Sally asked:
how fast *is* 'standard' speed?
My problem with 'standard' speed is the way it seemed to be defined originally. In Cygnus Alpha, Zen asks the new crew to state speed and course. Blake then looks to Jenna for advice, and Jenna hazards "Standard?". Blake says "Standard speed" to Zen, which Zen accepts.
Now, if this means they travel at the Liberator's average/usual speed, how do they then do "standard by ten"? If the standard speed of my car is, lets say, 60kph, then at standard by ten I could be doing 600kph (more, if it's geometric)!
On the other hand, perhaps 'standard' refers to some kind of constant, like the speed of light.
Thoughts?
--- Andrew Williams wrote:
Sally asked:
how fast *is* 'standard' speed?
On the other hand, perhaps 'standard' refers to some kind of constant, like the speed of light.
Thoughts?
Perhaps 'Standard' is a variable, like the Speed of Sound. Otherwise known to physicists as Boucher's Law. I am quite certain (ahem) that this, rather than carelessness on the part of the writers are the reason that it is difficult to find any consistent basis for the times cited in the show.
Stephen.
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Andrew wrote.
In Cygnus Alpha, Zen asks the new crew to state speed and course. Blake then looks to Jenna for advice, and Jenna hazards "Standard?". Blake says "Standard speed" to Zen, which Zen accepts. Now, if this means they travel at the Liberator's average/usual speed, how do they then do "standard by ten"? If the standard speed of my car is, lets say, 60kph, then at standard by ten I could be doing 600kph (more, if it's geometric)! On the other hand, perhaps 'standard' refers to some kind of constant, like the speed of light.
Also what Jenna guessed standard might be is not necesarily what Zen considers standard...
Leia
Andrew erote:
My problem with 'standard' speed is the way it seemed to be defined
originally. In Cygnus Alpha, Zen >asks the new crew to state speed and course. Blake then looks to Jenna for advice, and Jenna hazards
"Standard?". Blake says "Standard speed" to Zen, which Zen accepts.
Now, if this means they travel at the Liberator's average/usual speed, how
do they then do "standard by >ten"? If the standard speed of my car is, lets say, 60kph, then at standard by ten I could be doing >600kph (more, if it's geometric)!
I tend to assume that Standard Speed is the speed at which they can keep going indefinitely without draining the energy banks - at Standard by ten they seem to run out of power in a very short period. Useful for a quick escape but not much good for routine journeys. Using this explanation, there is no problem with a large difference between standard speed and maximum speed.
Louise
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