Agent 537 Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Here's one for you science guys. My apologies if this has been discussed before. Concept is a teleporting character. This PC can teleport anywhere, to any point on the earth. For the purposes of this question, how he knows where to teleport to is unimportant. The question? How much Teleportation will he need to buy, so as to ensure that he is able to get to any point on the globe from any other point? Same question, new wrinkle. From any point on the earth, how much Teleportation would he need to buy to reach any point on the moon, no matter the cycle of the month or time of year (if those make a difference), and vice versa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 At lunar apogee (the point when the moon is farthest from the Earth), it's about 405,500 km away, or 202,750,000". Megascale is your friend. Assuming you don't mind Teleporting through the Earth, then you should need an amount of Teleport equal to the Earth's diameter to get anywhere on the planet: about 12756 km, or 6,378,000". If you're worried about high altitude teleports, mountains, you might want to pad that a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Escafarc Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 We have always used the diamiter of the Earth(16,000 km but that's probilly wrong) for anywhere on Earth. For the Moon I would have to do some research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monolith Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Using Mega-Scale, anywhere on the planet is a +11/4 Advantage. Lunar is a +11/2 Advantage. So you can buy Teleport with the Scalable Mega-Scale for +13/4 and teleport pretty much anywhere you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Escafarc Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by Monolith Using Mega-Scale, anywhere on the planet is a +11/4 Advantage. Lunar is a +11/2 Advantage. So you can buy Teleport with the Scalable Mega-Scale for +13/4 and teleport pretty much anywhere you want. OK? Where is Scalable Mega-scale listed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monolith Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by Agent Escafarc OK? Where is Scalable Mega-scale listed? The Scalable section of it is in the Rules FAQ. It is an additional +1/4 cost to Mega-Scale and allows the power to go from 1km (minimum) to whatever maximum the character purchases the power for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by Agent Escafarc OK? Where is Scalable Mega-scale listed? Yes, where is it? Inquiring minds (without their books) want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Escafarc Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by Monolith The Scalable section of it is in the Rules FAQ. It is an additional +1/4 cost to Mega-Scale and allows the power to go from 1km (minimum) to whatever maximum the character purchases the power for. Thanks:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasilDrag Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Re: Distance Measurements for Teleportation Originally posted by Agent 537 Here's one for you science guys. My apologies if this has been discussed before. Concept is a teleporting character. This PC can teleport anywhere, to any point on the earth. For the purposes of this question, how he knows where to teleport to is unimportant. The question? How much Teleportation will he need to buy, so as to ensure that he is able to get to any point on the globe from any other point? Others have covered the use of MegaScale. If the character wants to really reach anywhere, s/he will need a standard Teleport with lots of non-combat multples to reach places less than[/] one kilometer. Originally posted by Agent 537 Same question, new wrinkle. From any point on the earth, how much Teleportation would he need to buy to reach any point on the moon, no matter the cycle of the month or time of year (if those make a difference), and vice versa? [/b] Neither time of year nor phase of Luna matter. However, there's a difference (max of ~12,750km) in distance depending on if Luna is above or below the horizon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Re: Re: Distance Measurements for Teleportation Originally posted by BasilDrag Neither time of year nor phase of Luna matter. Not actually true -- the Moon's orbit is not perfectly circular, and the difference is potentially significant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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