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[superstrijder15]

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Finally, the ramscoop offers a middle ground. With no more danger than the usual fusion rocket, but more thrust than the rounding error of a starwisp, it

More thrust that the rounding error of a starwisp = anything above 1/1000th or so the thrust of a starwisp. You might want to change that, seeing how the ramscoop is obviously meant to have more thrust. I suggest replacing starwisp with the Pion thing, or change the sentence to 'enough thrust that that of a starwisp would be a rounding error' or something like that. 

Also note that Ramscoops have a maximum speed of about 0.18c due to the inherent limits of energy in fusion reactions and the fact you need to speed up all the hydrogen you want to fuse.

[0111narwhalz]

23 minutes ago, superstrijder15 said:

More thrust that the rounding error of a starwisp = anything above 1/1000th or so the thrust of a starwisp. You might want to change that, seeing how the ramscoop is obviously meant to have more thrust. I suggest replacing starwisp with the Pion thing, or change the sentence to 'enough thrust that that of a starwisp would be a rounding error' or something like that.

Thanks, I changed it to "more thrust than the starwisp's mere rounding error."

26 minutes ago, superstrijder15 said:

Also note that Ramscoops have a maximum speed of about 0.18c due to the inherent limits of energy in fusion reactions and the fact you need to speed up all the hydrogen you want to fuse.

I included a thing addressing that.

[superstrijder15]

1 hour ago, 0111narwhalz said:

Thanks, I changed it to "more thrust than the starwisp's mere rounding error."

Eehm... Doesn't that still mean the same thing?

[0111narwhalz]

4 minutes ago, superstrijder15 said:

Eehm... Doesn't that still mean the same thing?

The "rounding error" is supposed to refer to the starwisp's thrust, i.e. "the starwisp's thrust is like a rounding error, and the ramscoop is more than that."