[TML] Propagation times for news services in Imperium

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 4/3/08 9:02 PM, "Hans Henrik Rancke-Madsen" <rancke at diku.dk> wrote:

> ISTR a description of the X-boat network that said that on major routes
> one boat departed every six hours on the average. If you just calculate
> with 7.25 days per jump, the jump variations get lost in the big picture.

Hmm.  If they really depart every 6 hours, it would be quite a common
occurrence for Ship #2 to arrive before Ship #1!  In fact, it will happen
just over 1/3 of the time.

Actually, any 2 ships that leave within 33.6 hours stand a chance of
swapping en route.