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From:     Charles Taylor <nerik@?????????.?????.??.uk>
Date:     Sun, 2 Sep 2007 16:35:43 +0100
Subject:  Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query
In message <a06110407c30070535678@[71.62.229.47]>
          Paul Westermeyer <westermeyer@???????.net> wrote:

>>On page 14 it states that Teldin could use the cloak to spelljam a
>>ship at 'more than four times normal spelljamming speed' and was
>>helming the ship for twelve hours out of every twenty four. So he's
>>travelling on average over twice as fast as a fully-manned normal
>>spelljammer.
> 
> After he reaches Crescent, Teldin doesn't jam except during
> emergencies.  So that really only affects the Winterspace to
> Heartspace trip.
> 
I must of missed that - simplifies working out the travel times a lot, 
thanks.

>>Further complications: For the first run of the book (Winterspace to
>>Heartspace) Teldin is just getting up to speed (and, we can presume,
>>is travelling slower), however, it states on page 13 that he had been
>>travelling for 'three weeks..., give or take' (According to "Tales of
>>the Lance" Krynn uses 7-day weeks), at which point he had been in
>>Heartspace for an undetermined amount of time. This trip started from
>>the world of Whyst in Winterspace, how many days were needed to travel
>>from Whyst to the flow are also unknown.
> 
> That's why I rounded that trip to 30 SJD.  I'll add an 'approx.' to
> the final product.

Makes sense, I wasn't sure what value to use myself, so 30 seems 
reasonable.

[snip misc travel times]

On a tangental note, is Casaspace really another name for Bralspace? 
That makes 4 (Bralspace, Spiralspace, Morunespace and Casaspace) - 
Although I think I've only seen Morunespace used on a Fan-site.

-- 
Charles


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SubjectFromDate (UTC)
Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Charles Taylor    01 Sep 2007 20:02:26
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Paul Westermeyer    02 Sep 2007 13:58:00
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Charles Taylor    02 Sep 2007 15:35:43
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Loki    02 Sep 2007 17:39:52
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Matt Hoffman    02 Sep 2007 18:40:17
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Charles Taylor    02 Sep 2007 23:11:20
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Loki    03 Sep 2007 12:57:44
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Adam Miller    03 Sep 2007 13:31:45
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Paul Westermeyer    03 Sep 2007 13:58:18
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Paul Westermeyer    03 Sep 2007 14:03:22
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Charles Taylor    03 Sep 2007 16:07:30
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Blackmaer    03 Sep 2007 16:17:25
Re: Travel Times was: Cloakmaster Cycle query    Charles Taylor    03 Sep 2007 18:38:17

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