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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

I gott into an argument with my friend over who is faster, B5 ships with the jump, Star Wars ships with the hyperdrive, and Star Trek ships with the warp.

Now, I don't know if this was discussed already, or as to whether or not this belongs here, since it involves Star Trek and Star Wars, and they have their own respective forums, but this does contain B5.

My point of view is, Star Wars is faster, because they have covered an entire galaxy, and you need a real fast way of traveling to cover it all.

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[This message was edited by Jeff Raven on March 25, 1999.]

Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Right. B5 is rather inconsistent about things, unfortunately.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Come on, you don't accept the hyperspace winds?

Of course, Star Wars never specifically mentions they travel across the galaxy. Darth Vader says something to that effect, but what does he know? It's not like anyone is going to dare to correct him.

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(And this is all a joke, of course.)

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Well Han bragged about the Falcon doing 0.5 past light speed. Trek Ships go thousands of times faster than light speed.

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Posted by The Excalibur (Member # 34) on :

They are all equal when using the "Plot Device Drive".

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

He didn't say 0.5 what. And this is the guy who uses "parsecs" as a unit of time. I suspect Solo wasn't interesting in giving real information, since Luke and Kenobi were more or less farmers from a backwards planet in the middle of nowhere.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Even if they did cover their whole galaxy, who says they don't have an ultra-small, compacto galaxy?

*notices he's now a member!*

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

There's always the "Class .5 hyperdrive" explanation, if you care to use it. I'm rather undecided on the whole matter.

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Posted by Warped1701 (Member # 40) on :

I think I'd have to go with the "Plot Device Drive". With the calculated warp speeds, it would be virtually impossible for the ships to go a very long distance in a short period of time. From the Romulan border to Earth in less than 2 hours? And Star Wars and B5 both have kept the drive systems obscure, so debate on them is made virtually impossible.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Not at all. There's info on SW drive systems on this page, which everyone should read before entering into any discussion about Star Wars, BTW.

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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on :

Lucus admitted the parsec was a mistake, but it could be reasoned that the Kessel Run is a clocked race and the M.Falcon traveled the farthest distance.

I too believe that Star Wars is faster. Hell the Old Republic is supposed to be 25 thousands years old. Plenty of time for FTL drives to advance to extremely high velocities in which the galaxy can be transversed in a matter of hours.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Hm... Given the way Kenobi looked at him when he said it, I always assumed they had him say "parsec" on purpose, to show that he was BSing the whole thing...

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Perhaps Alec Guiness knew a bit about astronomy.

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