Grimloq wrote:thyeres nothing saying that ships cant go faster than we ever see them. i think that most vessels probably have a cruise-engine type thing for sublight travel. and i know theres nothing saying that they CAN, either, but its a cool thought

Well considering we don't see planets in the background retreat away at 20miles/second it's obvious that FS2 ships can match the high speeds at which the planets are orbiting their star systems

It is entirely possible that the thrust we see is not static speed but rather relative acceleration... or some nonsense like that.

uh....
i meant like a normal-sopace warp type thing, not any of this wierdness you guys are trying to talk about...

help! ive created a monster.

Relative acceleration isn't weird. Go read Einstein.

Space-warps, those are weird. And what you're looking for in this universe is called 'subspace drive,' Grim. There's no need for high speed normal space travel with that type of drive available.