Ive never liked the theory that time is affected by velocity, it flies in the the face of the logic i use to percieve the universe.
Just wait until someone tells him about quantum mechanics.
Or Quantum field dynamics. Which is what happens if very small particles go very fast.
On a side note, I just realized something. When that thing goes massless, it looses the centripetal force of gravity, will rapidly drift towards space because of the Earth's rotation. (And the even bigger problem, that it is no longer attracted to the sun, and will be flung out of that orbit too)
On the other hand, air resistance will keep the mech moving along with the atmosphere, and its zero inertia means that it would just go along without even affecting the movement of the air. Geez, zero mass is crazy.
Yes, it is. But for a split section it would move very fast indeed. And I have little idea how that would work, considering the air around it becomes massless.
Mm-hm...How much of us staying on the Earth is our momentum and how much is constantly-applied forces? That's significant.
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About 0.3% of the gravity is counteracted by the centrifugal force of the Earth's rotation. That's however in the vertical direction, not the horizontal one.
A more accurate measurement is that the earth has a rotational speed of 1,674.4 km/h. When an object isn't held in place by gravity anymore, it continues it trajectory, breaking away from the surface at a 45 degree angle. However, due to the fact that the Earth continues to rotate, it will move upwards at a speed of 1183km/hour, and appear to move with a speed of 490 km/h towards the east.
However, the mech also moves with a 107,300 km/h velocity around the sun. As soon as the gravitational ties are broken, it will continue in a straight line. Assuming that we're ignoring the effects previously calculated, and that the mech finds itself on the opposite side of the planet. (Easier to calculate, prevents the mech from smashing into the ground*). It would appear to blast off at a stunning 75872 km/h straight up, and appear to move at a 31427 km/h speed to the East.
However, said mech also moves with a speed of approximately 220 km/s around the the center of the Milky Way. Once the gravitational connection drops, it will appear to move straight up at a speed of 156 km/s, and move with approximately 64 km/s away from our observator.
We can continue like this for a while, but I'm not going too.
All speeds calculated in relation to someone who's standing on the planet.
*Which would happen if that ability was used during day.
Just a heads-up.
GWG, Ebbor, Unholy-Pariah, USEC and Scrapheap are in. IC thread here. Character sheets are not ready as I'm still at work (and need some time sorting out minor points in battle mechanics).
Izu, Hawai'i, or Korea?
Korea. It sounds pretty urgent, putting it over Izu, and it doesn't involve a risk of field-testing the waterproofing of our mecha, which is always a plus.
Probably voting for Korea as well. The Omega is not designed for flight, and it's weaponry is probably not that effective against organic beings.
Edit: In game posts as soon as I have an acceptable name.