(spaceships) rocket (super)science

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by jacobmuller

In a space opera setting - a "drive" system that "alters inertia" such that your 3G drive effectively gives you 3,000G but you still only feel the 3G, what does this do for delta-v?

As an alternative, you might want to adopt the "Doc" Smith inertialess drive, the "Bergenholm". That gets rid of your inertia entirely, so any thrust you apply immediately accelerates you to a velocity where the resistance of the medium you're passing through (which is rather low in space) equals your thrust.

Smith did not go into details of just how this allowed travelling faster than light, but it certainly did in the Lensman series of space-operas.