So while at this point they appear theoretical at best, since they would naturally operate FTL - there are many things in science fiction in general and Freelancer/Discovery specifically which operate FTL. The comm system in vanilla, along with the uploading of information to the neural net, appears to operate with some sort of tachyon emissions - otherwise how could you talk, in real time, from one system in Sirius to another?
(And by that, I of course am referring to the complete lack of delay in transmission when you're talking to someone that isn't just millions of miles away, but is hundreds of light years away.)
As for weaponry and things that go flash in the dark...
Since it's very, very difficult for the human eye to actually SEE things in space (based on what I've read of eye-witness accounts) - AND since all of our characters supposedly have some kind of neural net implants and/or enhancements - I consider all the weapon effects to be a superimposing onto our visual cortex by the processors inside. Something that is recognized with fighter pilots today is that if they have some kind of visual reference, it's much easier for them to pick something out and react to it. So what we're seeing isn't the actual weapon itself firing - it's the processor picking up the weapons fire and showing it to us, so we can react to that.
Otherwise - a light speed would fire and hit effectively instantly (or with less than 1 second of delay) out to a range of 300,000 kilometers. (rounded for simplicity sake, or 299,792,458 meters, if you want to be picky about it.) And since - again, it works at the speed of light - there's no warning. You shoot, your target doesn't even know it's coming because - unless those mysterious tachyon sensors are working - we're still stuck with the speed of light for our sensors.
(11-21-2013, 12:53 PM)Jihadjoe Wrote: Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.
