Re: [BNW] Speed and Such

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> Though intestinally enough if you go though and apply the exact numbers
> the speedster can run at 90.0 mph exactly and the flyer can fly at 40.9
> mph (not that fast) though the gageter's power suit only flies at 32.7
> mph.  If you approximate with .8 the speedster still earns his name by
> going 88.0 mph and the flier goes 40.0 and the power armor gets along at
> 32.0 mph. We can now conclude that while an approximation is appropriate
> at low speeds that i has a noticeable error curve that starts to get
> noticeably bad at around a pace of 50.  It's interesting to note that
> the 'geddon armor doesn't fly faster than the gageter's (it has the same
> pace) even though it's gun hits much harder.

Is there really that much difference between 88 and 90 mph? Not to a crash
test dummy. Basically my point was that 0.8 is a good estimate and if you
apply it to everyone then the offset will hurt equally.

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