Cosmo Knights and sub light speed

[Greyaxe]

I suggest that cosmo knights traveling at sub light speeds in space should travel at twice their level in Mach speeds.
Thus a third level cosmo knight can travel at mach 6, not much of a threat to space fighters and frigates as they can still run away but when a cosmo knight reaches tenth level they are the fastest things in the game which they should be. Any thoughts out there?

[Nekira Sudacne]

I suggest that cosmo knights traveling at sub light speeds in space should travel at twice their level in Mach speeds.
Thus a third level cosmo knight can travel at mach 6, not much of a threat to space fighters and frigates as they can still run away but when a cosmo knight reaches tenth level they are the fastest things in the game which they should be. Any thoughts out there?

I guess that works. It's hard to fight space battles when everything just outruns you.

[Braden Campbell]

that's what we're working on...

BTW, did that errata Galactus Kid was asigned ever go anywhere?

[Greyaxe]

I dont know, I hope the errata will be corrected in the next release of the books. Time will tell though.

[shadrak]

Don't the CosmoKnights turn themselves into pure energy to travel at faster than light speeds?

Or was that the Skrapers book I'm thinking of?

[Greyaxe]

Don't the CosmoKnights turn themselves into pure energy to travel at faster than light speeds?

Or was that the Skrapers book I'm thinking of?

That is for traveling great distances, I'm talking about chasing after a fighter or frigate at slower than light speeds. Getting into combat and such. According to the rules as they are written cosmo knights can fly at mach speeds in an atmosphere and at FTL speeds (but that is not clearly defined either but was handled in another thread). I need a consensus for Cosmo knights traveling at slower than light speeds in space.

[shadrak]

That is for traveling great distances, I'm talking about chasing after a fighter or frigate at slower than light speeds. Getting into combat and such. According to the rules as they are written cosmo knights can fly at mach speeds in an atmosphere and at FTL speeds (but that is not clearly defined either but was handled in another thread). I need a consensus for Cosmo knights traveling at slower than light speeds in space.

I understand...I think your thesis is valid. Anyway, the only consensus can come from a canon source, the 2xlevel sounds good...get it published on the main page errata!!!

[Aramanthus]

It sounds good to me also!

[Rallan]

Hmm... why it be classified as:

1. FTL speed (>1.0c) - for inter-galactic travel

2. Light Speed (=1.0c) - for inter-system travel

Except that travelling at the speed of light to get from one star system to another would take several years. Even travelling at several times the speed of light would make travelling to anywhere but your nearest stellar neighbours impractical (eg Earth to Alpha Centauri at twelve times the speed of light would still take four months).

3. Sub-light speed (<1.0c) - for inner system travel
4. Impulse speed (0.5c < 0.1c) - for inter-planetary travel/escape speed

And now you've got stuff rather faster than most space opera settings can handle. Travelling at .1c means that it would take less than an hour and a half to get all the way from the sun to Earth, and reduce in-system travel to the equivalent of a long-ish car trip rather than the days-to-weeks times that you normally find in written space opera settings. It's the sort of speed that would make strategic positions irrelevant in space battles, because ships are capable of travelling from point to point within the system with virtual impunity.

5. Combat speed (mach speed) - for combat maneuvering

And this is unrealistically low, although that's Palladiums' fault. The speeds for most spaceships listed in Phase World are laughably low compared to what even 20th century Earth technology was able to achieve in space.

[shadrak]

And this is unrealistically low, although that's Palladiums' fault. The speeds for most spaceships listed in Phase World are laughably low compared to what even 20th century Earth technology was able to achieve in space.

That's why I feel statistics on starships should include G's of acceleration and reaction mass amounts...at least then you can combine speeds. After all, with virtually no resistance, why am I restricted to 6000 mph in space? And its not like I can go from 0-6000 in no time flat anyway. Any spacecraft, provided it has the fuel, can get to 6000 mph in space (actually, it can get much faster). The difference is in how fast they can accelerate, which is not included in any stats.

[Braden Campbell]

Too much math.