Jump Space Duration

[mike wightman]

Marc's jumpspace article in JTAS 24 states that the crew know the jump duration and man their stations at jump emergence time.

The adventure Twilight's peak has a story of a convoy of ships jumping together.

Jump time uncertainty would make the HG tactic of jumping with a black globe on full to launch a stealth attack impossible.

 

[DNA]

in MTU i use 180 hours in jump. but i also allow speed variance and 180 divides evenly by 1 though 6. (jump 2 making a jump 1 = 90 hours as example) no this is not cannon but allows for interesting race conditions between pirates and patrol ships. then for the +- i use margin of success from gurps on jump nav roll.