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[[Image:Warp_Factors_Plot.gif|thumb|right|'''Warp Factors''']]
[[Image:Warp_Factors_Plot.jpg|thumb|right|'''Warp Factors''']]


A ship traveling at warp factor one is traveling the speed of light: 186,000 miles/second or 0.3066 parsecs/day.  (1 parsec = 3.26156 lightyears)  Star systems are typically separated from each other by one or two parsecs.  A hex on the [[Media:Federation Map.gif|United Federation of Planets Map]] is 500 parsecs wide and roughly 1000 parsecs thick.  
A ship traveling at warp factor one is traveling the speed of light: 186,000 miles/second or 0.3066 parsecs/day.  (1 parsec = 3.26156 lightyears)  Star systems are typically separated from each other by one or two parsecs.  A hex on the [[Media:Federation Map.gif|United Federation of Planets Map]] is 500 parsecs wide and roughly 1000 parsecs thick.  

Latest revision as of 05:44, 4 July 2010

Warp Factors

A ship traveling at warp factor one is traveling the speed of light: 186,000 miles/second or 0.3066 parsecs/day. (1 parsec = 3.26156 lightyears) Star systems are typically separated from each other by one or two parsecs. A hex on the United Federation of Planets Map is 500 parsecs wide and roughly 1000 parsecs thick.

Warp Factor Table

Parsecs Per Day = 0.3066 x (Warp Factor)^3
Warp
Factor
Parsecs/Day Parsecs/Month Time to Travel
500 Parsecs
(Days)
Time to Travel
500 Parsecs
(Months)
1 0.31 9.20 1630.79 54.36
2 2.45 73.58 203.85 6.79
3 8.28 248.35 60.40 2.01
4 19.62 588.67 25.48 0.85
5 38.33 1149.75 13.05 0.43
6 66.23 1986.77 7.55 0.25
7 105.16 3154.91 4.75 0.16
8 156.98 4709.38 3.19 0.11
9 223.51 6705.34 2.24 0.07
10 306.60 9198.00 1.63 0.05

U.S.S. Merlin

Warp
Factor
Parsecs/Day Parsecs/Month Time to Travel
500 Parsecs
(Days)
Time to Travel
500 Parsecs
(Months)
Usage
1 0.31 9.20 1630.79 54.36 When leaving a star system
4 19.62 588.67 25.48 0.85 Typical cruising speed
8.1 162.94 4888.19 3.07 0.10 Maximum safe cruising speed
9.1 231.04 6931.35 2.16 0.07 Maximum speed

See Also

Ship Sensors

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