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Katrex
Dustdogs
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Posted - 2012.06.03 08:13:00 -
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So I was playing around with the math (as you do... Ok as I do.)
And this is what I got.
1 light year is about 60 AU, the galaxy is about 3000 light years across so it would take 10 hours to warp from one side of it to another.
In central systems starts are usually very packed, such that it would be quicker to warp between two stars than to suffer the acceleration and deceleration time from star-gating between them.
Finaly "Oh wow warp is so fast" lets use this to put the size of the universe in to perspective. We've all see how fast warp is, and we can all concepualize ten hours it would take to traverse the galaxy. But how long would it take to get to the next galaxy across. Only 10 years.
What about the universe 40million years to warp across. Nice.
Space is really big. Nice of eve to put it in to perspective. Not that flying past all these planets at 1000km/h then jumping to 3 trilion/h (20000x the speed of light) gives you any sense of perspective.
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Virgil Travis
GWA Corp
Unified Church of the Unobligated
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Posted - 2012.06.03 09:39:00 -
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1 light year = 63,239.6717 Astronomical Units
And game play > realism. Would you really enjoy spending most of your game time travelling just across one system?
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Kaleb Rysode
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.06.03 09:46:00 -
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1 AU ~ 150,000,000 km.
1 lightyear = 9.46 * 10^12 km.
1 light year ~ 63,240 AU.
The galaxy is about ~100,000 lightyears in diameter.
In EVE, a fair amount of ships travel at 3 AU / second. Thats just under 1500 times faster than the speed of light. Its called warp drive for a reason.
And anyway, astronomers tend to measure large distances in parsecs, not lightyears. You are terrible at math and science in general. Please never post again.
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Akirei Scytale
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.06.03 09:49:00 -
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You're only 105399.45% off.
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Kaleb Rysode
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.06.03 09:52:00 -
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Also, if you're going to quote Douglas Adams, quote him properly and use the full quote. 
Quote:Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
"The reality is that the sandbox is amoral. You don't have to like it, but...reality owns." |
Akirei Scytale
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.06.03 09:56:00 -
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I doubt he was quoting Adams, but kudos on the good taste, you frood.
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Katrex
Dustdogs
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Posted - 2012.06.03 09:58:00 -
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Ah lol missed out a factor of a thousand in there haha. Fail. Hmm, wasn't quoting douglas adams. If a statement is true more than one person will say it. Lol
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Katrex
Dustdogs
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Posted - 2012.06.03 10:00:00 -
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Kaleb Rysode wrote:1 AU ~ 150,000,000 km.
1 lightyear = 9.46 * 10^12 km.
1 light year ~ 63,240 AU.
The galaxy is about ~100,000 lightyears in diameter.
In EVE, a fair amount of ships travel at 3 AU / second. Thats just under 1500 times faster than the speed of light. Its called warp drive for a reason.
And anyway, astronomers tend to measure large distances in parsecs, not lightyears. You are terrible at math and science in general. Please never post again.
Haha, buggered up my sources, this is what I get for failing with google missreading. |
Richard Desturned
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.06.03 10:25:00 -
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You're aware that the "play area" in EVE is only around 110 ly across and most certainly not a "galaxy" right?
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Katrex
Dustdogs
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Posted - 2012.06.03 10:46:00 -
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Hmm no i didn't. I just assumed most of the stars were usless hence not so many, due to the density distribution making it look like one.. |
baltec1
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Posted - 2012.06.03 10:50:00 -
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Katrex wrote:Hmm no i didn't. I just assumed most of the stars were usless hence not so many, due to the density distribution making it look like one..
We are in a star cluster. |
Kaleb Rysode
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.06.03 10:53:00 -
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Akirei Scytale wrote:I doubt he was quoting Adams, but kudos on the good taste, you frood.
Anytime someone says "Space is big," its at least a reference to Mr. Adams, even if they don't realize it, you magnificent hoopy.
Also, to be more clear, when I say galaxy, I mean the Milky Way is ~100,000 light years in diameter.
Either way, this is the worst post in the history of terrible posts in regards to trying to tie science into EVE.
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