[zeugma]

B5 did OK as far as dealing straight with physics. If you dig military SF, the Honor Harrington series by David Drake does a really good job of explaining what real battles in space might be like. It’s more martime warfare in space than star wars. Large ships of the wall standing off firing broadsides. Battles are fought at such distances that you don’t actually “see” anything except through sensors.

[NorthMountain]

Jack Campbell’s “Lost Fleet” books present credible speculation on what “space warfare” might look like. Also Ian Douglas’ “Marines in Space” books are interesting.

[Oztrich Boy]

If you dig military SF, the Honor Harrington series by David Drake does a really good job of explaining what real battles in space might be like. It’s more martime warfare in space than star wars. Large ships of the wall standing off firing broadsides. Battles are fought at such distances that you don’t actually “see” anything except through sensors.

Weber not Drake.

And even manouvering at 500 G acceleration, it takes hours (or days) to get into range. Space is big.