Hiyas!

Newb confused: Do warp storms affect "real space" in any way?

Asking because if this is true, then why risk the Expanse's myriad storms if travelling thru realspace is safer?

Thanks

L

Without the Warp, travelling between star systems would take YEARS even for the closest of stars. For example, the Warp hop from Iocanthos to Scintilla makes the journey anywhere from two weeks to a month long. About an hour of that is Warp travel - the rest is travelling through realspace to/from the edge of the star system. It take years to travel the same distance through realspace, and most ships just aren't built to be self-sustaining for that length of time. (With notable exceptions.) Then consider how long it would take to get from Scintilla to pretty much anywhere in the Koronus Expanse. It would probably take several lifetimes to make that voyage in realspace.

People risk it because there is no other choice for interstellar travel.

LETE said:

Yes. A sufficiently powerful warp storm can breach the veil between real space and the immaterium. The Eye of Terror is more or less a massive, permanent warp storm of gigantic proportions. Entire worlds have been lost to the warp when a storm of sufficient magnitude tore a whole in reality and swallowed it up for decades, centuries, millenia. Oddly, most such worlds which return to real space eventually will more or less be in their proper positions. Some few can appear on the opposite end of the galaxy. The warp is a fickle medium; but even so, it is the fastest and most reliable means of travel between the stars.

-=Brother Praetus=-

Hey there, thanks!

L