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Originally Posted by SpyOne
4) Given that the speeds reached in 1 are probably FTL, "Lightspeed" must not mean travel at 1*c.
This leaves the question of how far, both in lightyears and more importantly in time, it is between Colonies.
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Easy answer is: no one knows. It was never made clear in the series. We can speculate, but that's about it.
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Originally Posted by SpyOne
And this is relevant because: the grids behind the maps look like the funky paper. So, I'm thinking that what we're seeing might be somehow convertable into a more standard graph of boxes with an X, Y, and Z axis.
I just have no clear memory on how to do that anymore.
Does anyone out there have a clue about this?
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I am about where you are in this. I don't have the skills to really figure it out, but I do assume that what we are looking at it a two-dimensional representation of three-dimensional space.
--JJR