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Warp Drive vs Hyperdrive: Star Trek and Star Wars comparative speeds (WOIN)
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6607167" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Warning: ultrageekery game design ahead, part of the <a href="http://www.woinrpg.com/home/" target="_blank">What's O.L.D. is N.E.W. (WOIN)</a> roleplaying game. Matching up Star Wars and Star Trek FTL speeds is an interesting process. The former is a couple of orders of magnitude faster than the latter. This corresponds to base levels of advancement levels 9 and 10 fairly neatly. </p><p></p><p> A Class 1 hyperdrive from Star Wars (in SW, lower is better, with fast ships having ratings of 0.5-0.9 or so and slow ships having ratings of 2,3, or 4) is equivalent to about 2,000,000 times light speed, or 1 parsec per minute, or Warp Factor 125 in Trek language (using old Trek, where speed in multiples of c are the cube of the warp factor, not NextGen+ Trek where Warp 10 is infinite speed). </p><p></p><p> Add in some Doctor Who stuff where TARDIS's can travel between galaxies as easily as you or I pop to the corner shop, and we're looking at another level entirely. </p><p></p><p> So you can essentially use two different scales. FTL-X for tech level 9 (Trek level) stuff, and Drive Rating for tech level 10 (Star Wars level) stuff. Or you can use the same rating, which means the USS Enterprise effectively has a SW drive rating of 3906 in a setting where ratings tend to go up to 4 or so, or where the Millenium Falcon (0.5 past light speed is regarded as being its drive rating of 0.5) goes at effective Warp 159.</p><p></p><p> This puts the Falcon able to cross the Milky Way in 10 days, and the Enterprise in nearly 200 years...</p><p></p><p> Generally speaking, I think it's fair to say that the GM will peg the overall setting advancement level in advance.</p><p></p><p>In the table below, FTL-X is basically old-Trek Warp Factor. C is the actual multiples-of-speed-of-light column.</p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>FTL-X</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>C</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>1 PARSEC</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>1 LIGHT YEAR</strong></span></p> </td><td><strong>1 DAY TRAVEL</strong></td><td><strong>CROSS GALAXY**</strong></td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>1</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1190 days</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">365 days</span></p> </td><td><span style="color: #000000">0.003 light years</span></td><td>120,000 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>2</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">8</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">149 days</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">45 days</span></p> </td><td>0.02 light years</td><td>16,000 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>3</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">27</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">44 days</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">14 days</span></p> </td><td>0.07 light years</td><td>4,444 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>4</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">64</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">19 days</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">6 days</span></p> </td><td>0.15 light years</td><td>1,875 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>5</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">125</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">10 days</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">3 days</span></p> </td><td>0.3 light years</td><td>960 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>6</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">216</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">5.5 days</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1.7 days</span></p> </td><td>0.6 light years</td><td>555 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>7</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">343</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">3.5 days</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">25 hours</span></p> </td><td>1 light year</td><td>350 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>8</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">512</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">2.3 days</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">17 hours</span></p> </td><td>0.5 parsecs</td><td>234 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>9</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">729</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1.6 days</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">12 hours</span></p> </td><td>0.6 parsecs</td><td>165 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>10</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1,000</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">29 hours</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">9 hours</span></p> </td><td>0.8 parsecs</td><td>120 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>11</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1,331</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">21 hours</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">6.5 hours</span></p> </td><td>1.1 parsecs</td><td>90 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>12</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1,728</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">17 hours</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">5 hours</span></p> </td><td>1.4 parsecs</td><td>70 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>13</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">2,197</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">13 hours</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">4 hours</span></p> </td><td>1.8 parsecs</td><td>55 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>14</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">2,744</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">10 hours</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">3 hours</span></p> </td><td>2.4 parsecs</td><td>44 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>15</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">3,375</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">8 hours</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">2.6 hours</span></p> </td><td>3 parsecs</td><td>36 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>16</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">4,096</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">7 hours</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">2 hours</span></p> </td><td>3.4 parsecs</td><td>29 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>17</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">4,913</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">6 hours</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1.75 hours</span></p> </td><td>4 parsecs</td><td>24 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>18</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">5,832</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">5 hours</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1.5 hours</span></p> </td><td>4.8 parsecs</td><td>20 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>19</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">6,859</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">4 hours</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1.3 hours</span></p> </td><td>6 parsecs</td><td>17 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>20</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">8,000</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">3.5 hours</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1 hour</span></p> </td><td>6.9 parsecs</td><td>15 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>30</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">27,000</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">1 hour</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">20 mins</span></p> </td><td>24 parsecs</td><td>4.5 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>40</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">64,000</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">25 mins</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">8 mins</span></p> </td><td>57.6 parsecs</td><td>1.8 years</td></tr><tr><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>50</strong></span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">125,000</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">12 mins</span></p> </td><td> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px">3.7 mins</span></p> </td><td>120 parsecs</td><td>350 days</td></tr><tr><td><strong>63</strong> (class 5)*</td><td>250,000</td><td>5 mins</td><td>90 secs</td><td>180 parsecs</td><td>175 days</td></tr><tr><td><strong>79</strong> (class 4)*</td><td>500,000</td><td>4 mins</td><td>72 secs</td><td>360 parsecs</td><td>88 days</td></tr><tr><td><strong>91</strong> (class 3)*</td><td>750,000</td><td>3 mins</td><td>54 secs</td><td>540 parsecs</td><td>58 days</td></tr><tr><td><strong>100</strong> (class 2)*</td><td>1,000,000</td><td>2 mins</td><td>36 secs</td><td>720 parsecs</td><td>44 days</td></tr><tr><td><strong>125* </strong>(class 1)*</td><td>2,000,000</td><td>1 min</td><td>18 secs</td><td>1,440 parsecs</td><td>22 days</td></tr><tr><td><strong>130</strong> (class 0.9)*</td><td>2,222,222</td><td>54 secs</td><td>16.2 secs</td><td>1,728 parsecs</td><td>20 days</td></tr><tr><td><strong>135</strong> (class 0.8)*</td><td>2,500,000</td><td>48 secs</td><td>14.4 secs</td><td>2,016 parsecs</td><td>17.5 days</td></tr><tr><td><strong>142</strong> (class 0.7)*</td><td>2,857,142</td><td>42 secs</td><td>12.6 secs</td><td>2,304 parsecs</td><td>15 days</td></tr><tr><td><strong>150</strong> (class 0.6)*</td><td>3,333,333</td><td>36 secs</td><td>10.8 secs</td><td>2,592 parsecs</td><td>13 days</td></tr><tr><td><strong>158</strong> (class 0.5)*</td><td>4,000,000</td><td>30 secs</td><td>9 secs</td><td>2,880 parsecs</td><td>11 days</td></tr><tr><td>200 (class 0.25)*</td><td>8,000,000</td><td>15 secs</td><td>4.5 secs</td><td>5,760 parsecs</td><td>5.5 days</td></tr><tr><td>500</td><td>125,000,000</td><td>1 sec</td><td>0.3 secs</td><td>89,856 parsecs</td><td>2.3 hours</td></tr><tr><td>1,000</td><td>1,000,000,000</td><td>0.125 secs</td><td>0.04 secs</td><td>718,848 parsecs</td><td>17 mins</td></tr></table> <p style="text-align: right"><em>*In tech level 10+ settings FTL speeds are much faster; FTL 125 is categorized as a Class 1 drive</em></p> <p style="text-align: right"><em>**Assumes a Milky Way sized galaxy with a diamater of 120,000 light years (36,809 parsecs)</em></p> <p style="text-align: right"></p> <p style="text-align: right"></p><p>Of course, narratively there are lots of different FTL methods, from warp to hyperdrive to jump drive, etc., and they all do different things. The thing they all have in common, of course, is that they let you reach your destination quicker.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]68178[/ATTACH][ATTACH]68179[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6607167, member: 1"] Warning: ultrageekery game design ahead, part of the [URL="http://www.woinrpg.com/home/"]What's O.L.D. is N.E.W. (WOIN)[/URL] roleplaying game. Matching up Star Wars and Star Trek FTL speeds is an interesting process. The former is a couple of orders of magnitude faster than the latter. This corresponds to base levels of advancement levels 9 and 10 fairly neatly. A Class 1 hyperdrive from Star Wars (in SW, lower is better, with fast ships having ratings of 0.5-0.9 or so and slow ships having ratings of 2,3, or 4) is equivalent to about 2,000,000 times light speed, or 1 parsec per minute, or Warp Factor 125 in Trek language (using old Trek, where speed in multiples of c are the cube of the warp factor, not NextGen+ Trek where Warp 10 is infinite speed). Add in some Doctor Who stuff where TARDIS's can travel between galaxies as easily as you or I pop to the corner shop, and we're looking at another level entirely. So you can essentially use two different scales. FTL-X for tech level 9 (Trek level) stuff, and Drive Rating for tech level 10 (Star Wars level) stuff. Or you can use the same rating, which means the USS Enterprise effectively has a SW drive rating of 3906 in a setting where ratings tend to go up to 4 or so, or where the Millenium Falcon (0.5 past light speed is regarded as being its drive rating of 0.5) goes at effective Warp 159. This puts the Falcon able to cross the Milky Way in 10 days, and the Enterprise in nearly 200 years... Generally speaking, I think it's fair to say that the GM will peg the overall setting advancement level in advance. In the table below, FTL-X is basically old-Trek Warp Factor. C is the actual multiples-of-speed-of-light column. [TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD][CENTER][SIZE=2][B]FTL-X[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]C[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]1 PARSEC[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]1 LIGHT YEAR[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="align: center"][B]1 DAY TRAVEL[/B][/TD] [TD="align: center"][B]CROSS GALAXY**[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]1[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1190 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]365 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"][COLOR=#000000]0.003 light years[/COLOR][/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]120,000 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]2[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]8[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]149 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]45 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]0.02 light years[/TD] [TD="align: center"]16,000 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]3[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]27[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]44 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]14 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]0.07 light years[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]4,444 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]4[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]64[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]19 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]6 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]0.15 light years[/TD] [TD="align: center"]1,875 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]5[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]125[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]10 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]3 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]0.3 light years[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]960 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]6[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]216[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]5.5 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1.7 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]0.6 light years[/TD] [TD="align: center"]555 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]7[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]343[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]3.5 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]25 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]1 light year[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]350 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]8[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]512[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]2.3 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]17 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]0.5 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]234 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]9[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]729[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1.6 days[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]12 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]0.6 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]165 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]10[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1,000[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]29 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]9 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]0.8 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]120 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]11[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1,331[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]21 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]6.5 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]1.1 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]90 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]12[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1,728[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]17 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]5 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]1.4 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]70 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]13[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]2,197[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]13 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]4 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]1.8 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]55 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]14[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]2,744[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]10 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]3 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]2.4 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]44 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]15[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]3,375[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]8 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]2.6 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]3 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]36 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]16[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]4,096[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]7 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]2 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]3.4 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]29 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]17[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]4,913[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]6 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1.75 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]4 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]24 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]18[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]5,832[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]5 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1.5 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]4.8 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]20 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]19[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]6,859[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]4 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1.3 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]6 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]17 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]20[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]8,000[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]3.5 hours[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1 hour[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]6.9 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]15 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]30[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]27,000[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]1 hour[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]20 mins[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]24 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]4.5 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]40[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]64,000[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]25 mins[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]8 mins[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="align: center"]57.6 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]1.8 years[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2][B]50[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/TD] [TD="width: 19%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]125,000[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]12 mins[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 17%, bgcolor: #CCCCCC"] [CENTER][SIZE=2]3.7 mins[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]120 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]350 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: center"][B]63[/B] (class 5)*[/TD] [TD="align: center"]250,000[/TD] [TD="align: center"]5 mins[/TD] [TD="align: center"]90 secs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]180 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]175 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"][B]79[/B] (class 4)*[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]500,000[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]4 mins[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]72 secs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]360 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]88 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: center"][B]91[/B] (class 3)*[/TD] [TD="align: center"]750,000[/TD] [TD="align: center"]3 mins[/TD] [TD="align: center"]54 secs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]540 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]58 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"][B]100[/B] (class 2)*[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]1,000,000[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]2 mins[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]36 secs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]720 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]44 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF, align: center"][B]125* [/B](class 1)*[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF, align: center"]2,000,000[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF, align: center"]1 min[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF, align: center"]18 secs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF, align: center"]1,440 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]22 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"][B]130[/B] (class 0.9)*[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]2,222,222[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]54 secs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]16.2 secs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]1,728 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]20 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: center"][B]135[/B] (class 0.8)*[/TD] [TD="align: center"]2,500,000[/TD] [TD="align: center"]48 secs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]14.4 secs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]2,016 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]17.5 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"][B]142[/B] (class 0.7)*[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]2,857,142[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]42 secs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]12.6 secs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]2,304 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]15 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: center"][B]150[/B] (class 0.6)*[/TD] [TD="align: center"]3,333,333[/TD] [TD="align: center"]36 secs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]10.8 secs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]2,592 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]13 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"][B]158[/B] (class 0.5)*[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]4,000,000[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]30 secs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]9 secs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]2,880 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]11 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: center"]200 (class 0.25)*[/TD] [TD="align: center"]8,000,000[/TD] [TD="align: center"]15 secs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]4.5 secs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]5,760 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]5.5 days[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]500[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]125,000,000[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]1 sec[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]0.3 secs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]89,856 parsecs[/TD] [TD="bgcolor: #CCCCCC, align: center"]2.3 hours[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: center"]1,000[/TD] [TD="align: center"]1,000,000,000[/TD] [TD="align: center"]0.125 secs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]0.04 secs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]718,848 parsecs[/TD] [TD="align: center"]17 mins[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [RIGHT][I]*In tech level 10+ settings FTL speeds are much faster; FTL 125 is categorized as a Class 1 drive[/I] [I]**Assumes a Milky Way sized galaxy with a diamater of 120,000 light years (36,809 parsecs)[/I] [/RIGHT] Of course, narratively there are lots of different FTL methods, from warp to hyperdrive to jump drive, etc., and they all do different things. The thing they all have in common, of course, is that they let you reach your destination quicker. [ATTACH=CONFIG]68178._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]68179._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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