: Perhaps you can only fold certain distances? The fleet may have to jump from
: point to point, sort of "skipping" across space instead of just
: jumping the whole thing at once.
: We also know folding has it's limits - somewhere it mentions that it can't be
: done near a gravity well, and Durandal made some modifications to Boomer
: to push that limit, surprising the Pfhor garrison at Lh'owon. This, in
: conjunction with the diagram in the terminal where Durandal gives an ETA
: for the fleet, leads me to think that the fleet folded in to the edge of
: the Lh'owon system and is now making their way at sublight speeds across
: the solar system toward Lh'owon.
Gravity definatly does put restrictions on 'folding' in an out. I was supprised to read during Infinity once that the K'ila (the S'pht'kr battlemoon) folded into orbit near a world - so mass doesn't appear to be a restricting factor.
It's interesting to note the difference between space travel in the Marathon and Halo universes. In Marathon, 'folding', or sublight chemical rocket travel seems the norm. In halo, a sort of slipstream conduit (devastating if preformed in a non-vaccume environment...) travel seems to be what all the cool kids use.
In regard to time - I tend to agree with Forrest. They have to 'skipp' from one jump to another. I'd assume the only limits on distance (other than pesky gravity wells like Stars, black holes, etc) would be the amount of power a ship has. Large battleships (the Kiva for example) could go farther than a small Nebulon scoutship. Humm.
-Blayne
