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Old 12-27-2020, 08:52 AM   #7
Fred Brackin
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Default Re: Cinematic Rocket Delta-V Rules

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Originally Posted by GURPS Fox View Post
Well, it's mostly due to the fact that my ships are double-digit kilotons at the minimum with accelerations going towards a dozen Gs at the most with propellant tanks that are around or less than half the ship's mass.
Spaceships is serenely untroubled by raw size but your drive is probably going to have to be a Total Conversion drive. You use 21.6 miles per second of Delta-V to accelerate at 1 G for 1 hour.
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