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[[Image:Warp_Factors_Plot. | [[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
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
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 |