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From: Memnoch
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:51

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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 23:05:04 GMT, Shingen <shingen@aolsuks.sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:57:30 +0000, Lemming
><thiswillbounce@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>and time ran at the same speed wherever you were.  I could be
>>wrong though.
>
>I would agree here. There was actually no way to "fly" outside the
>system you were in. The only way to move between systems was to
>"hyperjump", and even that, kept time constant.

Constant but it was still possible to have a lighter ship exit hyperspace
before a heavier ship. I can't see how that would have worked in a MP
environment but for single player it worked fine.

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