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Terminius_Est  3 stars
Title: Moon River
Posts: 894
Registered: 2002-2-27 06:08:05
Poit-Narf posted:

Actually, "point five past lightspeed" meant that the Falcon had a Class 0.5 hyperdrive. Class 1 is the baseline, so 0.5 better than that is 0.5 (lower numbers mean faster).





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Hiakisha  2 stars
Title: Newbcakes
Posts: 337
Registered: 2003-8-5 18:25:36
I thought Han Solo said that to sound awesome by making crap up. Doesnt Obi-wan make a funny face when Han says the parsec thing in the bar? Thats what i always thought it was.. whats this sith about a black hole

 

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Dwaveran  3 stars
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Registered: 2003-1-23 11:01:28
who gives a sh!t

 

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AkagiyamaMissile  4 stars
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Registered: 2003-4-22 07:39:44
Dwaveran posted:

who gives a sh!t





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combat_mage_sc  4 stars
Title: Hi. My name is Combat and i'm an alcoholic.
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Registered: 2001-7-20 21:19:21
rabbitslayer posted:

NeoKarnak posted:

rabbitslayer posted:

makes more sense than referring to a parsec as a time measurement rather than a distance measurement



Han did use it as a distance measurement. He made the Kessel Run in less distance than anyone ever because he skirted a black hole at the edge of it to do so.




skirting a black hole would dilate time, not distance



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I love starwas...everything in those movies is a scientific fact!

 

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