Warp Speed in Elite Dangerous

[Razorback]

I found myself on a long flight today (I still haven't gotten into Yurchikhin Port as I type this) and was watching my C climb past 300 and more. I thought I'd see if someone out in Internetland had made a calculator to convert Star Trek warp speeds into real light speed values. Figured the odds are good, the Internet is stuffed with geekery like this. Found something that fit the bill.

http://www.anycalculator.com/warpcalculator.htm

Right now I'm passing 1,000 C, which in Classic Trek was Warp 10! Shifting to TNG-era warp scale though, and I'm cruising at Warp 8. Need another 400 or so C to hit Warp 9. Anyways, I thought it was cool and I wanted to share it out.

 

[Midnight_Sun323]

I don't know if Star Trek ever clarified what speeds they're actually traveling out, and I know it wasn't consistent. I think the original series used warp factors in excess of 10.

 

[Razorback]

There's actually a couple official sources out there. I mean, it's Star trek, at the end of the day it's science fiction and concrete facts are going to be fuzzy at best. But on that note the math seems to come from the Star Trek Encyclopedia (pages 555 and 556) which is about as 'canon' as it'll probably ever get.