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Am I supposed to write something funny here?
Posted by: JDYeash937 MkII
Posted by: Gamer Whale
Also, what is the distance when you have to start thinking "That ship was actually there few seconds ago, now it's really over there." And you couldn't know if it has already changed course.Well, anything greater than maybe 1/10 lightseconds. Because the image you're viewing is a tenth of a second old, so even if you fire based on that image, correcting for movement, it will miss - by a distance of 0.1 lightseconds.
I don't think space combat is even feasible, there are too many variables to control for even the most advanced of Fire Control computers. Accounting for massive distance, for which the data from sensors will NOT be accurate. Motion. Reverse/Forward momentum factoring into the shot. Gravity minutely affecting weapon trajectories. 3 Dimensional evasive manoeuvres, high speeds, collateral damage...
A million reasons why it will simply not happen.
But how to counter bombardment that doesn't come from orbit?
(Planets course is pretty predictable)