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PostHeaderIconBasse's Law

Mathematical relationship that governs operation of tachyon vesicles in a stardrive unit.

Basse's Law gives destabilization potential in terms of vessel speed (kpsc/hr), number of tuned antigrav units, and density of interstellar medium.

(N.B. All values are highly approximate. 99+% shatter potential indicates virtual certainty of crystal shatter within first hour of flight; the speed value represents a calculated minimum.)

 

Maximum Safe Speeds in Typical Galactic Core (kiloparsecs/hour)

Destabilization Potential 1 antigrav 2 antigravs 4 antigravs 6 antigravs 8 antigravs 10 antigravs
5% .011 .008 .005 .002 .0009 .0005
20% .022 .015 .011 .004 .002 .001
80% .045 .021 .021 .008 .004 .002
99+% .058 .043 .030 .011 .008

.0035

 

Maximum Safe Speeds in Typical Galactic Arms (kiloparsecs/hour)

Destabilization Potential 1 antigrav 2 antigravs 4 antigravs 6 antigravs 8 antigravs 10 antigravs
5% .312 .303 .297 .294 .289 .285
20% .624 .606 .594 .588 .579 .570
80% 1.29 1.21 1.18 1.16 1.14 1.19
99+% 1.85 1.80 1.76 1.71 1.65 1.60

 

Maximum Safe Speed in Typical Clear Lanes (kiloparsecs/hour)

Destabilization Potential 1 antigrav 2 antigravs 4 antigravs 6 antigravs 8 antigravs 10 antigravs
5% .662 .651 .642 .636 .614 .591
20% 1.33 1.3 1.28 1.27 1.23 1.18
80% 2.66 2.61 2.57 2.52 2.45 2.35
99+% 3.95 3.84 3.75 3.70 3.66 3.53

 

Maximum Safe Speed in Near Intergalactic Space(kiloparsecs/hour)

Destabilization Potential 1 antigrav 2 antigravs 4 antigravs 6 antigravs 8 antigravs 10 antigravs
5% 2.05 1.96 1.90 1.85 1.79 1.74
20% 4.11 3.92 3.81 3.7 3.58 3.48
80% 8.23 7.84 7.62 7.41 7.16 6.94
99+% 12.0 11.8 11.4 11.1 10.7 10.4

 

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