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I broke physics and now it's being obnoxious.

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Wordmaker:
Okay, that makes sense.

So are these portals the way that ships reach FTL speeds? Or do they have their own FTL drives as well? Why is there a problem with one ship pulling another along through the portal or with the power of their own FTL drive?

Haru:
I think the issue there is kind of like pulling an 18 wheeler with a vespa.

The portals would be my idea for them to reach almost the speed of light, since it seems that's what Aminar wanted to go for (.9C means 90% of the speed of light). But you could start there and then add an FTL that requires the ship to be at a very high speed already.

Wordmaker:
Make the pirate ship bigger/more powerful?

Haru:
Don't mess with a physicist when he's physicing. ;)

But yeah, that'd work, of course. Or, come to think of it, since Pirates probably want to capture ships on a regular basis, maybe they have a far more powerful engine than they'd need for their ship, so they can tow the big valuable ships to their hideout, once they disabled them.

Wordmaker:
That would also work. And add some interesting flavour to the pirates. Maybe there's danger to cramming more powerful engines into a smaller ship and that could cause complications on the journey?

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