Flight Sim

Concept

Create a 3D flight simulator based on the Star Wars universe that accurately reflects both realistic physics and the hard numbers in the Star Wars universe.

• Physics and Flight
  • Spacecraft will have no upper limit on their speed, except as dictated by relativity and fuel.
  • Spacecraft will be capable of massive (3-4,000 G) accelerations, though practical combat speeds will be much lower
  • Spacecraft will travel with inertia, and thus be able to spin around and fire along different vectors than their travel vector
    • Visual effects will depict RCS thrusters and thrust vectoring to make clear how thrust is working
    • The "flight computer" will attempt to create an airplane-like mode of flight
  • Fuel management will be a concern
  • S-Foils (X-wing, B-Wing) will provide better heat dissipation (weapons, shields) and maneuverability (exposed control surfaces)
• Weapons and Shields
  • Lasers will behave like actual lasers, with visibility stemming from a "sighting" beam that accompanies the actual damaging beam
  • Shields will behave in a volumetric fashion, with dissipation/dispersion growing stronger the closer one gets to the hull of the shielded vessel.
    • For fighters, glancing hits will be survivable, while direct hits will be deadly
  • Shields will function through a combination of energy dissipation (i.e. Joules/sec) and heat sink capacity (i.e. Joules).
    • "Overwhelming" a target's shields will be a necessary tactic; there will be no such thing as "taking out" shields entirely; just overcoming their dissipation ability
  • Capital ship shields will be all but invulnerable to starfighter weapons (exception: torpedoes/bombs/etc.)
    • Will require overwhelming amounts of starfighters or capital support to bring down shields

Ships

Flyable

Side	Craft	Class	Reactor	Max. Accel.	Shield Dissip.	Shield Cap.	Lasers	Ions	Projectile	Notes
Rebel	X-wing	Fighter		3,700 G			4× @ ?? ?W	n/a	2×3 Proton Torpedoes	S-Foils
Rebel	Y-Wing	Fighter		2,700 G			2× @ ?? ?W	2× @ ?? ?W	2×4 Proton Torpedoes
Rebel	A-Wing	Fighter		5,100 G			2× @ ?? ?W		2×8 Concussion Missiles	Poor heat dissipation, 60° laser tilt
Rebel	B-Wing	Fighter		2,390 G			3× @ ?? ?W	3× @ ?? ?W	2×6 Proton Torpedoes	S-Foils
Imperial	TIE/ln	Fighter		4,100 G			2× @ ?? ?W	n/a	n/a	Large radiators
Imperial	TIE/in	Fighter		4,240 G			10× @ ?? ?W	n/a	n/a	Large radiators
Imperial	TIE Bomber	Fighter		2,380 G			2× @ ?? ?W	n/a	var.	Large radiators

Capital

Side	Craft	Class	Reactor	Max. Accel.	Shield Dissip.	Shield Cap.	Lasers	Ions	Projectile	Notes
Rebel	CR90 Corvette	Capital		2,100 G			2×Dual Turbo @ ?? ?W 4×Turbo @ ?? ?W	n/a	n/a
Rebel	EF76 Nebulon-B Frigate	Capital		1,200 G			12×Turbo @ ?? ?W 12× @ ?? ?W	n/a	n/a
Rebel	Home One-style	Capital					29×5 Turbo @ ?? ?W	36× @ ?? ?W		Fighter carrier
Rebel	Liberty-style	Capital		2,750 G			48× Turbo @ ?? ?W	20× @ ?? ?W		Fighter carrier
Imperial	Imperator-class	Capital	7.73×1024 W	>2,300 G			6× Dual Heavy Turbo @ ?? ?W 2× Quad Heavy Turbo @ ?? ?W 60× Heavy Turbo @ ?? ?W 3×Triple Medium Turbo @ ?? ?W 2× Medium Turbo @ ?? ?W	2× Dual Heavy @ ?? ?W 60× @ ?? ?W	n/a	Fighter carrier (72)
Imperial	Imperial-class	Capital	>9.28×1024 W	>2,300 G			8× Octuple Heavy Turbo @ ?? ?W 50× Heavy Turbo @ ?? ?W	50× @ ?? ?W	n/a	Fighter carrier (72)
Imperial	Executor-class	Capital		1,230 G			2,000× Heavy Turbo @ ?? ?W 2,000× Turbo @ ?? ?W 250× @ ?? ?W	250× @ ?? ?W	250×? Concussion Missiles	Fighter carrier (144+)