Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Note: Interstellar travel in the age of the Teraport works like this:
- Launch.
- Point yourself at the nearest non-interdicted space, and fly as fast as local traffic, commerce enforcement agencies, and your own drives will allow. This may be anywhere from 2 light-minutes to 10 light hours away, depending on how much teraport interdiction is in place.
- Teraport from the non-interdicted space you just entered into whatever non-interdicted space is closest to your destination. This will take a matter of a few seconds, regardless of how many thousands of light years lie between the two points.
- Fly as fast as local traffic, commerce enforcement, and your own drives will allow. Again, you might be a few light-minutes away from your destination, or you might be billions of kilometers out.
Our heroes have chartered a Starcraft Ghost X360 executive jet. It lacks the extreme acceleration a good warship has, but it could get you from Earth to Mars in less time than it takes to commute from Irvine to downtown Los Angeles.
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Transcript for Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Charter Pilot: Howdy folks! I'll be your pilot for this charter flight to Ystre. Welcome aboard!
Charter Pilot: Our travel time will be ten hours and twenty minutes, so make yourselves comfortable.
Elf: You heard the man. Weapons out. I want 'em field stripped and clean enough for surgery before anybody takes a nap.
Charter Pilot: Did I say ten hours? If I redline the drive, I bet I can get us there in eight.
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