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You're right, I just went back and checked the sources Marshall Send a noteboard - 24/11/2009 12:04:09 AM
Here's from RJ:

Week 19 Question: How far can a channeler Travel with the One Power? I know they can Travel anywhere on the globe, and enter Tel'aran'rhiod through a slightly different weave, but is it possible to Travel to other planets, or even planets in other galaxies?

Robert Jordan Answers: Travel to other planets within the solar system would require a circle of fairly strong channelers, though not necessarily as many as thirteen, depending on exactly how far out they wanted to go. Travel to a planet in another solar system would require a rather large circle (of the maximum possible size) of very strong channelers, and there would a limit on how far they could go in one jump. They could planet-hop, of course. Travel to another galaxy would be beyond them even if they began on the planet in this galaxy nearest the target galaxy.


Most people are fairly clueless as to the scale of distances within and between galaxies. Let me put this in perspective:

  • The earth is roughly 93 million miles from the sun:
    93,000,000 mi.
  • Pluto is roughly 4 billion miles from the sun:
    4,000,000,000 mi.
  • The closest star system within our galaxy from our solar system is 2.5 trillion miles away.:
    2,500,000,000,000 mi
  • The closest galaxy to ours is about 2 quintillion miles away. This is 2x10^18 miles away:
    2,000,000,000,000,000,000 mi.


As you can see, the nearest galaxy is about a million times further than the closest star in our galaxy.
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If the Forsaken really wanted to defeat the Light - gateways at the bottom of the ocean... Shannow - 20/11/2009 02:02:59 PM 1844 Views
I've actually thought that would be a great way to make a power plant. Narg - 20/11/2009 02:48:21 PM 855 Views
I t doesn't defy EXACTLY the laws of conservation guttering flame - 20/11/2009 03:02:16 PM 1146 Views
The Forsaken don't think like that Sidious - 20/11/2009 02:57:27 PM 874 Views
I specifically referred to Ishamael, who shares none of those motivations with the other Forsaken... Shannow - 20/11/2009 03:11:26 PM 1097 Views
What in the world... outer space?? This is fantasy, not sci-fi *NM* BlackAdder - 20/11/2009 03:08:26 PM 431 Views
RJ has stated that channelers can Travel to other planets, even other solar systems... Shannow - 20/11/2009 03:12:37 PM 760 Views
I didn't expect him to answer that question, it was just something I was wondering about Ryan - 20/11/2009 04:06:53 PM 811 Views
OK... BlackAdder - 20/11/2009 05:15:32 PM 718 Views
Moghedien talks about how they travelled to other stars in the Age of Legends... Shannow - 20/11/2009 06:09:17 PM 880 Views
Because it is a world that is undergoing an industrial revolution Ryan - 21/11/2009 01:19:28 AM 726 Views
Tied off gateways dissappear after a while *NM* Logain - 20/11/2009 03:15:56 PM 385 Views
No. Only if the knott is deliberately tied loosely... Shannow - 20/11/2009 03:20:18 PM 695 Views
This brings up an "Evil Wins, What Next?" scenario I've always wondered about Sandwich - 20/11/2009 03:39:14 PM 837 Views
Nah Ryan - 20/11/2009 04:12:27 PM 706 Views
Read Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy. =) *NM* Rand al'Thor - 20/11/2009 07:18:01 PM 413 Views
The DO doesn't have the motivations of the forsaken, he doesn't think like a human... Napoleon62 - 22/11/2009 03:38:15 PM 832 Views
They would have to know the bottom of the ocean very well to create. *NM* LlordNakcor - 20/11/2009 05:02:50 PM 354 Views
Wouldn't be too hard, given Rand's trick. *NM* BlackAdder - 20/11/2009 05:12:22 PM 401 Views
Intense preasure would kill you before you could weave or a hell of a shield bubble *NM* LlordNakcor - 20/11/2009 07:01:58 PM 488 Views
You're kidding right? LewsTherin10 - 20/11/2009 05:31:36 PM 722 Views
Yeah, this has actually been discussed Marshall - 20/11/2009 05:50:21 PM 927 Views
Re: Yeah, this has actually been discussed Lohikaarme - 21/08/2010 02:19:15 AM 727 Views
Gateway "magic" accounts for this, or most gateways would have STRONG breeze Asha'man Warder - 20/11/2009 06:43:44 PM 812 Views
Very conducive places, the bottom of the sea and outer space... fionwe1987 - 20/11/2009 07:01:56 PM 4183 Views
Knee jerk disagreement without thinking beyond: "I don't like the idea so let's flame it..." Shannow - 20/11/2009 07:12:38 PM 948 Views
Actually... Rand al'Thor - 20/11/2009 09:15:39 PM 788 Views
And your response is even sillier ideas? Think for more than three minutes before responding again. fionwe1987 - 20/11/2009 11:08:59 PM 715 Views
I must say... this has been highly entertaining! *NM* BlackAdder - 21/11/2009 01:59:51 AM 702 Views
Yeah... I've been chuckling at this whole thread Sidious - 21/11/2009 10:23:51 AM 840 Views
You need to go read FoH again... Shannow - 21/11/2009 03:35:01 AM 834 Views
The Silliness Continues-Part IV of Shannow's crazy ways to commit suicide... fionwe1987 - 21/11/2009 05:44:34 AM 729 Views
Struggling a bit are you? Shannow - 21/11/2009 06:30:13 AM 797 Views
On the limits of power guttering flame - 21/11/2009 07:32:44 AM 764 Views
Great question. These fundamental issues are the REAL challenges to be overcome, yes... Shannow - 21/11/2009 07:50:46 AM 742 Views
Thanks guttering flame - 21/11/2009 08:03:28 AM 768 Views
Fluids CAN move across gateways on their own. We saw it with the draft of wind in tGS. *NM* BlackAdder - 21/11/2009 01:32:46 PM 422 Views
Oh, and regarding the new Travelling skill Nynaeve mentions in tGS... Shannow - 21/11/2009 08:03:45 AM 781 Views
Ah, thanks guttering flame - 21/11/2009 08:10:48 AM 713 Views
Actually, I just reread that passage, and now I'm confused again... Shannow - 21/11/2009 08:30:17 AM 736 Views
Its pretty simple... fionwe1987 - 21/11/2009 08:07:14 PM 691 Views
You don't learn a place when you Travel TO it... Shannow - 21/11/2009 08:23:11 PM 717 Views
The same issue again... fionwe1987 - 21/11/2009 08:58:37 PM 701 Views
No, you're wrong, and here are the quotes... Shannow - 22/11/2009 06:51:06 AM 909 Views
That might mean nothing... fionwe1987 - 22/11/2009 06:37:33 PM 813 Views
That does seem inconsistent... Legolas - 21/11/2009 09:25:52 PM 951 Views
They might have shared Gateways, so only those who wove them know the area? *NM* Marshall - 21/11/2009 10:00:04 PM 363 Views
That has to be the first sensible question broached in this thread... Legolas - 21/11/2009 09:18:59 PM 888 Views
Since Shannow seems to think disagreeing with him is EVIL... fionwe1987 - 21/11/2009 08:38:55 PM 755 Views
Re: On the limits of power Tor - 20/08/2010 06:25:19 PM 712 Views
Such a geek Camilla - 20/08/2010 08:08:11 PM 905 Views
The One Power is completely impenetrable to regular matter Marshall - 21/11/2009 08:16:58 AM 673 Views
The simplest explanation'd be that GWs can't be opened in water, since it moves/changes constantly Lordling - 20/11/2009 07:27:08 PM 659 Views
Balefire is much, much easier . TheCrownless - 20/11/2009 08:50:24 PM 717 Views
Or balefire Rand. Wait a few generations near Dragonmount, kidnap all children born on the slopes... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 20/11/2009 09:07:46 PM 740 Views
The Forsaken DON'T want to defeat the Light. Rand al'Thor - 20/11/2009 09:18:42 PM 827 Views
Why didn't Frodo and Sam just ride the Eagles to Mt. Doom, and toss the Ring then fly back? *NM* Wotmaniac Reborn - 20/11/2009 10:35:17 PM 397 Views
lol Straight from www.HowMoviesShouldHaveEnded.com *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 21/11/2009 01:15:45 AM 367 Views
The Forsaken are still doing the Light's will. Great Lord of Chaos - 21/11/2009 01:42:16 AM 703 Views
Actually here's an even simpler idea: open a gateway into a Black Hole. *NM* BlackAdder - 21/11/2009 01:53:38 AM 477 Views
You can't...there aren't any Black Holes close enough... Shannow - 21/11/2009 03:22:38 AM 742 Views
Doubtful Marshall - 21/11/2009 03:29:35 AM 684 Views
Let me clarify...you CAN Travel to other solar system... Shannow - 21/11/2009 03:39:36 AM 772 Views
You're right, I just went back and checked the sources Marshall - 24/11/2009 12:04:09 AM 686 Views
Surely Moridin could channel enough of the True Power... *NM* BlackAdder - 21/11/2009 01:19:05 PM 324 Views
Moridin cannot channel any more of the True Power than he can of the One Power. Shannow - 21/11/2009 01:58:30 PM 676 Views
He managed to do great fits with the power he had. guttering flame - 21/11/2009 05:12:52 PM 657 Views
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