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Message Edited by GeorgeWashingtonII on 12-01-2004 06:04 PM
Sylia wrote:
A parsec is a measure of distance anyway ... not time.
that would make know sense where did u get your fax?
Who said Han was talking about time. He is definately talking about distance. It is very hard to do the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs.
Sylia wrote:
A parsec is a measure of distance anyway ... not time.
atytula wrote:
Who said Han was talking about time. He is definately talking about distance. It is very hard to do the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs.
Sylia wrote:
A parsec is a measure of distance anyway ... not time.
Exactly.In EU lore, the measure of how well you perform the Kessel Run is by how close you can get to the Maw without getting sucked into it and destroyed. 
As a result of this, the shorter distance traveled makes for a shorter overall travel time...but the true measure for Fame and Fortune purposes is in how close you get, in parsecs, to the Maw itself.
GeorgeWashingtonII wrote:
when does he say this in the game
Message Edited by GeorgeWashingtonII on 12-01-2004 06:04 PM
he says it during the rebel theme park after some of his missions 
-Gom
KaardeShaarke wrote:
atytula wrote:
Who said Han was talking about time. He is definately talking about distance. It is very hard to do the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs.
Sylia wrote:
A parsec is a measure of distance anyway ... not time.
Exactly.In EU lore, the measure of how well you perform the Kessel Run is by how close you can get to the Maw without getting sucked into it and destroyed.
Was it distance from the maw, or was it distance to do the run. I interpreted it as a curved run, where there is a safe lane between Kessel and the maw. One could take a shortcut and cut the corner and hence do it in less distance. This would be a true test of the speed and power of a ship because if you went to close, you would have more gravitational forces acting on you and your ship might fall apart (resulting in it being sucked into the maw). When Han did the Kessel run, he was trying to get away from imperials. He dumped his load of spice and was able to cut the corner of the Kessel run enough so he could get away. The total distance of his hyperspace jump was less then 12 parsecs, which was better then any known ship.
I think this was discussed in the Jedi Academy trilogy. I might just go back an reread it just for curiousity sake (unless someone else has some points )
Message Edited by atytula on 12-03-2004 01:21 AM
GeorgeWashingtonII wrote:
Sylia wrote:
A parsec is a measure of distance anyway ... not time.
that would make know sense where did u get your fax?
par·sec
n.
A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is one second of arc and equal to 3.258 light-years, 3.086 × 10EE13 kilometers, or 1.918 × 10EE13 miles.
Pardon the calculator scientific notation, but this ridiculous board doesn't like the superscript tag.
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