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Posted: 2003-07-08 04:01pm
by Darth Yoshi
Darth Garden Gnome wrote:Phew. Thought we were in trouble there for a moment. So which book does the Falcon piggy-back an X-Wing into hyperspace?
Heir to the Empire. Luke's X-wing busted its hyperdrive escaping from the Chimera, so Han towed it back to Sluis Van in time to drive off an Imperial attack.
The Falcon needed some time to get to Bespin, since while that's happening LUke is off training on Dagobah. That's at least a week's worth of time, at the very least.
Posted: 2003-07-08 05:48pm
by Illuminatus Primus
Darth Garden Gnome wrote:Illuminatus Primus wrote:In hyperspace. The SD makes enough garbage between dumps, and an X-Wing bolted on to the Falcon works fine in hyperspace.
Phew. Thought we were in trouble there for a moment. So which book does the Falcon piggy-back an X-Wing into hyperspace?
Shadows of the Empire
Re: Dumping the trash
Posted: 2003-07-09 03:47pm
by Striderteen
BenRG wrote:Knife wrote:It is possible that the ISD creates that much trash to dump every jump but it is also possible that in their haste to please Lord Vader, that Needa cut corners on procedure to get to the nearest systems and run a scan to try to find the Falcon.
I think that this is a misinterpretation of the dialogue. IIRC, the exact phrase is: "Typically, an Imperial Star Destroyer always dumps its' garbage before jumping to lightspeed." (although I might have the phrase slightly wrong
). Anyway, this isn't saying that they
always dump before they jump. What the phrase means is
whenever they have any garbage, then they will dump it before jumping to lightspeed. Even a ship as large as an ISD can't produce
that much debris in a short stay in-system.
The quote is: "If they follow standard procedure they'll dump their garbage before they go to lightspeed and then we'll just float away."
Posted: 2003-07-11 07:54am
by PainRack
Despite the SW essential chronology which states a backup drive was used,the SW TESB radio drama states that the trip occurs entirely via sublight.
What this probably means is that the Falcon should have a near c drive at least.Probably the drive that deccelerates the ship after the exit to hyperspace(and the entry to hyperspace?)And maybe,even maybe,that the Falcon is really,really capable of going to 1.5c using sublight drives
Re: Dumping the trash
Posted: 2003-07-11 07:57am
by PainRack
Striderteen wrote:BenRG wrote:Knife wrote:It is possible that the ISD creates that much trash to dump every jump but it is also possible that in their haste to please Lord Vader, that Needa cut corners on procedure to get to the nearest systems and run a scan to try to find the Falcon.
I think that this is a misinterpretation of the dialogue. IIRC, the exact phrase is: "Typically, an Imperial Star Destroyer always dumps its' garbage before jumping to lightspeed." (although I might have the phrase slightly wrong
). Anyway, this isn't saying that they
always dump before they jump. What the phrase means is
whenever they have any garbage, then they will dump it before jumping to lightspeed. Even a ship as large as an ISD can't produce
that much debris in a short stay in-system.
The quote is: "If they follow standard procedure they'll dump their garbage before they go to lightspeed and then we'll just float away."
The novelisation backs up the notion that Needa didn't follow standard procedure by inserting the words"this time"