Retreat And Adapt (A Galaxy Unknown) (47 page)
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Authors: Thomas DePrima
Hillaire, Arnold H. -
Admiral - Director of Academies
Burke, Raymond A. -
Vice-Admiral - Director of GSC Base
Management
Ahmed, Raihana L. -
Vice-Admiral - Dir. of Quartermaster
Supply
Woo, Lon C. -
Vice-Admiral - Dir. of Scientific &
Expeditionary Forces
Plimley, Loretta J. -
Rear-Admiral, (U) - Dir. of Weapons
R&D
Yuthkotl , Lesbolh -
Rear Admiral (U) Admiral, Director of Nordakian Forces Integration Section
Ship Speed Terminology:
Plus-1
- 1 kps
Sub-Light-1 -
1,000 kps
Light-1 -
299,792.458 kps or (
c
)
(
speed of light in a
vacuum)
Light-150
or
150 c -
150 times the speed of light
Light-450 - 134,906,606.1 kps
Hyper-Space Factors:
IDS Communications Band -
.0513 light years each minute (8.09 billion
kps)
DeTect Range -
4 billion kilometers
Sample Distances:
Earth to Mars (Mean) -
78 million kilometers
Nearest star to our Sun -
4 light-years (Proxima Centauri)
Milky Way Galaxy diameter -
100,000 light-years
Thickness of M'Way at Sun -
2,000 light-years
Stars in Milky Way -
200 billion (est.)
Nearest galaxy (Andromeda) -
2 million light-years from M'Way
A light-year
- 9,460,730,472,580.8 kilometers (in vacuum)
A light-second -
299,792.458 km (in vacuum)
Grid Unit -
1,000 Light Yrs² (1,000,000 Sq. LY)
Deca-Sector -
100 Light Years² (10,000 Sq. LY)
Sector -
10 Light Years² (100 Sq. LY)
Section
- 94,607,304,725 km²
Sub-section
- 946,073,047 km²
This map shows Galactic Alliance space after maps were redrawn following the end of hostilities with the Milori, and the war with the Tsgardi, Hudeerac, Uthlaro, and Gondusans. Unclaimed territories between the three regions were claimed in order to have one contiguous area. Regions Two and Three are so vast that exercising control and maintaining law and order has been largely impossible to this date.
The only purpose of this two-dimensional representation is to provide the reader with a basic feel for the spatial distances involved, and the reader must remember that GA territory extends through the entire depth of the Milky Way galaxy when the galaxy is viewed on edge.
.jpg and .pdf versions of the maps created for this series are available for downloading at:
http://www.deprima.com/ancillary/agu.html
should the names be unreadable in your printed or electronic media, or if you simply wish to gain a better overall perspective.
Some readers have requested that the product description on
Amazon, be included with the kindle copy. I've added it here:
Admiral Jenetta Carver, in Region One for just the second time since becoming Commander of the Second Fleet, receives a message that the scout-destroyer Yenisei, on routine patrol, is overdue. The ship's last report ended with a statement that they were attempting to overtake several small ships spotted on their DeTect monitors.
Weeks later, the Yenisei is found. Technological advances have made Space Command the most powerful military force in the known galaxy, but although sheathed with Dakinium and believed to be almost impervious to weapons fire, the Yenisei's hull is riddled with holes and the crew is dead. The ship's computer log contains images of three attacking vessels with a configuration never before seen in GA space. It appears that a new enemy has emerged, one with weapons superior to anything Space Command has.
