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[SaltyWaffles-PD]

The guy who did the equation thought that lightyears were a unit of time, not distance. So he did 120,000/365 (or something like that), ending up with 22-27.

In reality, you'd divide the distance by the speed, with 1 being the speed of light. If I recall correctly, the ME1 codex states that the typical FTL speed is something like 12 times the speed of light, which is why mass relays are so important and necessary.

So do 120,000/12. Oh, wow, it's actually 10,000 years, not 27. That's a rather large difference, if you ask me.

And that's, of course, if you're going at top speed the ENTIRE journey. Seeing as you'd have to stop to discharge your eezo core, gather and process food/water, somehow find and refine fuel (you'd still need the normal engines, even for FTL), and more, along the way. And that's assuming you don't lose any vital parts to wear and tear.

[Archereon]

FTL travel in mass effect is substantially faster than 12 c.


Estimations based on the apparent times between known star systems (ones that exist in real life) put it somewhere on the order of 2,000 c

[Reiella]

Archereon wrote...

FTL travel in mass effect is substantially faster than 12 c.


Estimations based on the apparent times between known star systems (ones that exist in real life) put it somewhere on the order of 2,000 c

To be fair, that could well be a case of Sci-Fantasy math fail, that said. We're discussing in reference to Sci-Fantasy math in the first place .

[Tashakov]

Science now means nothing in Mass Effect.

When a wave of Space Magic from a God Child can instantly knock every organic up with a toaster with no adverse effects, anything is possible. For all we now, the other ships got hit like the Normandy and were thrown back to their homes.

Or eachother's homes. Still more plausible scientifically than what actually happened with the Crucible.

... Excuse me while I go sob quietly in the corner.

[John Locke N7]

i bet the quarians will be excited......

im sure most races will simply stay in the solar relay, making earth horrible with over crowding* and probaly just constant war.

they dont have the resources to stay OR leave.

Modifié par John Locke N7, 11 mars 2012 - 02:50 .

[Almostfaceman]

adrianlocke647 wrote...

Science now means nothing in Mass Effect.

When a wave of Space Magic from a God Child can instantly knock every organic up with a toaster with no adverse effects, anything is possible. For all we now, the other ships got hit like the Normandy and were thrown back to their homes.

Or eachother's homes. Still more plausible scientifically than what actually happened with the Crucible.

... Excuse me while I go sob quietly in the corner.

I would imagine the people who got mad over the Resurrection of Shepard would have apoplectic fits over Magic Space Beam Delta.

[SaltyWaffles-PD]

Archereon wrote...

FTL travel in mass effect is substantially faster than 12 c.


Estimations based on the apparent times between known star systems (ones that exist in real life) put it somewhere on the order of 2,000 c

Are you referring to actual plot, story references, or "in game" time? Because that's just gameplay and story segregation.

[samoht_okpoh]

(120,000 Light Years) / (12 (Light Years/Day)) = 10,000 Days.

10,000 Days / 365 (Days/Year) = 27 Years.

27 years is the correct number of years, if ships can travel 12 light years in one day.

The number is 2 months, if ships can travel 2000 light years in one day.

EDIT: This article on the wiki references 200 times light speed. That's just about 0.55 of a light year per day, if google is to be believed. That means that ships can cross the galaxy in just about 600 years.

EDIT2: They 12 LY/day speed comes from a conversation with Ashley, according to this.

Modifié par samoht_okpoh, 11 mars 2012 - 04:20 .

[Spaceguy5]

samoht_okpoh wrote...

(120,000 Light Years) / (12 (Light Years/Day)) = 10,000 Days.

10,000 Days / 365 (Days/Year) = 27 Years.

27 years is the correct number of years, if ships can travel 12 light years in one day.

The number is 2 months, if ships can travel 2000 light years in one day.

EDIT: This article on the wiki references 200 times light speed. That's just about 0.55 of a light year per day, if google is to be believed. That means that ships can cross the galaxy in just about 600 years.

EDIT2: They 12 LY/day speed comes from a conversation with Ashley, according to this.

But it also says " With a mass effect drive, roughly a dozen light-years can be traversed in the course of a day's cruise."

[samoht_okpoh]

Exactly. So what is wrong with the 27 year figure? My math is there, where is the error?

[Phydeaux314]

There is a conversation with Ashley back in ME1 (I believe) that explains how fast ships can travel outside of relay  "zero mass" corridors - it's something like twelve light years per day, or about half a light year per hour. Given that the galaxy is about 120k light years across, you're looking at about 27 years, give or take, to cross from one edge to the other. However, you can't go through the middle, so realistically it's closer to 30 or 35 years.

This fits with some cut content from ME2, as well, where a young Samara is on a scout ship that ends up affecting Earth's history by causing a huge storm as it discharges its drive core. The trip, done without relays, would take four years - which is about right for the distance from Thessia to Sol (about 18k light years).

Modifié par Phydeaux314, 11 mars 2012 - 05:16 .

[samoht_okpoh]

That's what's wrong with 27 years! The galactic core! I actually completely over looked that.

[Fishy]

How the catalyst kid knew anyway about the super weapons ? I need answer. it's not really him who have build it.