Let's set up some rough scales then, using the 40 astronomical unit measurement out to the Limit as our baseline.
At lightspeed, this would take about 5 hours to travel. If the typical speed is 50% then it would take 10 hours to cover this distance.
Mars is between 0.5 and 2.5 AU away from the Earth. This would take from 7 minutes to 35 minutes to travel a 50% lightspeed. Now that I work that out, that's just too little time.
If it takes from 1 to 5 days to travel to Mars from Earth, then it will take months to reach the limit from anywhere in the Inner System, around 80 days. That would make the typical speed about 0.2% that of light.
Say that for practical purposes, the top speed likely to be used inside the Limit is 1% and that this represents something no larger than a good-sized car. Something the size of a seagoing cargo ship could manage maybe 0.05% (Earth-Mars in 4 to 20 days, Earth-Limit in just under a year).
Just a suggestion, what are your thoughts?
On another note, this place is apparently still around. In keeping with my protagonist's 'fixer' lifestyle, would a deal he set up for Fens to purchase scrapped transports from here seem unreasonable to anyone?D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
At lightspeed, this would take about 5 hours to travel. If the typical speed is 50% then it would take 10 hours to cover this distance.
Mars is between 0.5 and 2.5 AU away from the Earth. This would take from 7 minutes to 35 minutes to travel a 50% lightspeed. Now that I work that out, that's just too little time.
If it takes from 1 to 5 days to travel to Mars from Earth, then it will take months to reach the limit from anywhere in the Inner System, around 80 days. That would make the typical speed about 0.2% that of light.
Say that for practical purposes, the top speed likely to be used inside the Limit is 1% and that this represents something no larger than a good-sized car. Something the size of a seagoing cargo ship could manage maybe 0.05% (Earth-Mars in 4 to 20 days, Earth-Limit in just under a year).
Just a suggestion, what are your thoughts?
On another note, this place is apparently still around. In keeping with my protagonist's 'fixer' lifestyle, would a deal he set up for Fens to purchase scrapped transports from here seem unreasonable to anyone?D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.