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How much does the SLN know about the Havenite War? Oct 2002
How is the Solarian League organized? Oct 2002
How do tight budgets affect the Solarian League Navy? Oct 2002
What are the League/Solarian League Navy financial resources? Oct 2002
<em>Starfire </em>gaming system I Oct 2002
Warp points Oct 2002
Using debris as a 'warp point denial system' Oct 2002
Drive field requirement for warp transit Oct 2002
Warp point denial I Oct 2002
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Effective speed by hyper band

  • Series: Honorverse
  • Date: October 22, 2002
      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

 
* 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.