What if you took the principle of magnetic acceleration, created a bunch of acceleration gateways in space, and then shot space trains through it? Have catching gates on the opposite end for the deceleration part.
What's the maximum speed that magnetic acceleration can accelerate an object to in a vacuum before the object is travelling so fast that the magnetic effect can no longer impact upon it as it passes the gates?
I wanna build some fucking space trains. What can I read that's explored this?
Really reminds me of this gem from Mass Effect. This is definitely a viable form of space travel and has been proposed. The main issues are maintaining the location of your acceleration/deceleration gates and that you'd have to make it to your destination using other means of propulsion first. The guy's politics are pretty cringe, but there's good information on stuff like this on the "Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur" YouTube channel.