> At 22:21 03/28/2004 -0600, Bryan Newell wrote: > > > >1. "Dragon" > > > >During those 7 days, he marched in the vicinity of 800 miles, which works > >out to about 7 miles per hour... still an awfully fast march but... well, I > >don't know enough to call that impossible. > > I think it is extremely improbable. While an army of Dragaerans might make > it, historic forced marches by humans end up at maybe 45 miles in a day, > and never extend over the period of a week. The Marine Corps figures on 4 > kph (2.5 mph) for marching speed, and anything over 32 km (20 mi) in a day > is considered a forced march. The distance is extended by extending the > time on the march, meaning that 24 hours would make 96 miles. That might > be done one time, but not for over a week! Hokay, lets start with the 45 miles-per-day figure. That counts as forced-march for humans, lets presume that a Cool Dragaeran Army can count that as "standard". Add 25% for the longer day, bringing us a touch over 56 miles per day. This is still somewhat stretching plausibility, but this *is* High Fantasy, after all. This gives us a travel time of a bit over 14 days. Maybe we should round up to 15, giving us three Dragaeran weeks. Next time I have the time, I'll see if I can fit that much time into the march in question. Alexx Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers. alexx at carolingiaSPAMBL@CK.org http://www.panix.com/~alexx "It would take more than the mere reconfiguring of the entire universe starting from the beginning of time to defeat the LUTHOR that I grew up with." -- Doug Shaw