On 25 May 2016 at 15:57, Tim wrote:

> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 10:36:45PM -0700,  (via tml list) wrote:
> > On 24 May 2016 at 0:15, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote:
> > > How far would you have to be travelling in order to require, let's
> > > say it's the standard 'scout ship', a two-week constant 2G accell
> > > (towards the 'target'), a coasting time of one week, & then a
> > > two-week decell in order to arrive w/ only a small relative diff
> > > in velocity?
> >
> > If you have jump drive you'd never do this unless you *wanted* to
> > waste a month for some reason. Because you can do it in a week by
> > using the jump drive.
>
> If you have the jump fuel to waste, yes.  There are plenty of reasons
> why you might want to get to the destination with full tanks.

Point.

Also, it occurs to me that if you are willing to trade time for fuel,
there's a good reason *not* to accelerate all the way. There has to
be *some* velocity where interplanetary dust & gas become a
significant hazard. Or at least a major annoyance.

True, it's gonna be a fractional-c velocity, but Traveller ships can
*do* that.

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