteLook at it this way, why do you think all the inner planet are rock and metal, and all the outer planets are gas and water? It's to do with mass, everything is spinning, and the lighter materials end up on the outside. When a nebula, particuarly a Supernova-generated one is formed, much of that lighter material can actually be travelling too fast to be pulled back
Actually, the solar wind from the young sun blew all the lighter elements away. The gas giants are too far away to be affected like that.
But think, centrifugal force and acceleration affect things as though there is gravity puling them out. Think of that carnaval ride where you can sit on the walls. The air doesn't get sucked to the edges before you do. Similarly, the heavy elements would end up on the outside if spin was the only factor.QuoteNope, it's to do with the spin of the young proto-star, coupled with the rotation of the Galaxy that threw the material around, not the Solar Wind, since the Solar System was starting to form before the Sun had become properly active, so there was no Solar Wind to move it. Trust me, Gravity had far far more impact on the formation of the Solar System than a stream of ionised gases from a newly fused star.QuoteLook at it this way, why do you think all the inner planet are rock and metal, and all the outer planets are gas and water? It's to do with mass, everything is spinning, and the lighter materials end up on the outside. When a nebula, particuarly a Supernova-generated one is formed, much of that lighter material can actually be travelling too fast to be pulled back
Actually, the solar wind from the young sun blew all the lighter elements away. The gas giants are too far away to be affected like that.