The milky way galaxy is about 100,000 light years across, right? Assuming that an average maximum jump distance is around 10 Lyrs (depending on the ship and it's upgrade level), that all jumps are able to be performed in a perfectly straight line, and that each jump takes around 3 IRL minutes, it should take us around 500 hours to get from one side to the other, not counting time spent doing things like eating, sleeping, and fuel scooping. Does that sound about right? Anyone planning on doing it? I'm actually really curious to "see" the center of the galaxy. I wonder what it will look like near the core, where the stars are so dense you could practically walk across them.
I wonder how long will it take to traverse the galaxy.
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There are several groups with plans to explore the galaxy. FGE for example will set off for the center of the galaxy approximately a month after go live.
You are also basing your 500 hour estimate on the assumption that there will be a star in the direction you are going that is only 10LY away. If you have explored the "pill" at all you will quickly realize that this simply isn't true. Try and go to the end of the pill with a 10LY jump engine. The route you take will be anything but straight.
You are also basing your 500 hour estimate on the assumption that there will be a star in the direction you are going that is only 10LY away. If you have explored the "pill" at all you will quickly realize that this simply isn't true. Try and go to the end of the pill with a 10LY jump engine. The route you take will be anything but straight.
Basing on 100,000 LY distance across the galaxy, and you're flying a Cobra with an A4 drive,
Your range: 20 LY on average
You will need 5000 jumps to cross the galaxy
Assuming each jump (Chargin + countdown + arrival + FSD cooldown for next jump) is 30 seconds long, then you can only make 2 jumps per minute ... that's 2500 minutes to jump 100K light years.
2500 minutes is 41 hours
Your range: 20 LY on average
You will need 5000 jumps to cross the galaxy
Assuming each jump (Chargin + countdown + arrival + FSD cooldown for next jump) is 30 seconds long, then you can only make 2 jumps per minute ... that's 2500 minutes to jump 100K light years.
2500 minutes is 41 hours
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Basing on 100,000 LY distance across the galaxy, and you're flying a Cobra with an A4 drive,
Your range: 20 LY on average
You will need 5000 jumps to cross the galaxy
Assuming each jump (Chargin + countdown + arrival + FSD cooldown for next jump) is 30 seconds long, then you can only make 2 jumps per minute ... that's 2500 minutes to jump 100K light years.
2500 minutes is 104 days, each day 24 hours.
So you have to jump for 14 weeks straight without stopping to cross the Galaxy
*wonders if her coffee resources can take such* ... that's one hella trek.
SOrry I had miscalculated. I forgot to convert into hours first. I have updated my post.
It's closer to 2 days
SOrry I had miscalculated. I forgot to convert into hours first. I have updated my post.
It's closer to 2 days
I'd not mind if it was 14 weeks though, there's plenty to see
... and just making a cut through it all is not even a fraction of a glimpse XD
And the way will never be straigt ahead but rather like a zig-zag.
I would estimate 60hrs there and 60hrs back.
Plus 100hrs for sights, landmarks and places of interest.
= 220hrs
I would estimate 60hrs there and 60hrs back.
Plus 100hrs for sights, landmarks and places of interest.
= 220hrs