15 Flight Plan

Navigator Jake explained to me in simple terms how the black hole slingshot acceleration procedure works.

This illustration of our flight plan shows how the 25 light year distance between the Solar System and the Vega System can be travelled in only 23 days.

S-57, being a small black hole, reduced 3 light years to 5 minutes. O-103 being the largest in our route, will reduce 17 light years to 15 minutes. The last black hole, V-73, will cut 5 light years to 10 minutes.

Believe it or not, most of the 23 day journey is taken up by the distance between each of the black holes. It will take us about 6 days to get from here to the O-103 location.