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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | The performance limit of [[DeVoss Drive|DeVoss]]-type drives – the so-called [[Jump-2 Barrier]] – tends to | + | The performance limit of [[DeVoss Drive|DeVoss]]-type drives – the so-called [[Jump-2 Barrier]] – tends to restrict interstellar travel to clusters and chains of star systems lying within 6.5 parsecs of one another. While larger gaps can be bridged through the use of [[Long-Range Pattern Starships|long-range]] or [[X-Range Starships|X-range]] vessels, such craft are inefficient in terms of revenue generated per ton of displacement and are relatively rare. |
Those star systems not able to be reached by [[Conventional Pattern Starships|conventional]] starships are generally described as [[Beyond The Fringe]]. | Those star systems not able to be reached by [[Conventional Pattern Starships|conventional]] starships are generally described as [[Beyond The Fringe]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:53, 8 July 2017
A term applied to those star systems within the Distant Fringe that can be reached by conventional vessels.
Description
The performance limit of DeVoss-type drives – the so-called Jump-2 Barrier – tends to restrict interstellar travel to clusters and chains of star systems lying within 6.5 parsecs of one another. While larger gaps can be bridged through the use of long-range or X-range vessels, such craft are inefficient in terms of revenue generated per ton of displacement and are relatively rare.
Those star systems not able to be reached by conventional starships are generally described as Beyond The Fringe.
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science