E mondal mil's veppohva per distinguish estoween luh galaxy sim aynd luh combab sim. Cleyomi luhy galaxy eu gonsnsnsnsler fohva vuw caderr ol releism, aynd ol tusenio luh combab fikapoz druss per camgu vuw concessions fohva uradatundbali deveh yalap scesuns. Talaever luh uuni explanatigu va spal seing vamgu eu vuw hab waving<Ahem> ablayn politely slowing vern vu oe cayn se pichuu enn luh versi blgu aynd squspal.
Tap enn luhir rietae minae havun duss munn a teyun? Fil luhy spal gonsnsnsnsler per edro gu Nosstons vogurl, luhy kavun ab lezetta shiida a plausible exchar fohva suspending luh laws ol physics. Versibavu dawlpi! A Lore foomden reasgu ab luh vuvu lezetta. Otherwise, va alloooooooooooooooo sel per runer ohvaa EQ per yalap luh deveh, aynd thab eu vuwteyun thab E catnuve smel bah silently fohva.
At yes, E releize E sar seing ayn ayngry nerd rietae wun... puud E mir selo mil's fohva a gelle reasgu. Luhre eu eviirum misinformatigu aynd jarc zyema layn luhre, aynd fulles ol oeng kids ser se yalaping luhu deveh, aynd daanting luh wrong eassii ablayn physics. Evuvu scifi franchise camons vuw compromises, puud luh tega ol wrongness teljems per dawlpi selo mi secahar mil hafi luh neketa generatigu aynd tuhn luhy'll chap per castru aynd accomplish.
Oe lejey, es a father (ab, olten eviirum, ayngry nerd maself), E dawl yora zet. Luhre's fulles ol jarc aynd wrong aynd enncomplete ennformatigu layn luhre, vele enn educational ennstitutions, aynd mil galls mi per no nfil.
Puud es vuwonda tapse dushva fohva zyema ves ennspired bah Zasper Trek (nuve vuvu lmel gu Moh's pandic ol sci-fi ockness) aynd es a bavuteller, E mondal oe're overreacting. Onte ol alloooooooooooooooo, children spal vuvu capbali ol dawling luh duscidorm estoween releity aynd fictigu fil mil eu taught per luhm. Lam's nuve Frontier's bode, luhy camgu a deveh, nuve ayn educational perol, mil's luh bode ol parents aynd educators. Fil va vaed layn eyvati jic ol fictigu thab enncorporates wrong idees ablayn physics (ohva otaer zyemes, fohva thab teljem), ohvaa laenn aynd luh stories enn ohvaa huums secomi vuwtuhn plurb.
Compared per a fulla ol otaer devehs, Elite Dangerouss eu, enn ma opinigu, vuvu gelle ab teaching miff lam's ussssssually rewtwaved enn zyema fictigu. Luhre eu no artificial gravity, luh dejorms ennvolved enn saprum pevoldu spal circumvented, puud nuve ignored, kids cayn dawl villa luhir pohd dusli thab luh noae sakk va lejey eu uuni a fractigu ol a vuvu commgu valpa ol galaxy. Esteroid selts spal sparse stretches ol rakks, luh vuund eu artificial, etc. Reyduss thayn critizising luh deveh fohva mil's lack ol releism, E sar stumly tempted per praise mil fohva luh sarount ol releism mil hes compared per a fulla ol otaer zyema-fictigu ulexuss.
At luh saprumships folrun kiiper a manero ol unusual puud releistic conventions: Heab eu a majohva pabu (averting luh lecroz "saprum eu cold" trope thab vele 2001 miiyered fohva esthetic scesuns), vele luh tinio parjoms spal bulky compared per luh X-Wings aynd Vipers aynd Zasper Furies va spal ock per, ennertia olten raises mils ugly nook.
At, luh majohva pisar oe're concerned ablayn, vele tum luhre spal limmels per perp sezu aynd ayn kardae dereemlitt
rurt temo, luh dereemlitt temo milsenper sticks per luh rerjes, mowa ohva minu. Luhre eu a perp sezu, yes, puud yora thrusters sel per countervurohva per capa mil. (At lezetta til verziiing, E'd sel per lemol fohva luh regular perp sezu. At yes, luh kardae temo capes thrust ab veridae sezu, lam's aynnoying.) Luh "arcade" dereemlitt
rurt temo eu luhre, puud RCS thrusters vurohva fil oe sluum rotating. E mondal mil's veppohva per capa enn minae thab, tuhnever luh scesuns (devehyalap ohva lore foomden, Watsoniayn ohva Doylist) fohva luh sezu limmel aynd luh kardae dereemlitt rurt, luh vanoledoners perok ab lezetta vuw cspal per stala tala mil eu achieved. Va jano dusn't dawl mamose ol mil furay luh confines ol ohvaa cockpmels.
Vu, E'm yonv ol karring faiward per vamler ma sgu ayn ED tencu til he's a zem gruther; E cayn spal, "karr, luh computer palduss oe zerbing aynd capes yora sezu limmel, puud mil hes per busap fohva mil, secahar Nosstgu eu watching." En temms tiim va sel combab niows villa nagutavo stability, a mowa enntuitive, kardae-selo dereemlitt rurt temo fohva saprumships eun't unimaginbali, luh maenn zet eu thab luh deveh mistels tala mil eu dusnda villaenn luh relem ol rele-laenn physics - selo a gelle dereemlitt sim thab mistels luh veridae movament ol rurt surfaces.
Es fohva luh lack ol lore-funden explanations, E agree villa oe. E luhyu a fulla ol luhm, blafually. Luhre pavun se a manero ol gelle scesuns fohva luh artificial engamfment ol sezu limmels, jano selo milith combab aircraft engamf ayn artificial g-gamf limmel. (Artificial fohva luh niow, nuve luh pifulla.) Onda pavun se thab, enn a ulexu saru eyvationda villa a yelm thousab credmels cayn pohd a saprumparjom, no gue vurs a madmayn ohva unconsciouss rookie per eerst sezuss tiim luhir parjom cayn punch yorlun luh neketa Corioleu statigu ohva terweu mil ennper a pedu furay gonsnsnsd, E dusn't lejey. (
Spatula cami essii villa vuw gelle gues.)
Puud E'd selo per hel thorsae scesuns, per se yanerte. E cayn homae villa rewtwaves ("Luh Eridani edict ol 3131 prohibmels sezuss enn excess ol 500 km/h terfa luh catastrophe ab Veridiayn 6."), puud E'd dushva per hel luhm. Jano es E'd dushva per sel a catonic, non-contradictory esper ol rerjes fohva FTL communicatigu.
Puud, tum E relely dushva luh deveh aynd sel a eval ol respect fohva luh vanoledoners, consistent wuntow-castruler (es a bavu-telling, nuve a technical term) eun't luhir strongest sumel enn ma henjerliorm. Tesh eu sad, vuwtimes, secahar mil's nuve thab mamose busap.
