EVE General Discussion

No one remembers, we all blacked out before they discovered those inertia dampers apparently

This is probably the first thread I've ever seen started by Chribba.

It would probably turn out to be a factor determined by :-

Ship volume (Length x breadth x height etc), in cubic meters I suppose.
Ship mass (in kilograms)
Relative acceleration (thrust in meters per second, per second) (I will stick to Newtons here, seeing as the rest is in metric)
Please don't ask me to divulge the formula, it's a seekrit!!

All of the above factors come out to a magical 75% of velocity before being able to enter Warp.
Think of the magic 75% factor as something like Pi.

My 2c worth

John Stapp withstood 45g

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stapp#Stapp.27s_law

And that's with just some straps and gaffa tape.

I would think 20,000 years into the future, they would have all kinds of shock-gell and gill-fluid applications that we reduce to simply 'pod goo'

In that case, same thing that allows people to walk on the floor in a null-G environment, aka "artificial gravity" and inertial dampeners. These are the basic assumptions of most science fiction/fantasy universes including Traveller. I'll have to go and re-read the Lensman series to remember how they addressed the issue (but their ships moved by nullifying inertia).

Could you explain why ships decelerate when their engine turn off now CCP guy.

Yep. Been explained many times. It is their story and they are sticking to it.

Not to be picky, but Inertia is mass in motion, which creates the g-forces. That motion of mass results in Inertia, which is the component which needs to be nullified. Yes, it's a g-force compensator, that's just a different name for Inertia dampener.
However, if you want to split hairs and get technical, there's plenty of dope about motion compensators. Quick link here, but many others too.

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Assuming that ships have artificial gravity, you can just say part of the cap used to warp goes to offset the gforces.

Also while entering warp, you are not in a gravity less situation. Eve FTL is achieved by depleting the space around the ship of quantum partials, and compressing it, segregating your ship from the rest uf space in a quantum vaccuum (as apposed to just a partical vacuum). You are being sucked into this bubble, the this bubble is what accelerates.

This bubble effect is also why when you squad warp with slower ships, you match their speed. The vacuumes envelop eachother, but the rate of compression is limited by the slower ship.



The technology that anchors you to the quantum vacuum bubble while in warp also has a constant effect. Since quantum partials are present, it's not as pronounced, but it still causes what we would perceive as "friction"

Although I am no physics major or anything, I am pretty sure there would be no g-force in a spaceships. Without an atmosphere or gravity holding us to a nearby object there is no g-force.

"G-force (with g from gravitational) is a measurement of acceleration felt as weight."

If your on a ship generating false gravity for practical purposes you wouldn't feel anything either because your weight is determined relative only to the ships interior environment so anything going on outside is irrelevant.

So, in short, no Gs. Sorry to spoil the fun.

(Also, there is a lot of terrible terrible physics in this thread).

Edit: Not sure that was clear enough. We only experience G-Force on earth because gravity dictates that our weight holds us to a certain spot. Moving fast enough creates the phenomenon where your body is being pulled from that spot forcefully. Without the gravity there and a relative surface to be pulled away from, you don't have a problem. This might still be a problem for no artificial gravity ships accelerating fast away from high mass planets whilst in very very low orbit.