Hypothetical speed of the Hyperspace drive.
Tl;dr at the bottom:
I was thinking about how the distance from Earth to the Milky Way's galactic center is about 8,330 Parsecs(About 27,000 Lightyears).
With this in mind, I was also thinking about how the top speed of Supercruise is 2,000c, which would allow us to travel there in 13.5 years, way too long for us to wait when playing.
So let's hypothetically say there's a ship that has a jump range of 8.33 Kpc, and let's say we're stationed on a space station orbiting Earth. how long would that actually take in Elite: Dangerous if said ship were to enter hyperspace and jump to the galactic center?
Now I actually did some math on this one assuming that the little scene when you're in hyperspace is consistently the same time frame with all ships at all jump lengths, now I took the Lakon 9 heavy because it has the longest jump length, assuming that it jumped the longest length at 17.733ly and took the about 13 seconds that the scene takes, I came to the conclusion that the speed of the hyperspace drive is about 43*10^6c(43,000,000 X Speed of Light) about 21,500 times faster than Supercruise.
Now with my new found theoretical hyperspace drive speed, which I am completely assuming is true, I found that if a ship were to have the fuel capacity they could essentially travel the 8,330pc or 27,000ly in 5 hours and 30 minutes.
Also assuming that this ship uses the 1 lightyear/ton of fuel it will take about 27,000 tons of fuel if it were standard fuel, 18,000 tons if it were premium grade, and 54,000 tons if it were using low grade fuel.
The ship would have to have a cargo hold of about 62 times that of the Lakon 9 Heavy to be able to travel that distance.
tl;dr:
Distance from Earth to Galactic Center = 8,330pc/27,000ly
Hyperdrive Speed = 43*10^6c/43,000,000c
Time to travel from Earth to Galactic Center = 5 Hours, 30 Minutes roughly
Fuel used(Tons):
Premium =18,000
Standard = 27,000
Low = 54,000
Tl;dr at the bottom:
I was thinking about how the distance from Earth to the Milky Way's galactic center is about 8,330 Parsecs(About 27,000 Lightyears).
With this in mind, I was also thinking about how the top speed of Supercruise is 2,000c, which would allow us to travel there in 13.5 years, way too long for us to wait when playing.
So let's hypothetically say there's a ship that has a jump range of 8.33 Kpc, and let's say we're stationed on a space station orbiting Earth. how long would that actually take in Elite: Dangerous if said ship were to enter hyperspace and jump to the galactic center?
Now I actually did some math on this one assuming that the little scene when you're in hyperspace is consistently the same time frame with all ships at all jump lengths, now I took the Lakon 9 heavy because it has the longest jump length, assuming that it jumped the longest length at 17.733ly and took the about 13 seconds that the scene takes, I came to the conclusion that the speed of the hyperspace drive is about 43*10^6c(43,000,000 X Speed of Light) about 21,500 times faster than Supercruise.
Now with my new found theoretical hyperspace drive speed, which I am completely assuming is true, I found that if a ship were to have the fuel capacity they could essentially travel the 8,330pc or 27,000ly in 5 hours and 30 minutes.
Also assuming that this ship uses the 1 lightyear/ton of fuel it will take about 27,000 tons of fuel if it were standard fuel, 18,000 tons if it were premium grade, and 54,000 tons if it were using low grade fuel.
The ship would have to have a cargo hold of about 62 times that of the Lakon 9 Heavy to be able to travel that distance.
tl;dr:
Distance from Earth to Galactic Center = 8,330pc/27,000ly
Hyperdrive Speed = 43*10^6c/43,000,000c
Time to travel from Earth to Galactic Center = 5 Hours, 30 Minutes roughly
Fuel used(Tons):
Premium =18,000
Standard = 27,000
Low = 54,000
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