Jump update

[Knapp]

I will next work out jumps for jump numbers above 1.
Have not heard from anyone yet. Do you like it?

I think it explains our ship designs and also why jumping into this
uncharted sun happened without the 2 ships landing together. It also
makes small dim suns the backwaters of the galaxy.

Major question.

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How far can a ship jump at jump one between two stars of mass M
and m (in sun masses)? Parsecs=(Mm)^.3
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How often do jump lanes change? That is based on the average
mass of the 2 stars (In sun masses). The number of days until you
check if the lane changes = 100/(M+m)/2. There is a 2 in 6 chance it
will change.
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How far apart are our stars anyway? On average there is about
50% chance of a star per parsec.
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What is the maximum jump number or range? This depends on the
masses of the stars in question.

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Douglas E Knapp

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[Knapp]

New update, added Jump number mods.

Major question.
*How far can a ship jump at jump one between two stars of mass M and
m (in sun masses)? Parsecs=(Mm)^.3 * (jump number * .10 + .9)
*How often do jump lanes change? That is based on the average mass of

the 2 stars (In sun masses). The number of days until you check if the
lane changes = 100/(M+m)/2. There is a 2 in 6 chance it will change.

*How far apart are our stars anyway? On average there is about 50%

chance of a star per parsec.

*What is the maximum jump number or range? This depends on the masses
of the stars in question, the technology level of the jump engine and
the rating of the engine. Jump Engines can be rated from 0 to infinity
with the max being dictated by the tech level of the manufacturer,
real numbers are used.

[Knapp]

Change to the math to keep massive stars and dwarfs from getting to extreme.

How far can a ship jump at jump one between two stars of mass M and m
(in sun masses)?

Parsecs=((M+.5)*(m+.5))^.4 * (<jump number> * .20 + .8)

Some examples in parsecs.
Remember jump numbers can go higher that 6.

A jump between 10 to a 36 suns mass stars at jump 1 and jump 6
10.79923186 21.59846371

a jump between 10 and a 10 (most massive my program makes without user input)
6.560719034 13.12143807

a jump between a 1 and a 10
3.012397117 6.024794233

a 1 to 1 jump at jump 1 and jump 6
1.383161867 2.766323734

0 and 0 at jump 1 and 6 (there are no zero mass stars but a few at .01)
0.5743491775 1.148698355