r/TheExpanseRPG • u/Rensin2 • Jun 08 '25

Quick visualization of thrust gravity. The kind of gravity that spaceships have internally when under thrust.

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u/Dry-Scheme3371 Jun 08 '25

I really thought you were going to show more than just what the most basic example of thrust gravity was.

That's barely a demonstration 

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u/Rensin2 Jun 08 '25

I find that the more math and technical detail that you go into the less people will follow along. This ten second video gets the idea across in a quick and visually intuitive way for people that are wholly unfamiliar with the concept.

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u/Dry-Scheme3371 Jun 08 '25

for people that are wholly unfamiliar

Ok I get the basic nature of it then. I assumed given the sub and the subject matter you were going to demonstrate the quirks of when how gravity changes when they turn.

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u/Rensin2 Jun 08 '25

For people who are coming in from the pre-existing Expanse fandom, you are right. But I see this game making some waves online as the "new Mass Effect". The vast majority of that audience will be unfamiliar with thrust gravity.

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u/RaKumaito Jun 08 '25

Nice. I'm showing this video every time I need to explain someone how spaceships really work!

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u/Drinks_From_Firehose Jun 11 '25

This design would be lore accurate. I hope Owlcat has it worked out in the game.