Nxla666 wrote:Greyaxe wrote:Artificial gravety well large enough to pull a ship out of FTL..That is one hell of a big ship, or at least gravity well.
IIRC, it only has to be about 1/2 G to interfere with a ships FTL.
But I will check before using it.
actually, they never defined how big an object has to be before you get an interdiction effect.
all we have is that an 'earth like planet' creates a radius of 40,000 km.
since gravity is said to be the reason, we can assume 'earth like' means 1
g. since the effects of gravity scale, a 2g world would have a radius 2x bigger, a .5g world would be 1/2 the radius, ect.
as for artificial generation of said effect, if you read my techmanual, i sort of explain how. basically, gravity bends space. CG drives operate by bending space as well. the FTL mode CG drive effect cannot be created if local space is bent enough already.
since CG drives work by selectively and artificially bending space, you don't have to create a true gravity well, instead you could use a CG drive built to create a uniform 'warping' effect on local space over a large area. (not as big of an area as a planet, but ideal for keeping a nearby enemy from escaping into FTL.)
