EVE New Citizens Q&A

Wow my head is spinning [grin] ... This bumping sure triggers a lot of math for something that won't draw a second look from concord let alone some kind of aggression sanction.

Would it just be easier to go back through the gate or can the bumper prevent that as well? And why can a tiny little frigate or rookie ship bump a massive freighter around so easy ? I'm not anything like a physics major but shouldn't it take something bigger to throw the freighter off it's course so easy?

I would test it myself but I'm waiting to get a few skills up to 5 before I start fooling around with the freighter.

For the newbies reading a Machariel is a Pirate Battleship, big, relatively expensive, and very very fast if fitted correctly.

Think of an object with a minimum mass of 145,000 tonnes travelling at 2-2.5km per second, that's a Machariel; for comparison 100,000 tonnes is the mass of a modern aircraft carrier such as the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Freighters are so slow that a half decent bumper can literally make you go backwards if he so desires. With a max speed of ~100m/s it would take you about three minutes to travel the 15km to the gate, that's more then enough time for any dirty deeds the gankers may have in store.

in space.. mass doesnt really mean anything, its the velocity of the object that matters. its why a grain of sand can rip straight through the hull of a shuttle and break it up. and yes any kind of negative force in space would make an impact. cause the frieghter engines and speed is so low it suffers a bit more than other ships. though eve space is not entirely accurate as mass in this game does play a part in bumping.. if truth be told.. any kind of collision should result in ship destruction or serious damage to both ships. eve should add this to the game for sure and bumping will stop. or ships will become a new weapon type. and perhaps a heavy buffer tank fitted hac with an mwd could cause much damage to a capital ship.