Canadiens1160 wrote:I was always confused with hyperdrive. So basically, hyperdrive is the same constant speed no matter what, and the determining factor for long-distance journeys is how long it takes for the nav-computer to compute a route to your destination?
A Hyperdrive opens a rift in space and allows a ship to travel in Hyperspace, another dimension where great distances can be travelled in a fraction of the time. Everything in real space has a hyperspace shadow counterpart, this is how Interdictor cruisers pull ships out of hyperspace, they project a gravity well in the path of a ship travelling through hyperspace, the ship's navigational computer then shuts down and automatically drops the ship out of hyperspace, an emergency measure as a collision with the shadow of a planetary body in hyperspace would be just as lethal as colliding with a planet in real space.
Ships can have different grades of Hyperdrive with different levels of efficency which can effect the length of time it takes to travel somewhere. Another factor is the route you take. If you use a safe well charted, well travelled route you'll most likely take longer to get there than a space pirate who may have access to the charts for more dangerous less travelled routes that require more risk but can get you there sometimes in much less time.
Anyhow getting back to the topic of this thread I don't think one really beats the other as they are very different, plus one happens far in the future and one happens in the distant past, so it's a moot point really as they'd never meet. Still does give some of the folks on Youtube the excuse to create some cool looking battles.
Closed Alpha Test & Deth..
