Do all ships have the same speed while in Quantum/Supercruise?asked by Hardwired
TL;DRShips do not all share the same speed: the new cruise mode depends on mass and thrust and varies dynamically, and quantum speed varies by drive and ship, with slower trading ships possibly slower.
No they don't all have the same speed in Quantum/Supercruise. Supercruise itself, I don't know if you're thinking Supercruise as in the definition of it in Elite: Dangerous, because we actually have our own version of cruise that's one of the new flight modes what will debut in 2.0 which is somewhere between SCM (Space Combat Maneuvering) and Quantum Travel and that will be based on mass and thrust and everything else, it will change depending and that number will even change dynamically for an individual ship depending on what you're doing in terms of power and thrust and fuel and all the rest of stuff. Quantum itself; we've talked about different Quantum Drives or different levels of mass of a ship affecting the rate of Quantum so we sort of discussed the best Quantum Drives in the galaxy right now in human hands anyway does 0.2 speed of light but that doesn't mean they all do that maybe a slow boat trading ship would be able to do maybe 0.1 but it just take them longer to get somewhere but they can haul a whole bunch more cargo and goods, so there you go!