Re: Slingshotting ships with gravity wells in SJ

I can see what you mean about how it's stated.
I guess it was originally meant allow a navigator to attempt to plot his
couse mor accurately and compensate for any planets being in the way.
But as it is worded, it made me think about ships plotting course to planets
in their path for the acceleration from being pulled closer to the planet.
I guess it's just my interpretation

but as for using slingshotting at tactical, you have to remember that you
are only at tactical for a limited time when near a planet. taking off and
when landing gives you a rang depending on the planets size.
----- Original Message -----
From: "George LaValle"
> >sorry i miss-spoke
> >I meant the wildspace navigation proficiency
> >I have a tendancy to clump spelljamming and navigation together
>
> [scratches head and stares at a chart crudely tacked onto the wall]
>
> Are you sure you're reading this right? The sentence I assume you're
> referring to, "avoiding hazards and using planetary motion to improve
speed
> over long journeys" suggests something completely different to me. I fail
to
> see the connection here between planetary motion and planetary
gravitation,
> and the connection between navigation and spelljamming tricks.
>