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Post #313576

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Johnboy3434
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What are all the given figures for hyperdrive speed?
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13-Mar-2008, 2:01 PM
Hello, there! Some pals and I are having the quintessential Start Trek vs. Star Wars argument, and the issue of speed came up. I've since been trying to gather all exact terms for the speed of a ship in hyperspace. I've found three so far, but I was hoping any EU aficionados would be able to complete the list. THIS WILL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BECOME AN STVSW THREAD. I am simply here to discover the facts on the Star Wars side. I'll gather the Star Trek measurements on my own. By "exact terms" I mean either an explicitly stated speed, or the exact time given to cover an exact distance. Also note that I'm excluding N-Level Canon sources. The three I've found are*:

1.) 20,000 light-years in 3 hours (58,880,000c) [Bloodlines]
2.) 127 light-years per hour (1,121,664c) [Dark Force Rising]
3.) 350 light-years in 5 days (25,760c) [Heir to the Empire]

*These measurements take into account that a standard day and year in the GFFA are 24 hours and 368 days respectively, as given in the C-Level RPG. For those unfamiliar with the terminology, "c" is the speed of light, or 299,792,458 meters per second.