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Originally Posted by scc
Ah, sorry I used speed factor in my OP, didn't I? Well whatever I call it, the Hyperspace Goodness Thing cubed is how much faster you go in hyperspace.
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No, I jsut checked again and in your initial post in this thread you did not explain "speed factors". "How much faster you go in hyperspace" is kind of vague as well.
If it's a multiple of lightspeed then dividing 4.3 light-years by 20 get's you c. 80 days to Alpha Centauri but Alpha C. is a _lot_ closer than the next vague possibility. ISTR 7 of those in the nearest 40 light-years.
The last time we thrashed out what was known we came up with an average distance of 200 light-years between Earth-like planets and if you have 150 of thsoe you will be at that number (on average of course).
Dividing 200 light-years by 50 and you get 4 years travel time (10 years at your factor 20). If that's your highest speed over that distance you're going to see one-way travel and quite possibly in hibernation mode to avoid wasting the time in transit.