' Wrote:"Burning" engines aren't going to be that helpful in space. there's no sound in space, and also nothing to push against.
Carlos, I liked your post but this one sentance is flawed.
The US space shuttle uses burning engines, so why can't it be applied to Freelancer as well? What you are thinking of is engine exaust coming out and pushing against something (like air) to propel the ship forward.
This isn't quite true; when a particle shoots out of the engine, it pushes on the ship making it move. The action is the particle moving away from the ship, the reaction is the ship moving away from the particle.
That being said, its not a terribly efficient system because you have to use an enormous amount of energy to go as fast as Freelancer says you do... but hey, I don't want to take all day moving between TLs right?
