Re: [GZG] How fast is FTL in GZGverse?

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Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Doug Evans <devans@nebraska.edu> wrote:

> Fuzzy max 1 yr round trip to Barnard's Star, just under six light
years,
> from FTII.
>
> '2063 The first trans-solar probe is launched to (and returns from)
> Barnard's Star.'
>

Gotta be careful with those year cited events. Many, if not most, take
place
in less than a year's time. Example from history:

1927: Charles Lindbergh makes first successful transatlantic flight

The naive might interpret that it takes a year to fly across the
Atlantic.
:-D

> The Lafayette campaign rules from the same book have six light years
of
> FTL
> movement per week.
>

Which is almost a lightyear a day.

>
> Did I win?
>

Probably, since no one else came up with these yet. ;-)   I don't know
what
Tomb has for you for a prize, though.

>
> The_Beast?
>

You're not certain? ;-)

Mk

>
> TomB wrote on 05/13/2008 09:20:40 AM:
>
> ***
> snippage
> ***
>
> > And bonus points for anyone who can point out existing canonical
> > references (citations!) that state what speed/time is involved in
Jump
> > or strongly imply an answer.
>
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