Warp Factors

Warp Factors

A ship traveling at warp factor one is traveling the speed of light: 186,000 miles/second or 0.3066 parsecs/day. (1 parsec = 3.26156 lightyears) Star systems are typically separated from each other by one or two parsecs. A hex on the United Federation of Planets Map is 500 parsecs wide and roughly 1000 parsecs thick.

Warp Factor Table

Parsecs Per Day = 0.3066 x (Warp Factor)^3

Warp Factor	Parsecs/Day	Parsecs/Month	Time to Travel 500 Parsecs (Days)	Time to Travel 500 Parsecs (Months)
1	0.31	9.20	1630.79	54.36
2	2.45	73.58	203.85	6.79
3	8.28	248.35	60.40	2.01
4	19.62	588.67	25.48	0.85
5	38.33	1149.75	13.05	0.43
6	66.23	1986.77	7.55	0.25
7	105.16	3154.91	4.75	0.16
8	156.98	4709.38	3.19	0.11
9	223.51	6705.34	2.24	0.07
10	306.60	9198.00	1.63	0.05

U.S.S. Merlin

Warp Factor	Parsecs/Day	Parsecs/Month	Time to Travel 500 Parsecs (Days)	Time to Travel 500 Parsecs (Months)	Usage
1	0.31	9.20	1630.79	54.36	When leaving a star system
4	19.62	588.67	25.48	0.85	Typical cruising speed
8.1	162.94	4888.19	3.07	0.10	Maximum safe cruising speed
9.1	231.04	6931.35	2.16	0.07	Maximum speed

See Also

Ship Sensors

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