Suggestion Map Tools

[Mira Quinn]

Ever considered the distance between two worlds to gauge the feasibility of your story, or to give proper timeframes for hyperspace jumps, or to determine how far spread a corporate footprint is? It'd be an amazing feature to have some sort of point-to-point tool that can, in its most basic implementation, draw a line from one planet to another on the map.

Just a thought

 

[Sahan Dragr]

There isn't any exact measurements for that. Some routes are faster than others, and hyperspace speed depends on the class hyperdrive you use.

 

[Amani Serys]

Not sure how feasible one for our map would be, but there used to be this neat website: Astrogation Computer. You could put in Point A and Point B, your hyperdrive rating, and it would give you an estimate of travel time. Unfortunately it seems like it's not really working properly anymore (at least on my end). Too bad.

 

[Sahan Dragr]

Not sure how feasible one for our map would be, but there used to be this neat website: Astrogation Computer. You could put in Point A and Point B, your hyperdrive rating, and it would give you an estimate of travel time. Unfortunately it seems like it's not really working properly anymore (at least on my end). Too bad.

Doesn't seem to work for me either.

 

[Mira Quinn]

Sahan Dragr It wouldn't actually need to calculate hard numbers. Nobody really worries about parsecs anyway beyond flavor. It'd function simply as a drawn line from one linked world to another for a visual aid to judge distance.

 

[Tragic Writer]

I know there is not a defined limit, But I always just pictured that each grid (Or in this case hex) on the map was about 1 Lightyear, or 1 parsec, I don't we why the Hexxes can't have an approximate between them

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

Even in canon there is no easy way to measure...and it often comes down to what the author needs it to be.

The sequel movies show it often as near instantaneous whilst older Legends books perhaps overdid the distances.

Distance is also complicated by the fact that it's technically 3D but we aren't bothering to show that.

Ultimately it's not something we're going to provide, but if you want to set a scale for your own use of one hex = x time/distance for your writing group, that's up to you.

 

[Sahan Dragr]

If it helps, the whole Galaxy is somewhere around 120,000 Lightyears in diameter.

 

[Sahan Dragr]

I know there is not a defined limit, But I always just pictured that each grid (Or in this case hex) on the map was about 1 Lightyear, or 1 parsec, I don't we why the Hexxes can't have an approximate between them

A hex is way more than just 1 light year. Can be anywhere from hundreds to thousands.

 

[Tragic Writer]

A hex is way more than just 1 light year. Can be anywhere from hundreds to thousands.

It was Just an example