Okay, I don't know if I'm the only one thinking this but the thought occurs to me that it might be neat (and a force to drive innovation in drive and shielding tech and whatnot) to run races through the rings/belts/what-have-you. IIRC, there's been established speedlimits on the reactionless drives, but it occurs to me that reaction drives could likely be made that would outstrip them in speed and acceleration... at the cost of exorbinant usage of reaction mass. Between that and the general size that race ships would likely be, it wouldn't really have to have any bearing on the average transit speeds for the general populace.
... that, and me being who I am, what's the fun of a new form of transportation if you can't race other people with it?![[Image: wink.gif]](http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/wink.gif)
... that, and me being who I am, what's the fun of a new form of transportation if you can't race other people with it?