Just how big is a 400 billion star galaxy?

ksottam

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So glad you asked!

And apologies if this has been pointed out before.

Heard a question asked in video if there was going to be any chance of other galaxies to go to in which the reply was that 400 billion should be plenty big enough in the galaxy we're in to whatever it is we want.

And to anyone in doubt about this here are a couple of observations of just how big a 400 billion star galaxy is:

Its about 57 systems per person on this planet

If ED were to reach 10 million players that would mean each player would have 40 thousand systems each

And my favorite:

You are a solo explorer with the 400 billion stars to yourself. And I'm going to give you one second to explore a star system. In that one second you can look for whatever you want (planets, life, comets, etc) but once that one second is up you have to move on to another system. And after that one second you have to move on again. And so on. And so on.

It would take you 12684 years before you finished exploring every star in this galaxy.

400 billion is a really big number.
 
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Reidquat

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Just how big is a 400 billion star galaxy?

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
 

Jackie Silver

Jackie Silver
"How big is a 400 billion star galaxy?"

About 100,000 lightyears across.

Now, you can cross 10 lightyears per minute in a mid-range ship at present (using ordinary fuel as high performance fuel(s) aren't implemented) so the galaxy is about 10,000 minutes across, which is to say about a week's travel. Less for a fast ship.

We need to factor in time taken to refuel and possibly wear and tear on the ship but so long as refueling isn't too time-consuming and a ship can fly for a few days in-game time without needing repair we can expect someone to cross the galaxy within the first couple of days after release. This is the internet.

Frontier kept this in check (to an annoying degree, because range outside the human bubble was frustratingly limited for sightseeing) because ships in Frontier were ostensibly flying slower than realtime; the ships' crew were remlocked and days and weeks were passing outside. Dangerous is realtime because of this pesky multiplayer business, so as far as I'm concerned the only thing that's going to plausibly limit range is per-jump degradation of the FSD and per-refuel degradation of the hull and scoop. Which is absolutely fine by me, I'd just like to voice my concern that if other parts of the ship magically fall apart after ten minutes in space I shall a) throw a tantrum and b) personally feed the Falcon deLacey design department to the Kraken.

Oh, or Thargoids. They'd put a proper crimp in exploration... :D
 

Jackie Silver

Jackie Silver
(Just to be clear where I stand - I want to see people cross the galaxy, I don't want to see it happen quickly, and I'm worried either that it will or that measures put in place to prevent people crossing the galaxy will Spoil My Fun by limiting the explore-able range too harshly, like Frontier did.) I'll get me coat. :p
 

Predatar

Predatar
Jackie Silver said:
Now, you can cross 10 lightyears per minute in a mid-range ship at present (using ordinary fuel as high performance fuel(s) aren't implemented) so the galaxy is about 10,000 minutes across, which is to say about a week's travel. Less for a fast ship.
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Correct you are! My Asp is currently capable of 40Ly jumps, which puts me across the galaxy in 2500 jumps. I'm also more than positive that there will be ships with greater jump distances than this.
 

dognosh

dognosh
Predatar said:
Correct you are! My Asp is currently capable of 40Ly jumps, which puts me across the galaxy in 2500 jumps. I'm also more than positive that there will be ships with greater jump distances than this.
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Indeed. we, in long range ships(had my type-6 to 43 LY) , are still only using D type FSDs !!! Imagine C, B or A grade FSDs !!! :D
 

DaveB

DaveB
Jackie Silver said:
"How big is a 400 billion star galaxy?"

About 100,000 lightyears across.

Now, you can cross 10 lightyears per minute in a mid-range ship at present (using ordinary fuel as high performance fuel(s) aren't implemented) so the galaxy is about 10,000 minutes across, which is to say about a week's travel. Less for a fast ship.

We need to factor in time taken to refuel and possibly wear and tear on the ship but so long as refueling isn't too time-consuming and a ship can fly for a few days in-game time without needing repair we can expect someone to cross the galaxy within the first couple of days after release. This is the internet.

Frontier kept this in check (to an annoying degree, because range outside the human bubble was frustratingly limited for sightseeing) because ships in Frontier were ostensibly flying slower than realtime; the ships' crew were remlocked and days and weeks were passing outside. Dangerous is realtime because of this pesky multiplayer business, so as far as I'm concerned the only thing that's going to plausibly limit range is per-jump degradation of the FSD and per-refuel degradation of the hull and scoop. Which is absolutely fine by me, I'd just like to voice my concern that if other parts of the ship magically fall apart after ten minutes in space I shall a) throw a tantrum and b) personally feed the Falcon deLacey design department to the Kraken.

Oh, or Thargoids. They'd put a proper crimp in exploration... :D
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There's also the fact that jump routes between different arms of the spiral will probably not be doable in 10ly increments and may be dodgy even for high end ships with top of the line FSDs. Therefore the route "to the other side" will likely be "follow the arm you're in to the core, then follow another arm out to the other side" - meaning it will be a route MUCH longer than a direct path across, almost certainly requiring at least two circumnavigations of the core to achieve.
 

Morlock5K

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Jackie Silver said:
"How big is a 400 billion star galaxy?"

About 100,000 lightyears across.

Now, you can cross 10 lightyears per minute in a mid-range ship at present (using ordinary fuel as high performance fuel(s) aren't implemented) so the galaxy is about 10,000 minutes across, which is to say about a week's travel. Less for a fast ship.

We need to factor in time taken to refuel and possibly wear and tear on the ship but so long as refueling isn't too time-consuming and a ship can fly for a few days in-game time without needing repair we can expect someone to cross the galaxy within the first couple of days after release. This is the internet.

Frontier kept this in check (to an annoying degree, because range outside the human bubble was frustratingly limited for sightseeing) because ships in Frontier were ostensibly flying slower than realtime; the ships' crew were remlocked and days and weeks were passing outside. Dangerous is realtime because of this pesky multiplayer business, so as far as I'm concerned the only thing that's going to plausibly limit range is per-jump degradation of the FSD and per-refuel degradation of the hull and scoop. Which is absolutely fine by me, I'd just like to voice my concern that if other parts of the ship magically fall apart after ten minutes in space I shall a) throw a tantrum and b) personally feed the Falcon deLacey design department to the Kraken.

Oh, or Thargoids. They'd put a proper crimp in exploration... :D
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Totally agree. I hope the game has been running for months, if not years before the otherside is reached. Either way I doubt it wil spoil my experience!
 

Krait_79

Krait_79
ksottam said:
So glad you asked!

And apologies if this has been pointed out before.

Heard a question asked in video if there was going to be any chance of other galaxies to go to in which the reply was that 400 billion should be plenty big enough in the galaxy we're in to whatever it is we want.

And to anyone in doubt about this here are a couple of observations of just how big a 400 billion star galaxy is:

Its about 57 systems per person on this planet

If ED were to reach 10 million players that would mean each player would have 40 thousand systems each

And my favorite:

You are a solo explorer with the 400 billion stars to yourself. And I'm going to give you one second to explore a star system. In that one second you can look for whatever you want (planets, life, comets, etc) but once that one second is up you have to move on to another system. And after that one second you have to move on again. And so on. And so on.

It would take you 12684 years before you finished exploring every star in this galaxy.

400 billion is a really big number.
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The size really is mind blowing when you start to think about it. I like the fact that there will be systems where you are the only player who will ever see it!
 

Armour

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To the OP: It's bigger than a 300 billion star galaxy, and smaller than a 500 billion star galaxy.
 
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Sterlino

Sterlino
dognosh said:
win :D

this shows how big and tiny our universe is :
http://htwins.net/scale2/
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pretty shocking...

p.s. LMAO when i saw ''minecraft world''
 

Starjammer

Starjammer
ksottam said:
So glad you asked!

And apologies if this has been pointed out before.

Heard a question asked in video if there was going to be any chance of other galaxies to go to in which the reply was that 400 billion should be plenty big enough in the galaxy we're in to whatever it is we want.

And to anyone in doubt about this here are a couple of observations of just how big a 400 billion star galaxy is:

Its about 57 systems per person on this planet

If ED were to reach 10 million players that would mean each player would have 40 thousand systems each

And my favorite:

You are a solo explorer with the 400 billion stars to yourself. And I'm going to give you one second to explore a star system. In that one second you can look for whatever you want (planets, life, comets, etc) but once that one second is up you have to move on to another system. And after that one second you have to move on again. And so on. And so on.

It would take you 12684 years before you finished exploring every star in this galaxy.

400 billion is a really big number.
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I certainly never asked, because to me, it really does not matter right now, especially since we have people that will choose to play solo online, a concept that still makes no sense to me. One of the reasons I wanted to play ED was to meet other people in real time online. I am beginning to wonder how often that will really happen now. I am beginning to see more posts of people wondering - where is everyone? This is going to be interesting.

You can have two star systems, and everyone can play in solo online. Think about it. Fun right?
 
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