Elysianknight
Mongoose
I've been toying with the idea of adapting Alastair Reynolds 'Revelation Space' setting into a Traveller campaign setting, as its my favourite vision of a dark human future. Given the time frames for travelling between star systems (non-FTL), i felt it would best work based in the Yellowstone system, with limited extra-system travel. For those unfamiliar with the the setting, travel between star systems is by Lighthuggers, which accelerate up to near C velocities, then halfway, turn around and decelerate to arrive in the new system.
My questions are:
1) Whats considered the maximum sustained acceleration a human body could tolerate(assuming no future tech adaptations)
2) How long would it take to reach near C speeds (>0.95C) at this rate of acceleration (assume fuel isn't a problem, Reynolds has anti-matter drives on huge ships).
More questions may follow, prompted by the answers.
Thanks in advance
My questions are:
1) Whats considered the maximum sustained acceleration a human body could tolerate(assuming no future tech adaptations)
2) How long would it take to reach near C speeds (>0.95C) at this rate of acceleration (assume fuel isn't a problem, Reynolds has anti-matter drives on huge ships).
More questions may follow, prompted by the answers.
Thanks in advance