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gibberingmouther
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This is about my tabletop game again.
Hypothetically speaking, if your heart rate was faster because of an "altered time rate" - anywhere from X2 to significantly more than that times the normal time rate - would that increase your g force tolerance? I'm speaking mainly about a g-force parallel to the length of your body, like if you're a superhero flying around, but horizontal g forces are also a thing in my game verse.
So, assuming these characters can normally tolerate an acceleration of 9 g's, would the elevated heart rate from the "altered time rate" keep blood flowing through the body even if you accelerate faster than that for a while?
A 2X altered time rate (the name for this ability is from GURPS) means that 1 second for everyone at a normal time rate is 2 seconds for you. You subjectively experience things around you as happening at a slower rate and you can move your limbs faster. Thus, you could move faster (though most fights happen in the air in my game verse) and, more importantly, react and strike faster with your limbs. A 2x time rate means you can punch with 4 times the kinetic energy.
I'm thinking that it wouldn't make a huge difference, but I'm not sure. If your heart can normally just barely cope with the blood pooling to your lower body, then increasing the heart rate even by a crazy amount isn't going to increase the force output of each individual pump. Once you hit the limit where your heart can cope with the blood pooling due to its inertia, a faster heart rate isn't going to help you. Also, there would probably be issues with blood vessels bursting.
Does this sound right?
Hypothetically speaking, if your heart rate was faster because of an "altered time rate" - anywhere from X2 to significantly more than that times the normal time rate - would that increase your g force tolerance? I'm speaking mainly about a g-force parallel to the length of your body, like if you're a superhero flying around, but horizontal g forces are also a thing in my game verse.
So, assuming these characters can normally tolerate an acceleration of 9 g's, would the elevated heart rate from the "altered time rate" keep blood flowing through the body even if you accelerate faster than that for a while?
A 2X altered time rate (the name for this ability is from GURPS) means that 1 second for everyone at a normal time rate is 2 seconds for you. You subjectively experience things around you as happening at a slower rate and you can move your limbs faster. Thus, you could move faster (though most fights happen in the air in my game verse) and, more importantly, react and strike faster with your limbs. A 2x time rate means you can punch with 4 times the kinetic energy.
I'm thinking that it wouldn't make a huge difference, but I'm not sure. If your heart can normally just barely cope with the blood pooling to your lower body, then increasing the heart rate even by a crazy amount isn't going to increase the force output of each individual pump. Once you hit the limit where your heart can cope with the blood pooling due to its inertia, a faster heart rate isn't going to help you. Also, there would probably be issues with blood vessels bursting.
Does this sound right?