[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I am NOT thinking that Bungie made up the fricking idea of Halo... I just like the name. And, in actuality, such a ringworld WOULD probably be called a "Halo" regardless of Bungie. And it also adds a bit of variety. See: "Dyson Spheres are massively upscaled Sphereworlds." "Halo Ring Worlds are massively upscaled Ringworlds." And: "Ringworlds are massively upscaled Ringworlds." What the CRAP am I talking about in my last sentence?!? I'm not a follower of the Haloist religion
(that's what I call people addicted to Halo) nor do I worship Bungie. I've never even PLAYED Halo!

I've also used these names (Halo Ring World, Dyson Sphere) in the Capship Mod, simply because I like them better than the standard names.

And IF you have (the option to select) real-time combat/gameplay, why not implement FULLY Newtonian propulsion? That big Super Star Destroyer is slow when it starts up, but give it enough time and it will accelerate to a greater speed than a Hunter Assault Craft (NOT stolen from Metroid, the Hunter is the fastest ship in Capship) at start. However, it will not slow down that fast - and maneuverability will also decrease. For straight-line journies, you could be accelerating up to halfway, and decelerating for the rest of the way. That's realistic. (In "The Cassini Division" a ship flying from Earth (orbit) to Jupiter needed to accelerate half the journey, and decelerate the other half.) Would also allow massive carrier motherships and super-battleships to outrun small hunter-killer craft if they simply keep accelerating. Also, you could use this method for sublight interstellar travel. Say, the Galaxy's warp points are approximately crescent-shaped, and your enemy's home system is just three squares away from yours in the galaxy map, but you'll need dozens of warp jumps to get there, and his borders are well defended. Now, let's also assume that stellar manipulation is out of the question. You could simply build five super-battleships and have them moving to the enemy home system from the rear. Surprise attack. Probably'll knock him down for years.

In accordance with the above, let's not make the galaxy system-based - let's just make it one big system map, with sectors. You would still have warp points, but short-range interstellar distances could be traversed with sublight ships. Would IMO be fun.