A Galaxy Unknown (38 page)
Authors: Thomas DePrima
The commanding officer on a ship is always referred to as Captain, regardless of his or her official military rank. Even an Ensign could be a Captain of the Ship, although that would only occur as the result of an unusual situation or emergency where no senior officers survive.
On Space Command ships and bases, time is measured according to a twenty-four clock, normally referred to as military time. For example, 8:42 PM would be referred to as 2042 hours. Chronometers are set to always agree with the date and time at Space Command Supreme Headquarters on Earth. This is known as GST, or Galactic System Time.
Admiralty Board:
Moore, Richard E -
Admiral of the Fleet
Platt, Evelyn S. -
Admiral - Director of Fleet Operations
Bradlee, Roger T. -
Admiral - Director of Intelligence (SCI)
Ressler, Shana E. -
Admiral - Director of Budget & Accounting
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
Hubera, Donald M. -
Rear-Admiral, (U) - Dir. of Academy Curricula
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
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 km
Sub-section
- 946,073,047 km
No attempt has been made to show the thousands of stars, planets, and moons in this small part of G.A. space. The only purpose of this two-dimensional representation is to provide the reader with a feel for the spatial relationships between bases, systems, and celestial events referenced in the first three books of this series. The mean distance from Earth to Higgins Space Command Base has been calculated at 90.1538 light-years.
.jpg and .pdf versions of the above map are available for downloading at : http://www.deprima.com/ancillary/agu.html
should the names be unreadable in your printed or electronic media.