it gives itself a little rotation to the left, say starting out at 1 degree per sec, then kicks in the M-drive (thrust vectored to aft) at some acceleration. some rate of rotation to the left will match Speed such that it's able to go in a circle. but the acceleration keeps the speed going up, so the rate of rotation to the left has to go up to keep the motion circular and of constant radius, but eventually the centripetal acceleration will be greater than the thrust, and the radius will start slipping, getting bigger as the thrust isn't enough to compensate. and in a type-s that would be at 2gs. So ok, I think I now agree that loose non-inertialcompensated crew would only ever feel 2gs, since there's nothing to constrain it's motion. Now if you tied the same type-s to an immovable object with an unbreakable string, the same crew could be smeared onto the wall once the speed gets fast enough.
thanks for helping me get that off my mind
