Forum:KB:On atmospheric travel speed...

So this has been a little bit confusing for me regarding the atmospheric speeds. There are atmospheric speeds listed for craft, but at the same time shown with OT, we see ships flying quick to break through the atmosphere of the planet, example of course being The Falco quote "blasting its way out of Mos Eisley." according to Imperial reports.

Now....by RL standards from what I've looked up, in order to achieve escape velocity of a planet requires speeds far in excess of what the atmospheric speeds listed for SW craft here. I would assume such would require the same for SW planets, since we do see craft moving fast out of planetary atmosphere. Another example being in TFU 2, when Starkiller uses Vader's TIE Advanced to blast away from Kamino.

So here's the question, are the speeds listed for the craft just inconsistent with actual showings? Or are they the safe travel speed for flying in atmosphere with these craft and not nessecarily the limit?

In fact come to think of it, has atmospheric speed even been stated within the actual novels/comics? I only have seen them really in RPG game books and I believe the NEGTV&Vs.

More to that in Han Solo At Star's End comic, Han flies what he calls an antique fighter jet and he doesn't bring up speed at all when the Corporate Sector Authority comes in with space faring fighters, all he mentions is maneuverability.

I know this is kinda long winded, but I'm just trying to figure out this whole atmospheric thing, because it's a little bit confusing.Wolfscar1 (talk) 20:20, August 12, 2019 (UTC)