' Wrote:On the topic of movement, I surmise that tradelane rings are each on their own orbits, very carefully mapped/adjusted such that they maintain connection between the rotating points most of the time. This assumes that the distance between lanes is elastic, as it has to stretch and compress as the objects get further from one another..but other than that, there's nothing more complicated than basic rocket science involved in it.
"Basic rocket science" (really, basic orbital mechanics) makes it obvious that it's impossible to have disconnected objects in their own orbits such that they make a line between two other objects even a tiny minority of the time.
