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[–] Hypersapien 8 points 2 years ago

I assume it means 150% of the speed of light.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

In RPG terms, travel time is subject to a "hyperdrive factor", which is multiplied into the overall travel time between two systems on a jump.

In this context, the .5 meant that the Falcon's hyperdrive halved travel time vs the best standard military grade hyperdrives of the day, which were x1 units.

[–] loklan 4 points 2 years ago

Probably it means "really fast"

[–] _finger_ 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Another question is what’s a parsec? George could never figure it out either

[–] mbehling 2 points 2 years ago

That's funny too, because a parsec is a real life unit of measure, it's about 3 light years

[–] 999avatar999 1 points 2 years ago

Doesn't mean anything, just something George wrote to sound cool. Same thing with the Kessel and parsecs, which only were only retroactively made to make sense later.