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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
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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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