What would happen - Hijacked into Science of FL thread

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I always wondered abouut that. But I thought they instantly connected 2 points in space irrelavent of what was in between the two. Otherwise this would have happened over and over. Hrmm....

Not if you take into account just how much 'space' there is between solar systems.. Something the size of a sun but emitting no light would NOT be seen from any system.. It'd simply be too far away.. Light travels through our solar system to Pluto in 5.3 hours. Light from our sun takes 4.37 years to reach Alpha Centauri, the nearest solar system. There are 8,760 hours per year, multiplied by 4.37 is 38,281.2 hours. Divided by 5.3, the time it takes for light to reach Pluto, is 7222.8 hours, divided by two, for we need the diameter of our system, not radius. That gives us 3611.4 hours. 3611.4 'Light Hours' (rather than Light Years) between us and Alpha Centauri. 10.6 Light hours is our system's diameter. 3611.4 / 10.6 = 340.7.. We could fit 340.7 of our solar systems between us an Alpha Centauri.. That is a BIG amount.. Now think of that in 360 degrees. There is a TON of space, and solar systems really are not that big in comparison. I'd say the distance between Cali and Texas is roughly the same as it would be between Sol and AC. And then between the other systems its the same, slightly smaller, or even bigger..

Now, Darkmatter is theoretically what makes up the emptiness between normal matter.. But we're talking about a Darkmatter STORM. Even though it doesn't technically exist, it apparently does in the minds of one of Digital Anvil's employees.. And the changes of a Darkmatter storm happening DIRECTLY between two connected jump gates is slim.

Worm Holes are what will (again, theoretically) take you from one point to another instantaneously. But these are Jump Holes, not worm holes (DA would've used the word Worm Hole if it were supposed to be the same). JHs may not actually exist (we don't know for certain if WHs do either..) in real life, but they do in this game, and from the sequence, it takes time from one point to another.. That would mean there would have to be some route somewhere that your ship travels through, probably at insane speeds (Light Years per seconds perhaps?). Meaning that a 'Darkmatter Storm' could get in the way and be pulled in by one of the JHs/JGs.

Apologies for the rant, but I'm sitting here waiting for someone to call me to tell me they finally need me to head over and pick them up, and can't fall asleep due to that.. I also went over my numbers.. I believe they are correct, but if not feel free to bash me for it.

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