Humans in SW(The Differences)

[SirNitram]

I should point out that these are posulated from various quotes and combinations of evidence. These are attempts to define just how much humanity has changed in SW, after 250,000 years of Hyperdrive usage.

G-Tolerance: In Rogue Squadron, we are told pilots lower the intertial dampner to 2% of the G-forces, so they can feel what the ship is doing. Throw this with any of the large acceleration situations(Yavin 4 to DS, around Endor, etc), and you get nasty results. Combining them with the only official numbers on G's(5000 for the Jedi Starfighter.), gets humans with tolerance for more than 100 G's! It should be noted there is circumstantial evidence in Canon for this, in the Jedi super-speed dash in TPM.

Age: Although I can't recall any situations where we meet a character over 100, we do have characters very old(By our standards) doing stressful jobs. Pelleaon must be pushing 60 in VOTF, but he commands the entire Empire and flies his ISD into combat.

Reaction Speeds: From NJO, we see starfighters moving at relativistic speeds in combat situations, yet they are able to fight. This suggests(Though sadly, does not confirm) incredible reaction speeds, though I have no calc's onhand.

[Raptor 597]

Actually, Pellaeon is currently in his early 90's.

[jaeger115]

Actually, Pellaeon is currently in his early 90's.

Where the hell did you get that?

[StarshipTitanic]

They also have metal spines, or partially metal spines.

As for the good Admiral, I heard he was in his 50s around Endor...

[Master of Ossus]

We have met some people over one hundred, but they have all been powerful Force-users who have used the Force to prolong their existences. See the Night Sisters of Dathomir, and the Chu'unthor.

[Ender]

We have met some people over one hundred, but they have all been powerful Force-users who have used the Force to prolong their existences. See the Night Sisters of Dathomir, and the Chu'unthor.

There were normal people getting close to 200 who seemed about on par with modern 60 year olds in terms of mobility and what. See Truce at Bakura for the information.

[Master of Ossus]

We have met some people over one hundred, but they have all been powerful Force-users who have used the Force to prolong their existences. See the Night Sisters of Dathomir, and the Chu'unthor.

There were normal people getting close to 200 who seemed about on par with modern 60 year olds in terms of mobility and what. See Truce at Bakura for the information.

Is that in Bakuran years, or standard?

[Robert Treder]

In the Stele Chronicles, Maarek comments that when an Imperator-class destroyer makes the jump to hyperspace, the occupants have a brief, disorienting feeling, like the world shifts out of focus for a split second. I would assume this effect would be more severe on less-advanced hyperdrives.

To a modern Terran, it might have a more drastic, debilitating effect. This is only speculation, of course, but it seems reasonable that humans (and other species) would over hundreds of thousands of years breed a tolerance for this effect. After all, those who are physically unfit to undergo hypertravel will not sow their seeds across the stars.

But, unfortunately, we don't really know what causes the effect. Perhaps something to do with equilibrium.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Hyperdrives have only been used for about 25,000 years, not 250,000.

[Kuja]

G-Tolerance: In Rogue Squadron, we are told pilots lower the intertial dampner to 2% of the G-forces, so they can feel what the ship is doing. Throw this with any of the large acceleration situations(Yavin 4 to DS, around Endor, etc), and you get nasty results. Combining them with the only official numbers on G's(5000 for the Jedi Starfighter.), gets humans with tolerance for more than 100 G's! It should be noted there is circumstantial evidence in Canon for this, in the Jedi super-speed dash in TPM.

2%? It's 95% power, so they end up feeling 5% of the possible Gs. However, I think that's still incorrect. I have the feeling it really means 95% of asafety margin. The margin would probably be based at 8Gs, at which point (IIRC) a normal human blacks out from the acceleration. Thoughts?

[Kuja]

We have met some people over one hundred, but they have all been powerful Force-users who have used the Force to prolong their existences. See the Night Sisters of Dathomir, and the Chu'unthor.

There were normal people getting close to 200 who seemed about on par with modern 60 year olds in terms of mobility and what. See Truce at Bakura for the information.

Is that in Bakuran years, or standard?

Standard IIRC.

[SirNitram]

G-Tolerance: In Rogue Squadron, we are told pilots lower the intertial dampner to 2% of the G-forces, so they can feel what the ship is doing. Throw this with any of the large acceleration situations(Yavin 4 to DS, around Endor, etc), and you get nasty results. Combining them with the only official numbers on G's(5000 for the Jedi Starfighter.), gets humans with tolerance for more than 100 G's! It should be noted there is circumstantial evidence in Canon for this, in the Jedi super-speed dash in TPM.

2%? It's 95% power, so they end up feeling 5% of the possible Gs. However, I think that's still incorrect. I have the feeling it really means 95% of asafety margin. The margin would probably be based at 8Gs, at which point (IIRC) a normal human blacks out from the acceleration. Thoughts?

A normal, modern human, yes. But this is a society spacefaring for hundreds of thousands of years. This is long enough to see adaptation to the new enviroment, though how much so I can't be sure of. The problem with redefining the quote is it's adding terms.

[Seggybop]

In the Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology entry for the 'man trap' which increases gravity over it to capture people, it is stated that 4-5g will stop almost any human, and that more is dangerous to them.

[Lord Poe]

Actually, Pellaeon is currently in his early 90's.

Where the hell did you get that?

Heir to the Empire:

pg.1: Keeping his eyes on the engineering display, Pellaeon waited until he could hear the sound of the approaching footsteps. Then, with all the regal weight that fifty years spent in the Imperial Fleet gave to a man, he straighted up and turned.

Pellaeon has been the Imperial Fleet fifty years? Putting aside canon dating for a moment, let's say he entered the service when he was 18. So he's at least 68 during HttE? That would make him about 93 in the NJO!!

[From my upcoming PDD of HttE, the Special Edition!]