![]() The term "lights" is used like the navy term "knots". ![]() 1 kilolight: one thousand times the speed of light in a vacuum, from Iain M."Under Cherenkov drive she cranks Mike 400 or better-say Sol to Capella, forty-six light-years, in under six weeks." Presumably "Mike" refers to Michelson–Morley. Mike 1,000: one thousand times the speed of light in a vacuum, from Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers.100,000% lightspeed: one thousand times the speed of light in a vacuum, because the percentage is the factor times 100.1,000 c: one thousand times the speed of light in a vacuum.Note that this assumes no complications from relativistic time dialation, but if you are traveling faster than light then relativity has been kicked to the curb already so don't worry about it. This allows one to easily calculate how long the starship will take to travel a trip of x light years. No jokes about Han Solo and the Kessel Run (see the frantic retconning at this website). ( Madeleine L'Engle)įor FTL drives that travel to their destination at a certain rate (as opposed to "jump" drives that appear instantly at the destination), science fiction authors generally talk about how much faster than the speed of light in a vacuum the starship travels. Term comes from trying to pronounce "FTL" as if it had vowels in it. ![]()
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