Understanding the Acceleration of Missiles in the Rifts Game System

In summary, the conversation discusses the physical meaning of a missile with an acceleration of 10% of light per turn. The participants are unsure if this is referring to a video game or real-life scenario. The conversation also mentions the possibility of this acceleration being an increment in velocity per turn in a game or for each complete orbit. The source of this information is a science fiction game conversion website for the "Rifts" game system. The conversation concludes with a question about the highest acceleration achieved in practice and a clarification about the meaning of "turn" in this context.
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bernhard.rothenstein
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what is the physical meaning of
missile has an accleration of 10% of light per turn. what is that acceleration in m/sec^2
 
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robphy said:
Never heard of it.
Are you making reference to a video game or something?
http://www.google.com/search?q="per+turn"+acceleration

Could it mean an increment in velocity for each turn of play in a game?
(I'm not a video gamer...) or for each complete orbit?
that is the place where from I quoted. my problem is which is the highest acceleration obtained in practice?
 
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What does the word "turn" mean in this context?
 
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It's a science fiction game conversion website as can be seen from it's URL. Therfore a turn is most likely a game turn.

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The game system is called "Rifts" (see the bottom of the webpage) - thus the website is a description of how to implement Babylon-5 (a TV show) in the "Rifts" game system.
 
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1. What is a missile and what is its physical meaning?

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