Well, Fnord, on that note, you have to bear in mind the Midnight's heritage. The Blackbird was designed and built around a single theme: obscene power to weight ratios. When you sit down and look at the figures, the Blackbird really outclasses everything out there. And to think, that's before Handwavium.
Post Handwavium? Your gonna have a real beast on your hands. The Blackbird simply exudes speed with a no nonsense attitude and the Handwavium is gonna recognize that and go "Ooooh! Daddy likes!" Having an acceleration drive would permit going beyond the .1c limitations within system. Not by a hell of a lot, and you're halfway through the system before you get there anyways, but that isn't entirely thr point, either. Her acceleration drive just gets her to the Limit in a hurry. And then she really kicks in the afterburners as she goes FTL.
EDIT: oh, and BTW, he's not gonna be using Midnight for in-system hops. He'll keep the Bullet Boy Express around for that.
Black Aeronaut Technologies Group
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"But first, let's test it on the penguin."
"Meep?" O.o
Post Handwavium? Your gonna have a real beast on your hands. The Blackbird simply exudes speed with a no nonsense attitude and the Handwavium is gonna recognize that and go "Ooooh! Daddy likes!" Having an acceleration drive would permit going beyond the .1c limitations within system. Not by a hell of a lot, and you're halfway through the system before you get there anyways, but that isn't entirely thr point, either. Her acceleration drive just gets her to the Limit in a hurry. And then she really kicks in the afterburners as she goes FTL.
EDIT: oh, and BTW, he's not gonna be using Midnight for in-system hops. He'll keep the Bullet Boy Express around for that.
Black Aeronaut Technologies Group
Aerospace Solutions for the discerning spacer
"But first, let's test it on the penguin."
"Meep?" O.o