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This effect is noted in ''Newton's First Law of Motion'', or in ''Galileo's Law of Inertia'': '''An object in motion will remain in motion until acted upon by an external force. '''A Flight Assist system will counter rotational forces and change a ship's trajectory to make it behave more as a vessel in a medium such as water or air would. Without it, a pilot would need to manually counter every application of thrust with an equal, but opposite, application in order to change direction. | This effect is noted in ''Newton's First Law of Motion'', or in ''Galileo's Law of Inertia'': '''An object in motion will remain in motion until acted upon by an external force. '''A Flight Assist system will counter rotational forces and change a ship's trajectory to make it behave more as a vessel in a medium such as water or air would. Without it, a pilot would need to manually counter every application of thrust with an equal, but opposite, application in order to change direction. | ||
Some combat pilots choose to master flight assist | Some combat pilots choose to master flight assist off to increase their potential in combat as it increases the thrusters' maximum turn rate by a substantial amount. Traders may also use flight assist off to liven up docking on otherwise monotonous journey's. | ||
Flight assist is always '''ON''' by default, though you do have the option to turn it '''OFF'''. | Flight assist is always '''ON''' by default, though you do have the option to turn it '''OFF'''. | ||