kilemall
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Just do what is right for your setting- if you want OTU-branded stories though, obviously another matter.
Micro jumps?
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Just do what is right for your setting- if you want OTU-branded stories though, obviously another matter.
Condottiere
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You still end up with a week in limbo, ten percent volume fuel usage, and the possibility of a misjump.
Depending on the edition, nine gee shuttle sounds like a better option.
Depending on the edition, nine gee shuttle sounds like a better option.
I am quite curious about the kind of radical change that could occur from making microjumps contingent on some convenient body rather than making them into interplanetary space.
How does one consistently place one's endpoint on a planet in another system but miss an intended intersection with a gas giant in the same system?
I am quite curious about the kind of radical change that could occur from making microjumps contingent on some convenient body rather than making them into interplanetary space.
How does one consistently place one's endpoint on a planet in another system but miss an intended intersection with a gas giant in the same system?
The accuracy of placement is 1000 km per parsec traveled. 1 Pc = 206265 AU... so, aiming for 100 AU (Kuiper Belt), your angular accuract is abou 200 m. So you just figure out where it will be next week, draw the line through it to 1 Pc, and BANG!
How does one consistently place one's endpoint on a planet in another system but miss an intended intersection with a gas giant in the same system?
Trust in Iron Mike, your NAV System. Surveys note the position and orbits of all significant planetary bodies in a system. That information is included in your navigation charts, allowing Iron Mike to determine the best plot to avoid massive gravity wells (100-diameter) to reach your programmed destination. (By comparing planetary positions, one can actually read the system like a clock.)
Using the same charts and system information, trained navigators can determine where planetary bodies will be at any point and come up with a nav plot avoiding the gravity wells between the ship's current location and its destination. It takes a little longer than Iron Mike would but acts as an important safety check - if your manual plot and Iron Mike's differ significantly, you have to determine if Iron Mike or a supporting system is malfunctioning and need repair (or replacement), or your navigator missed something (and may need replacement).
If you're scouting an uncharted system, you're at the greatest risk so you hope whatever observation data you were able to collect before the jump will help you avoid the large hazards and avoid the wild cards.
SPOCK: He thinks two dimensionally.
Jump above or below the general orbital plane the planets orbit around. Or the specific planet for moons
If our solar system is representative:
Even though some of the Kuiper planets are not orbiting the sun in exactly the same plane, most do. Say you are going to Neptune from Mars, aim for above the pole of the planet. Maybe it is more efficient, less objects to calculate, less objects to navigate around the moon system, etc.
Again, Uranus, having that almost 90 degree axial tilt, aim straight for the pole you along the solar orbital plane.
Finally, you may have to manuever above the orbital plane, or else you might make 2 jumps, in-system. If two planets, say Earth and Neptune, are on opposite sides of the star and you have to go, your insertion or exit has to take the Sun's ~1AU Jump shadow and going "up" (above the plane) is the way to go...
Jump above or below the general orbital plane the planets orbit around. Or the specific planet for moons
If our solar system is representative:
Even though some of the Kuiper planets are not orbiting the sun in exactly the same plane, most do. Say you are going to Neptune from Mars, aim for above the pole of the planet. Maybe it is more efficient, less objects to calculate, less objects to navigate around the moon system, etc.
Again, Uranus, having that almost 90 degree axial tilt, aim straight for the pole you along the solar orbital plane.
Finally, you may have to manuever above the orbital plane, or else you might make 2 jumps, in-system. If two planets, say Earth and Neptune, are on opposite sides of the star and you have to go, your insertion or exit has to take the Sun's ~1AU Jump shadow and going "up" (above the plane) is the way to go...
... Have you seen the maps?
The universe IS two dimensional. In some places, it is one dimensional, having only range without a vector! :rofl:
(and some places even have only quantum ranges!!!)
I remember once, cruising through space in a starship, minding my own business, when someone fired on our ship ... suddenly the universe collapsed into dimensionless quantum range bands. It was terrifying.
... Have you seen the maps?
The universe IS two dimensional. In some places, it is one dimensional, having only range without a vector! :rofl:
(and some places even have only quantum ranges!!!)
Marc said in late 2016 that J-Space is 2D.
The "Vatta's War" book series used micro-jumps. Still margins of error were given, and their jumps didn't take all week. Actually, they could only jump so far and had to plot courses. Longer jumps took longer. Really long distances took multiple jumps.
Battle was interesting with the micro-jump.
Battle was interesting with the micro-jump.
Wow. Suddenly I'm flashing to the Orville in 2D space.
While systems tend to lie in the galactic plane, in many cases your target system will be above or below the system orbital plane you're in. However, your nav plot will still need to account for the position of planets and suns in the current system AND your target system to get you close as possible to your mark - and possibly any in between.
Keklas Rekobah
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We had just refueled and were on course to the jump point when we were laid upon and challenged to heave to and prepare to be boarded. Our pilot panicked and hit the “Jump” button. Just as the caps discharged, our nav shouted “But I didn’t enter coords yet!”
Exactly 168 hours later, we dropped back into n-space.
It didn’t take more than a few seconds of collective star-gazing to realize that we were still only a little over 100 diameters out from Sapphire!
No radio chatter ... nothing on passive radar ... nothing in sight ‘cept that small, deep blue gas giant. We skimmed for fuel while our cheng did a quick recal on the j-drive. Then we jumped to our original destination. Since we were running speculative cargo rimward of the Marches, no one asked any questions regarding the two-week trip.
We have since used the “Zero-Point Jump” to evade capture or give the impression that we were moving on to the next system. The risk is always that we’ll run into the same people who were chasing us before, but our luck seems to be holding out ... so far!
Exactly 168 hours later, we dropped back into n-space.
It didn’t take more than a few seconds of collective star-gazing to realize that we were still only a little over 100 diameters out from Sapphire!
No radio chatter ... nothing on passive radar ... nothing in sight ‘cept that small, deep blue gas giant. We skimmed for fuel while our cheng did a quick recal on the j-drive. Then we jumped to our original destination. Since we were running speculative cargo rimward of the Marches, no one asked any questions regarding the two-week trip.
We have since used the “Zero-Point Jump” to evade capture or give the impression that we were moving on to the next system. The risk is always that we’ll run into the same people who were chasing us before, but our luck seems to be holding out ... so far!
I guess in the end all I'm doing is posting fan fic. If someone takes umbrage with what I've posted in terms of rules and game mechanics ... whatever.
The micro jump will always be part of MTU.
The micro jump will always be part of MTU.
For sure ... up to 1 parsec means UP TO (<=) 1 PARSEC [including zero].
No fussy rules, just K.I.S.S.
I remember once, cruising through space in a starship, minding my own business, when someone fired on our ship ... suddenly the universe collapsed into dimensionless quantum range bands. It was terrifying.
If you wanted to go Old School Vector, Steve Jackson Games is doing a kickstarter for a new release of Triplanetary.
kilemall
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I'm doing 0 realtime, 1 week subjective onboard. You can look through my IMTU thread for the consequences I envision.
kilemall
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That's the way I would do it running a regular universe.
Essentially you're doing a J1 but using your own ship's gravity well to precipitate yourself out of Jumpspace short of where the drive would have taken you.
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