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Vale notar também que as rotas regularmente percorridas (por exemplo, entre os principais mundos da Commonwealth) têm drasticamente menos "pontos de decisão" e, portanto, podem ser percorridas a velocidades muito mais altas do que locais nas bordas externas ou à deriva no espaço inter-galáctico .One interesting thing about moving through the Slipstream is that travel time has almost nothing to do with the distance between stars. If you're lucky and the Stream unfolds just right, you could get from here to the next galaxy in minutes. But if you're not lucky, and things get hairy, the same trip could take weeks or even months. About the only rule is that the more frequently a certain path is traveled, the easier and more predictable the journey becomes.