Will there be ways of blocking FTL like pulling asteroids into hyperlanes or FTL jammers?
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I really hope we'll get access to warp inhibitors, gravity well projectors, or whatever Paradox wants to call them. Being able to stop an enemy from warping away, or being able to pull them out of FTL into a nicely laid trap is a lot of fun and provides a lot of strategic options.
I would be curious to know how such things would work for the species that will be using hyperlanes and wormholes instead of traditional warp drives. I would imagine the inhibitors would stop a ship from entering a hyperlane, but I don't know about pulling them out of one. And as for wormholes, my first thought is that such travel would be immune to FTL blockers but that doesn't seem balanced.
I would be curious to know how such things would work for the species that will be using hyperlanes and wormholes instead of traditional warp drives. I would imagine the inhibitors would stop a ship from entering a hyperlane, but I don't know about pulling them out of one. And as for wormholes, my first thought is that such travel would be immune to FTL blockers but that doesn't seem balanced.
Wormholes? Do you mean jumpgates? It's easy to block the jump gate - just BLOW IT UP
I want to make a huge wall around enemy's system, so they can't leave it without crushing into the wall
You would need more mass to build that than there is in the entire solar system. It would collapse under its own weight and form a black hole.
It may be easier to just blow up a sun, JUST SAYING.
I think the bigger problem would be that solar system aren't stationary but moving. Rather than collapsing the whole system would crash into the wall.You would need more mass to build that than there is in the entire solar system. It would collapse under its own weight and form a black hole.
It may be easier to just blow up a sun, JUST SAYING.
No, that's not really a problem. Any part of the wall would be in orbit around the star, keeping its distance and flying with it. It would affect the way the whole system travels around the galaxy, but it would take thousands of years.
1. You have to accelerate the wall to the same speed as the system while it has to move in exact the same direction and considering the size of the wall it would be nearly impossible.
2. Without gravity there is no weight in space just mass and if the wall is sturdy enough and at a certain distance to any gravitational pull it would probably hold.
If you are in the system, you are traveling at the same speed already. That's basic orbital mechanics. If you put elements of the wall on the orbit of the sun, they will stay on that orbit.
That's what I said
It's too big to be useful, it's much easier to just destroy the system than to build it. "Without gravity" ? There is no such thing. Gravity is everywhere, it keeps you on Earth, Earth in Sun's orbit and Sun on the orbit around the center of Milky Way. If you are in space, you have to be in orbit around something. If you are not in orbit, then you are in free fall to the nearest, strongest gravity source. If you reach escape velocity of Earth (11km/s), you will be in orbit around the Sun. Your speed and orbit will be nearly the same as Earths.
If you are in orbit, then you are weightless. Sure, but only because you are so small. We are talking about a sphere the size of a solar system, having the mass of many stars (or supergiants). It's hard to imagine the mass of that thing.
It CAN'T be "sturdy". It's not possible, because of its size. Light takes 8 minutes to reach Earth from the Sun. It need nearly 5 hours to reach Pluto.
Let's say 5 light hours is the radius of the wall. The circumference is 2*pi*r = 31.4 light hours. The signal from one side to the other side would travel for half of that time, 15.7 hours. Forces will flow through this structure like waves. Unless it's in orbit, it would be VERY WOBBLY. You have to spin it, or it will disintegrate.
The wall would have more mass than the sun so it's the other way around and the system would orbit around the wall(while it's in the sphere) or torn apart because since the wall surrounds the system it pulls the whole system in all directions at the same time, as long as it's symmetrical
Yes, gravity is everywhere but the longer the distance the weaker the pull. Otherwise our sun would pull asteroids from the next galaxy.
It wouldn't do anything. Gravity inside the sphere is in perfect balance and object inside it are weightless. The sphere wouldn't do anything to the objects inside it, at least, it wouldn't hurt them with gravity. Destroying itself and forming a black hole is entirely different
If you want math that proves it, here it is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_theorem
It is weaker, but you have to get veeery far away to have negligible pull. We are talking about light years.
You can see the table in this article - you have to get 0.1 light years from the Sun to get more or less the same conditions that you have on ISS on Earth's orbit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-g_environment
The purpose of the wall is to cage the system and everybody inside which means the distance doesn't really matter when you're able to afford it. And since it's a sphere it cannot shrink beside collapsing therefore it probably would work even if the radius is a bit smaller than 0.1 light years but it would still be enormous.It is weaker, but you have to get veeery far away to have negligible pull. We are talking about light years.
You can see the table in this article - you have to get 0.1 light years from the Sun to get more or less the same conditions that you have on ISS on Earth's orbit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-g_environment
It wouldn't do anything. Gravity inside the sphere is in perfect balance and object inside it are weightless. The sphere wouldn't do anything to the objects inside it, at least, it wouldn't hurt them with gravity. Destroying itself and forming a black hole is entirely different
If you want math that proves it, here it is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_theorem
Well yes, but that's if you manage to just put the wall in place as a perfect sphere. If you have to build it bit for bit, the math gets a bit messy I believe
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