Before I embark on my journey.

[wmuschetto]

So I'm thinking of making a trip to Sol.
I just want to make sure its possible to fly from one of the southern sectors to Sol before i take off because.....well.....you know.... In space no one can hear you scream.

How far can you travel on inerta? Could you in theory just drift off in space forever? Has anyone tried?

[verbosity]

Originally posted by wmuschetto
So I'm thinking of making a trip to Sol.
I just want to make sure its possible to fly from one of the southern sectors to Sol before i take off because.....well.....you know.... In space no one can hear you scream.

its possible................
( better to do the quest for the short-cut though)

How far can you travel on inerta? Could you in theory just drift off in space forever? Has anyone tried?

In theory all the way, I think tha_rami once worked out that it would take a week on inertia to get from sapphire to olympus though................

[Maarschalk]

Yes, definetely you can drift for ever and ever till your computer dies of course which is a relative thing again...LOL....:P:P:P:P

[Marvin]

The trouble with going all the way on inertia is how the navigation computer determines heading toward a waypoint ... it zig-zags. So, if you decide to use inertia, make a "waypoint check" every few hours (yes ... hours ... space is really, really big) and plan to alter your course (you can do it without disengaging inertia by using thrusters to center your "direction of flight" indicator) whenever you've zigged (or zagged) too far.

[verbosity]

Originally posted by Maarschalk
Yes, definetely you can drift for ever and ever till your computer dies of course which is a relative thing again...LOL....:P:P:P:P

chances are your computer would die first, to my knowledge the universe is 4million sectors on each axis..................

[Maarschalk]

That is still relatively small compared to infinity and beyond....LOL....