Sublight Travel
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Sublight Travel
See also: Piloting (Space)
Sublight travel happens in realspace while a ship is running under its Sublight engines. Traveling from a planet's surface to one of its moons or flying between planets in the same system are trips that are undertaken at Sublight speeds. These journeys are measured by the hundreds of thousands and millions of kilometers, and even at the incredible speeds at which starships travel in realspace can require many days to complete.
Sublight Travel Times
| Trip Time | Example |
|---|---|
| 5-15 minutes | Time needed to fly from a planet's orbit to a safe Hyperspace jump distance. |
| 30-90 minutes | Time needed to fly from a planet's surface to one of its moons. |
| 6-12 hours | Time needed to fly from one planet to another within the same star system. This time varies a great deal depending on the relative position of the planets in question, and any stellar phenomena between them |
| 12-72 hours | Time needed to fly from the center of a star system to its furthest limits. Again, this time varies greatly depending on the size of the system and any obstacles or stellar phenomena encountered along the way. |
These are simply guidelines, however, and should not be taken as hard fact. There are any number of obstacles or extenuating circumstances that could shorten or lengthen a trip, from exceedingly heavy traffic to a freak meteor shower to the appearance of an Imperial fleet in orbit.