That wasn't the tactic you know. Someone snagged me out of the air before I got to the second half of the plan.
[Dropping like a stone had just been step one. But grumping aside, he considers. Because no matter what the second step had been, there's one particular flaw in the whole plan.]
In free fall I have pretty minimal control over my direction. Same for my speed. I might've been coming for you fast, but the only thing you would've needed to do is head straight up, because no matter how much speed I put on, reversing it would've taken effort and time, and it would've lost me more distance in descending. Even without boosters, you'd have me beat cold. The faster I was dropping, the longer to reverse direction, the more time you'd have to put distance between us.
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[Dropping like a stone had just been step one. But grumping aside, he considers. Because no matter what the second step had been, there's one particular flaw in the whole plan.]
In free fall I have pretty minimal control over my direction. Same for my speed. I might've been coming for you fast, but the only thing you would've needed to do is head straight up, because no matter how much speed I put on, reversing it would've taken effort and time, and it would've lost me more distance in descending. Even without boosters, you'd have me beat cold. The faster I was dropping, the longer to reverse direction, the more time you'd have to put distance between us.