quote:Originally posted by Kalshion:
Have you even bothered to read the manual, or check the appendix?
A shuttle is much smaller than a carreir or cruiser, thus it is able to traverse space faster
I know there are other factors, but I won't pretend to understand them, but I do know this
The smaller a ship is, the faster it can go, the slicker and sharper it is, the better it is at piercing the barrier between normal space and hyper space
It's just a like a car or bike
A bike (motor bike) is capible of reaching speeds that a reguler could only DREAM
A sports car, for example, is fast.. but it take's awhile to reach it's top speed Amigo...I don't know how SC implemented real physics into the game, but your logic seems way off as far as space physics is concerned...
I'm not a rocket scientist or a physicist, but what I do know is that space is a vacuum...there is no drag created on objects moving through space...accordingly, the more thrust an object has, the faster it will go...similarly, and hypothetically speaking, the larger the engine, or drive, the more thrust will be created...thus, larger spacecraft can obviously mount larger drives creating more thrust and therefore more speed...the way I understand it, aerodynamics means nothing in a space vacuum...
