Superman (DCAU) flight speed update

[Poiesis_Element]

So, as I was looking through the profiles and calculations for the DCAU, I looked over the current calculation for Superman's Flight Speed and decided to see if I could find the episode in question, just to make sure I understood the context correctly. Then I saw this:



So, in this, Superman was able to catch up with The Prometheon's re-entry speed, which would be Mach 32, or High Hypersonic, which is already a part of the calculation linked on his page; currently, from what it looks like, his flight speed only scales to deflecting the meteor it was originally strapped to, which is measured at Mach 12 in that same blog, or Hypersonic+.

So this should be a pretty straightforward upgrade (or more an update, I suppose). And, of course, this should also apply to characters who already scale to him i.e. Supergirl, Brainiac, Wonder Woman, etc.

 

[Rex_Eckles]

Not sure if Wonder Woman would scale in travel speed, but yeah, I agree.

 

[Poiesis_Element]

I mean, is there a reason why she wouldn't? Admittedly, it's been a long while since I've seen anything from the DCAU. Besides, it's not like the difference between Krillin's and Dende's flight speed during the Namek Saga of DBZ; both Wonder Woman and Superman (and others in their tier) are pretty consistently comparable, even if the former is portrayed as weaker, so I don't see why travel speed would be so arbitrarily different, unless there's something plot specific I'm missing that would make that clear.

Otherwise, I don't see why she and others couldn't get a "Supersonic, likely High Hypersonic" rating.

 

[Rex_Eckles]

I mean, is there a reason why she wouldn't? Admittedly, it's been a long while since I've seen anything from the DCAU. Besides, it's not like the difference between Krillin's and Dende's flight speed during the Namek Saga of DBZ; both Wonder Woman and Superman (and others in their tier) are pretty consistently comparable, even if the former is portrayed as weaker, so I don't see why travel speed would be so arbitrarily different, unless there's something plot specific I'm missing that would make that clear.

Otherwise, I don't see why she and others couldn't get a "Supersonic, likely High Hypersonic" rating.

Are there moments where she keeps up with Clark in travel speed?

 

[Poiesis_Element]

Are there moments where she keeps up with Clark in travel speed?

Don't the two of them literally travel together during Paradise Lost Part 1 to search for a relic in a particular location? I don't recall if it ever showed a shot of them flying, but considering Diana is working on a time limit in that episode, I really don't see why either of them would go slow for the other. At worst, if Clark was that much faster, he could have gone ahead, searched the area for the relic and waited for her to catch up if he found it before she arrived. That they both arrive alongside each other clearly suggests there's not any meaningful difference.

Also, you didn't address my other point: why would the other flight-capable characters in Superman's tier be so arbitrarily different in travel speed, when everything else, from attack potency to combat speed, is within the same range? Unless there are clear examples of such massive differences in travel speed (i.e. the difference between Flash and literally just about everybody else), I fail to see the need for the division.

 

[Rex_Eckles]

Don't the two of them literally travel together during Paradise Lost Part 1 to search for a relic in a particular location? I don't recall if it ever showed a shot of them flying, but considering Diana is working on a time limit in that episode, I really don't see why either of them would go slow for the other. At worst, if Clark was that much faster, he could have gone ahead, searched the area for the relic and waited for her to catch up if he found it before she arrived. That they both arrive alongside each other clearly suggests there's not any meaningful difference.

Also, you didn't address my other point: why would the other flight-capable characters in Superman's tier be so arbitrarily different in travel speed, when everything else, from attack potency to combat speed, is within the same range? Unless there are clear examples of such massive differences in travel speed (i.e. the difference between Flash and literally just about everybody else), I fail to see the need for the division.

Fair enough.

 

[Rex_Eckles]

I have an accepted calculation that would bump up his flight speed to MHS+ and AP to 7-A (LS to Class G too). I was saving it for a later CRT, but if you want, you can add it to this one.

 

[Poiesis_Element]

I have an accepted calculation that would bump up his flight speed to MHS+ and AP to 7-A (LS to Class G too). I was saving it for a later CRT, but if you want, you can add it to this one.

Hmm, I mean, if you were planning on a larger CRT for and it's going to cover flight speed anyway... I don't know, maybe I should just wait for that and let this thread get skipped over? Not sure if it's work pushing for if it's going to be rendered redundant anyway

 

[Rex_Eckles]

Hmm, I mean, if you were planning on a larger CRT for and it's going to cover flight speed anyway... I don't know, maybe I should just wait for that and let this thread get skipped over? Not sure if it's work pushing for if it's going to be rendered redundant anyway

I don't care either way, the later CRT is far from ready, so that'll be a long ways away.

 

[Ozcantabak]

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