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 *BB Discussion thread [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4917 2008] - general
 *BB Discussion thread [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5443 2008/9] A step towards solving the f*&%§d-up distances conunundrum
 *BB Rescaling Discussion thread [http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16159 2013-date]

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 *[[Rescaling experiment]]
 *[[Jane's Galactic Shipset]]‎ - rescales the [[Shipset]] of the [[Vanilla game]], based on [[Classic Elite]] sources
-*[[https://daftworks.co.uk/elite/index.php/Spacecraft_Scales Selezen on spacecraft scales]] with links to a discussion thread (2011)
+*[https://daftworks.co.uk/elite/index.php/Spacecraft_Scales Selezen on spacecraft scales] with links to a discussion thread (2011)
 *[[Newtonian modelling]]

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 *[[Jane's Galactic Shipset]]‎ - rescales the [[Shipset]] of the [[Vanilla game]], based on [[Classic Elite]] sources
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 The reason is simple: Realistic sizes and distances don't make a good game. In reality space is so huge that you never would meet anybody else on your journey. Imagine the dozen or so ships you meet in the 500 or so kilometers between witchpoint and planet spread over the realistic 150 million kilometers between Sun and Earth. Even if your direction is only one degree off the perfect line, you would miss them all. And how interesting would that be for the gameplay? And finally, if you had a realistically sized station in front of a realistically sized planet, how would you ever even notice it? A grain of sand in front of a, well, planet. The result would be players in complete loneliness and virtually no interaction with NPCs. An utterly, utterly boring game. Therefore it was the right decision to screw realism in the layout of the planetary systems in Elite and Oolite.|Source=([[Oolite FAQ]])}}
 '''2) Abandon the kilometre.'''
-Use [[Astronomical Unit]]s instead (some OXPs facilitate this: [[Strangers World]], [[Navigation MFD]], ''etc''). Or adopt Byzantine plethrons or Venetian cavezzi!<br><br>
+Use [[Astronomical Unit]]s (OU's) instead (some OXPs facilitate this: [[Strangers World]], [[Navigation MFD]], ''etc''). Or adopt Byzantine plethrons or Venetian cavezzi!<br><br>
 '''3) Redefine the kilometre.'''

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 *If you work out the size of your Cobra Mk.III (130m×30m×65m), it is as big as a football field (105mx68m)!
 *According to the lore, ''thousands'' of ships can fit into an Orbital Station (1km&sup3;).
-*The station hovers some 40-60 km over the surface of the planet (the International Space Stations hovers some 400km over the earth).
+*This station hovers some 40-60 km over the surface of the planet (while in reality, the International Space Station hovers some 400km over the earth).
-*The planet is a mere 1,000 km from the star (the sun is 150 ''million'' km from the earth).<br><br><br>
+*The planet is a mere 1,000 km from the star (while the sun is 150 ''million'' km from the earth).<br><br><br>
 '''There are five possible solutions.'''<br><br>
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 *[[Relative Gravity]]
-*[[Light Mach]]
+*[[Light Mach]] - this unit has similar issues!
-*[[Time]]
+*[[Time]] - and there are issues here too!