Re: Lightspeed

"Red shift," eh? Sounds like atmospheric perspective. (That's an art term;
stuff turns paler the farther away it is, and blurs.) If it's science, can't
tell you worth a kobold's fart nugget.
Uh, by the way; faster than light travel is very bad. The faster you go, the
slower your time is compared to everybody else. You spend a simple five
minutes spinning around the edge of the crystal sphere as a test, and a
hundred years pass for everybody else. (and who wants to miss a century?)
Another unfortunate occurance, the closer one gets to light speed the less
visible one is. Yeah, the speed of light is constant. (186000 miles per
second) But see, to be seen the light has to bounce off one and into the
eyes of one's observers. Another problem; light from objects to the fore
reaches you just as you reach them. You can only see them once you've passed
through them.
And you ever have to peel rubber to stop? The faster you're going, the
harder stoping is. A sudden stop at light speed would require at least a
Ship Shaken crit.

George LaValle
Just a few thoughts......
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