Pearls of Weber
A collection of posts by David Weber containing background information for his stories, collected and generously made available Joe Buckley.
Posted by David at 12:00am
Effective speed by hyper band
- Series: Honorverse
- Date: October 22, 2002
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Effective Times C |
| Band |
Translation Bleed-Off |
Velocity Multiplier |
Warship |
Merchantman |
| Alpha |
92% |
62 |
37.2 |
31.0 |
| Beta |
85% |
767 |
460.2 |
383.5 |
| Gamma |
78% |
1473 |
883.8 |
736.5 |
| Delta |
72% |
2178 |
1306.8 |
1089.0 |
| Epsilon |
66% |
2884 |
1730.4 |
1442.0 * |
| Zeta |
61% |
3589 |
2153.4 |
1794.5 * |
| Eta |
56% |
4294 |
2576.4 |
2147.0 * |
| Theta |
52% |
5000 |
3000.0 |
2500.0 * |
| Iota |
48% |
6000 |
Currently unattainable |
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| * Merchantmen do not normally
use these bands. This represents the maximum theoretical speed for them if they did.
Q-ships and merchant cruisers with reworked drives and compensators sometimes can
reach these bands. |
