There are tables for sin, cos and arctan, but these are only used for drawing the planet’s circles. All the ship-drawing and universe manipulation is done using

There are tables for sin, cos and arctan, but these are only used for drawing the planet’s circles. All the ship-drawing and universe manipulation is done using the small angle approximation, so there’s no need for lookup tables. Lots more info here: https://www.bbcelite.com/explore/articles/deep_dive_pitching_and_rolling.html https://www.bbcelite.com/explore/articles/deep_dive_pitching...