[WIP]Preliminary Ship-vs-Speed formula

[vanjast]

For those that really enjoy a bit of Maths at 100% realism.

I've been doing a lot of time with regard to ship revs/speed timings and found that they all seem to follow a common formula.
I think this is what the Devs have used so they can use one-for-all ships.

This is a preliminary formula (calculated from 20 ships)which has worked for me so far. I still have to check all the ships, but you can use it as a 'guesstimate' until the real thing is ready.



One example.. I nearly missed here for lack of concentration, but hit anyway.
Ship discovered - start counting revs (count 20 revs) at this point.


Once we ID the ship, plug in Maximum speed into formula..


Start calculations....


I should have opened tube doors before firing, and incorrect speed (~0.5 knots too slow) was entered.. but it was good enough.


Quick surface to see end result


I'll carry on working on this so it'll be more effective at longer ranges.