Eew, who is putting limitations on the distance of a vessel? McKay 13:52, 16 July 2007 (EDT)
That sir is a Good question. I just swapped it to Ly as it was in billions of miles, the longest distance listed was not enough to reach earths neighbors. With the numbers listed the first drives were able to get about one system over. 2nd gen maybe 2 systems (example Ross 128 is 10.9 Ly away), and the Most advanced 20-30 systems away.
This is going to be a product of the drive system that’s used. I think this is why we see Jump/Slip drives in sci-fi so much, just pop out of our frame of reference travel and pop back in far far away.
Scale references 1 Light Year = 5,865,696,000,000 miles
Closet Star to Earth that’s not Sol, Alpha Centauri (well Proxima but there like one system) at 4.3 Light years away. Hexcore 14:21, 16 July 2007 (EDT)
- I totally understand the distance references. The distances are much better than the old ones (like not being past pluto for example? But why are we limiting the distance of a vessel? McKay 14:26, 16 July 2007 (EDT)
- I just kept the numbers that were in the posting. But as far as a limits go everything has to have some limit if nothing else its going to run out of fuel. Hexcore 15:58, 16 July 2007 (EDT)
- Just to clarify, I wasn't referring to the distance that the vessel could travel, but the distance at which the power for the communications devices would fail, or something like that. I know inertia would keep the vessel itself going, but people couldn't track it or communicate with it indefinitely. The EagleEye, though, is a manned vessel, so there is a definite limit on it, seeing as both the people inside would need supplies, and the fuel for navigation would eventually run out. Jack Kieser 16:34, 16 July 2007 (EDT)
Hmmm... The way the Sky Drive article is writen, all the ships move at the same speed. (At least though the same areas of space.) So the only thing that could affect the range of a ship is its fuel supply, and the efficency of its antimatter reactors.--Aioua 21:50, 16 July 2007 (EDT)
- Hmm, I didn't mean to make that implication. All the skydrive does is makes two points closer together than otherwise possible (by going through more than 3 dimensions). Ships can still travel faster if they have better engines. I'll make that more clear in the article. McKay 01:12, 17 July 2007 (EDT)
- Okay, see what I've done in gravimetrics. That should clear up more of what I'm talking about McKay 03:58, 17 July 2007 (EDT)