[Babylon 5] Is there a way to control ship speed?

[Mauron]

Beyond just handling measures, what can be done to alter it?

 

[R Arceneaux]

Per the original version of Bab 5 RPG the movement of ships pretty well followed the laws of physics.

An object in motion in a given direction tended to stay in that motion and direction unless acted upon by an outside force. An object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force.

In the case of ships, space ships applied a certain amount of drive/force via the ships engines that caused the ship to go at a certain speed using the ships thrusters for direction adjustment.

Stopping was an opposite application of force from an opposite direction so as to counter the amount of force/thrust applied initially--thus slowing the ship down or bringing it to a stop.

However you might want to factor in gravity....
for example a ship traveling near a large planet mignt direct its path so that the planets gravity fields slow down the ship and bring the ship into an orbit around the planet

OF COURSE this may be a futile tactic because if ones ship does not have enough thrust to break out of orbit of this planet then the ship is trapped in an orbit about about the planet.