The group scans 6 times faster then the Everest alone, but only somewhere between 2.6 and 3 times faster than the Alexander or the Kobras Aquairre alone... depending on flight path (putting the Katana out further would make up that .4 difference, but I'd rather not.  It's not as capabie.)  As for flight time between quadrants?  Assuming it is a single nebula, and the four quadrants are really just four touching sections of it, then flight time it actually already factored into my calculations...<br/><br/>But since we have a clear majority of opinion, we are most certainly headed for the pirate base first.  We were already headed there first, from what has been posted in the main thread, so the discussion doesn't change anything.  There was never a clear tactical advantage to either plan.  And only luck and the whims of a capricious GM who holds our lives in his hands will make a difference.  Indeed, all we have to do is wait.