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This thread has unearthed another bit of ambiguity with our current rules for scaling travel/flight feats to reaction speed.
Our standards currently say:
This became an issue when it was (arguably) demonstrated that the character in question darted around the planet to find an appropriate place to land after entering the atmosphere.
If we assume they would have slowed down before finding the location (i.e. assuming they slow down when the planet is visible, assuming they slow down when within a moon's orbit, or assuming they slow down after they enter the atmosphere), then this darting around the planet wouldn't scale to their average flight speed.
However, if we assume that they would have slowed down just before the flight finished (i.e. after they found the location and prepared to land), then this darting around the planet would scale to their average flight speed.
Of note is that, as of now, the series itself doesn't give us concrete on when any potential slowdown occurred. While the character did cut through the air and create an explosion when landing, this could've been done with speeds over 10^15 times slower than the average flight speed. And pixel scaling the flight speed they showed around that time gives a speed far below the average flight speed.
So, how should we treat situations like this? When should we believe that slowdown is happening?
(Putting it in Q&A since this may not revise the page itself, and could just set up a standard for interpreting it. If it looks like revisions are necessary, a staff member should move it to content revision/staff as deemed appropriate)
Our standards currently say:
Stating that two important factors that can mitigate reactions for these feats (and as such need to be accounted for in calcs) are:Simply being able to stop accurately at the target destination does typically not qualify, as it can be spotted from a large distance to make preparations to stop or the character could even slow down before reaching the destination, assuming we only know the average speed with which they moved.
- Characters can make preparations to stop as soon as they know where they're landing (such as by spotting it or by somehow knowing where the planet they're traveling to is).
- Characters can slow down before reaching the destination.
This became an issue when it was (arguably) demonstrated that the character in question darted around the planet to find an appropriate place to land after entering the atmosphere.
If we assume they would have slowed down before finding the location (i.e. assuming they slow down when the planet is visible, assuming they slow down when within a moon's orbit, or assuming they slow down after they enter the atmosphere), then this darting around the planet wouldn't scale to their average flight speed.
However, if we assume that they would have slowed down just before the flight finished (i.e. after they found the location and prepared to land), then this darting around the planet would scale to their average flight speed.
Of note is that, as of now, the series itself doesn't give us concrete on when any potential slowdown occurred. While the character did cut through the air and create an explosion when landing, this could've been done with speeds over 10^15 times slower than the average flight speed. And pixel scaling the flight speed they showed around that time gives a speed far below the average flight speed.
So, how should we treat situations like this? When should we believe that slowdown is happening?
(Putting it in Q&A since this may not revise the page itself, and could just set up a standard for interpreting it. If it looks like revisions are necessary, a staff member should move it to content revision/staff as deemed appropriate)