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It's recently come to my attention that the entire DOOMverse's collective speed ranking is wrong.
Recall this thread, in which it was agreed that the Plasma Rifle and BFG's projectiles share almost identical properties to real-life plasma which moves faster than Coronal Mass Ejections. (Henceforth referred to as CMEs)
According to this, CMEs move anywhere between 20 km/s and 3,200 km/s, with an average speed of 489 km/s. 489 km/s is 489,000 m/s (almost Mach 1426), and 3,200 km/s is 3,200,000 m/s. (just above Mach 9329)
Faster than Mach 1426? That's Massively Hypersonic+. Faster than Mach 9329? That's Sub-Relativistic.
Recall this thread, in which it was agreed that the Plasma Rifle and BFG's projectiles share almost identical properties to real-life plasma which moves faster than Coronal Mass Ejections. (Henceforth referred to as CMEs)
According to this, CMEs move anywhere between 20 km/s and 3,200 km/s, with an average speed of 489 km/s. 489 km/s is 489,000 m/s (almost Mach 1426), and 3,200 km/s is 3,200,000 m/s. (just above Mach 9329)
Faster than Mach 1426? That's Massively Hypersonic+. Faster than Mach 9329? That's Sub-Relativistic.