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而且人类帝国战舰虽然超光速航行有很多槽点但物理宇宙下的亚光速航行快的很，冻肉船的炮弹恐怕都追不上
短距离移动
1）人类的战舰能够进行距离仅有数万公里的超短距离跃迁借此达到战术目的。
2）帝国的舰船能够在片刻之间（in moments）加速到25%光速（one-quarter lightspeed）。
原文："Fusion motors unleashed the tiny suns at their cores and pushed the craft away, climbing the acceleration curve in a glitter of void shields and displaced energy. In moments, the vessel was rising towards one
-quarter lightspeed." Pg.725 Nemesis
3）一艘非战舰的小船进入了行星的卫星轨道之后开始加速，并且在进入大气层的时候已经达到40%光速，并且原文明确这远不是它的最大输出功率（也就是加速度）以及速度。经过简单的推算之后，带入数十万公里的距离（如果考斯的卫星距离不和地球差太多的话）以及末速度，我们就能够得到上百万G甚至数百万G的平均加速度。这也符合上一条那个在片刻之间加速到四分之一光速的描述。
原文："The Campanile accelerates. It lights its main realspace drives, delivering main extending thrust in a position where it should be almost coasting at correction burst only. It raises its void shielding to make itself as unstoppable as possible. It fires itself like a bullet at the planet Calth.
The screams of its crew can still be heard, but no one is listening.
Main extending thrust is a drive condition used for principal acceleration, the maximum output that takes a starship to the brink of realspace velocity as it makes the translation to the empyrean. It is a condition that is used as a starship moves away from a planet towards the nearest viable Mandeville Point, a distance that is roughly half the radius of an average star system.
There is no such long run-up here. The Campanile is already inside the orbit of Calth’s satellite. There is not enough range for it to reach anything like maximum output or velocity. Even so, it is travelling at something close to the order of forty per cent of the realspace limit as it reaches the edge of the atmosphere. It is travelling too fast for anything physical, such as an eye or a pict-corder or a visual monitor, to see it. It is only visible to scanning systems and sensors, to detectors and auspex. They shriek at its sudden, savage, shockwave approach."
- Know no Fear
下文能够表明这是一艘非战斗性质的小船。文中强调这是舰队中的供给船。
原文：The fleet tender Campanile is mob-boarded and taken off the Tarmus Apogee approximately one hundred and thirty-six hours [sidereal] before count start as a preliminary to the Calth assault.
- Know No Fear
后面则是强调了它是一艘小船。
原文：Precise details of the circumstances surrounding the loss of the Campanile are lost and alone in such darkness, on a deceleration arc past the outer moons, one small ship, overweight and wheezing, over three and a half thousand souls.
- Know No Fear
4）帝国舰船战斗时的巡航速度兼攻击速度就能够达到至少75%光速。
原文：“For the second time in less than an hour, space tore open. The reality fissure leapt and crackled like a luminous cephalopod, lashing tendrils of warp energy into real space that twisted out, fizzled and faded. Non-baryonic light flared brilliantly through the tear, backlighting the arriving ships. Monumental silhouettes, they were shot forward into real space. Four ships, one of them very large. And they were moving. Point seven five light at least, cutting straight towards Herodor. They did not slow down. They were moving at cruise speed. Attack Speed.”
- The Saint: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus
5）上文并不是唯一的实体宇宙内飞到75%光速的描述，下文中巨大的山阵也能够达到如此的速度。
原文：Several light minutes inside the orbit of Eri, the Phalanx exploded from a warp gate with violent concussion, sending sheets of exotic lightning radiating out and away into the void. Delicate sensory devices dotting the surface of the tenth planet registered the new arrival and immediately communicated reports to relay stations on Pluto and Uranus, where in turn they would be sent onward by astropath to Terra and her dominions. The return of the Imperial Fists to humanitys cradle was long overdue. By rights there should have been celebrations and great ceremony on many of the outer colonies of the solar system to mark it. Instead, the Phalanx came in with speed and ruthless purpose, not in a stately cruise around the solar systems outlying worlds.
The mammoth craft did not fly the pennants and banners associated with the triumphant arrival of a heroic vessel. Instead, the colour on her masts and the laser lamps about the Phalanx’s circumfrence were lit for urgency. Patrol ships made way, no captain daring to challenge the Master of the Imperial Fists for his haste. Drives flaring like captured stars, the fortress-vessel passed in through the ragged edge of the Oort Cloud at three-quarters the speed of light, down into the place of the ecliptic, crossing the orbit of Neptune in a flicker of dazzling radiation.
- Flight of the Eisenstein, p.278
6）一艘隐蔽性能极强的舰船以80%的光速在实体宇宙移动。
原文："‘Contact echo, sir,’ the tracking officer replied. ‘An object just appeared on the scopes, inbound to 42 Hydra Tertius.’
‘Appeared?’ Van Aunger repeated
‘I don’t understand it, sir,’ the tracking officer replied, adjusting his control panels with fast, expert hands. ‘There are no energetic or magnetic profiles that would suggest a real space translation. The object just appeared. I speculate that it was previously cloaked.’ ‘Track it and project, full assessment,’ Van Aunger ordered.
‘Yes, sir,’ replied the officer.
‘General quarters!’ Van Aunger called out. ‘Shields and batteries to stand by!’
A klaxon started to sound. The bridge staff, over a hundred officers, bustled to their stations, their voices overlapping as they exchanged data and instructions.
‘Trajectory projection!’ the tracking officer announced.
‘Main display,’ Van Aunger replied
The primary hololithic display lit up with a complex graphic diagram of the planet, the position of the fleet components, and the sweeping vector of the object.
‘That will take it directly to the venue zone,’ Van Aunger murmured. ‘Have you identified vessel type or designation?
‘Negative, sir,’ the tracking officer replied. ‘It doesn’t even read like a vessel. It’s inert on all scans. It’s… oh Terra…’
‘What?’
‘I’m marking it in excess of point eight superluminal, and it’s big, sir. It’s at least as big as we are.’"
- Legion, Pg 522
7）帝国舰船的等离子引擎能够以恒星般的输出燃烧，并且让舰船能够以亚光速跨越行星系。
原文："Plasma drives are used to move through star systems at sub-light speeds. They burn with the fierce energy of a star, converting their fuel into a super-heated gas plasma to create the immense thrust needed to propel these gargantuan craft through space."
- White Dwarf Magazine #140
这里也表示帝国舰船的标准配置包括亚光速引擎，其他的标配还有亚空间引擎、匕首般的撞角以及复杂的舰身。
原文：Almost every line vessel in service to the Lord of Terra was constructed of congruent elements: the dagger prow, the massive block of sub-light and warp drives, and forged between them amidships of crenellations and complex sheaves of steel.
- Flight of the Eisenstein
8）帝国的舰船有时甚至能够在实体宇宙加速到95%光速。下文中做到这一点的是一艘护卫舰，所以这也可能是因为它作为小船本就更快。
原文：Warp technology permitted travel at tremendous - albeit relativistic - inherently incalculable speeds, but intra-system transit remained as arduous as it must have been in the pre-expansionist epoch. At their current relative positions, Thennos was five light hours from Medusa. From the vibrations in the decking, Stronos could tell that the Clan Vurgaan system frigate, the Onslaught, was still accelerating towards its maximum velocity, about ninety-five per cent of light speed. One day there, a few hours to convince the Iron Council of the logic of rescinding their interdiction orders, and then one day back. Stronos would be back with his clave before the order to push out passed through the interlink manifold.
- Eye of Medusa
9）下文中帝国的舰队准备前往一个十七光时远的地方，并且推测说能够在一两天后到达。但是最终，他们通过实体宇宙花了二十个小时到达了目的地，也就意味着在此期间他们的平均速度达到了85%光速。
原文：The light delay between Fabris Callivant and the heliopause was a little under seventeen hours.
Given the volume of alien shipping translating in-system, it was almost certain that the Hospitallers were already in retreat, the aliens securing their bridgehead and despatching spoiling raids of their own
How long before the first salvos were fired over Fabris Callivant?
A day? Two?
(...)
Burning drive plasma at several thousand degrees beyond tolerance had brought the Adeptus Astartes flagships to Fabris Callivant in less than twenty hours.
- The Voice of Mars

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原文
标题：On behalf of the Chinese community, I am formally submitting a complaint to Chris Roberts about the Polaris development team
内容：
I am writing on behalf of the majority of players in the Chinese community to formally express our deep dissatisfaction with the recent release of the Polaris vehicle. The development and delivery of this highly anticipated ship have fallen significantly short of the expectations set by your team and the commitments made to the player base.
The Polaris was marked as "committed" in the October 31st release view update. However, during the PTU test on November 10th, critical features such as the captain's cabin were still not implemented. This oversight is a clear indication that the ship was delivered in an unfinished state.
CIG has long been renowned for its unique internal structures and design aesthetics in shipbuilding. I pay tribute to the countless ship developers who have worked over the past decade. However, the launch of the Polaris forces us to question whether there have been serious issues in both the production and review processes, deviating from the initial purpose and player expectations.
Given that the Chinese community has always operated as an independent forum, I feel it is necessary to convey the voices of Chinese players to the broader Spectrum forum. Players in the Chinese community are extremely frustrated with what they perceive as half-hearted design aspects of the Polaris. Many posts indicate that the Polaris feels like an unfinished product, failing to meet the so-called "committed" status. It appears that developers rushed to meet the final delivery deadline without adequate consideration for player experience.
While I will not focus on the subjective aspects of exterior design, which I am more tolerant of, there is a significant number of players who believe that the current Polaris suffers from outdated internal materials, overly simplistic and lackluster interior details, and dim lighting. These observations align with many voices on the Spectrum forum.
We believe it is crucial for you, Mr. Roberts, and other executives to personally inspect the Polaris vessel to determine if it truly meets the "committed" standard. Several specific concerns need immediate attention:
Captain's Cabin: Is it actually unfinished? "committed"？
Torpedo Launch Position: The absence of a seat makes aiming difficult. Additionally, the firing range is severely hindered by camera angles, preventing effective coordination with the driving position. There are also reports that the starboard torpedo loader uses an implausible mechanism to transport torpedoes through the main elevator to the launch port.
Turret: The lack of a pre-aiming point and extremely low ammunition capacity make it nearly unusable.
Medical Room: The environment is subpar, leading to jokes about it being more akin to a "morgue."
Fuel Tank: The tank is unreasonably small, limiting flight duration to just one hour.
Captain’s Position: It is practically useless, with the radar display awkwardly placed at the main driving position.
Electromagnetic Ejection: The conceptualized system for faster torpedo speeds has not been realized, with current speeds only at 270/s per second.
S10 Torpedo Resupply: Players are unable to resupply S10 torpedoes on ground and space stations.
These issues collectively suggest that the Polaris was released without adequate testing or consideration for player experience. Allowing this vessel to pass the completion review would not only insult the developers who have worked on the Polaris over the years but also disappoint the backers who have held high expectations for years. Moreover, it represents a significant waste of resources invested by CIG.
We respectfully request immediate actions to address these shortcomings and restore faith in your commitment to quality and player satisfaction. Failing to take prompt action risks damaging the reputation of CIG and your personal reputation significantly.
Thank you for your attention to these urgent matters. We look forward to seeing meaningful improvements and hope that future releases will reflect the high standards we know CIG is capable of achieving.
Sincerely,
player

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