Karagin
12/27/13 01:40 PM
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What is the max range of the HPG sent message BEFORE needing a re-transmission site?
Sending one from say Terra straight to New Avalon would it be able to go through without needing to be bounced by another station?
Karagin
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Cray
12/27/13 01:51 PM
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Quote:
What is the max range of the HPG sent message BEFORE needing a re-transmission site?
Sending one from say Terra straight to New Avalon would it be able to go through without needing to be bounced by another station?
HPGs have a maximum range of 50 light-years. Per MW 2nd edition p. 152 and many other publications, A-class HPGs have a range of 50 light-years. B-class HPGs have a range of 20- to 30 light years. The standard relay process is described in MW2 (Comstar SB, etc.), indicating that it normally takes many weeks to cover several re-transmissions.
Terra and New Avalon are several hundred light-years apart and thus would require multiple re-transmissions.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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Reiter
12/27/13 02:41 PM
142.11.67.185
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Flat rate shipping...messages sent in batches every so often unless you pay priority shipping first class. That's how I see it and why it could take weeks when messages travel faster than the speed of light <_<
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