G

From Rise: The Vieneo Province

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The Acceleration exerted on objects at rest on earth.

The mass of the earth attracts objects with 9.8 Meters per second per second (m/s/s) acceleration.

G can be used to describe acceleration.

An object accelerating at 1 G starting at 0 speed and distance will be at

Second Speed Total distance covered from start
0 0 0
1 9.8m 9.8m
2 19.6 29.4
3 29.4 58.8
4 39.2 98
5 49 147
6 58.8 205.8
7 68.6 274.4

An object in space staying the same speed has an acceleration of 0G

An Object changing is speed 49m/s/s is experiencing a 5 G load.