Glyphstone, you fail to factor in that the scanning area is not three times the size.<br/><br/>If we work in a two dimensional universe... with each ship side by side, then the scanning area is triple.<br/><br/>But since we in reality are working in a three dimensional universe, the scanning area is potentially much larger than that.  Instead of an area 20 up and down, and 60 across, we potentially scan an area 60 by 60 vu's.<br/><br/>Compare that to the 20 by 20 area?<br/><br/>For the cubic... 20x20=400<br/>60x60=3600<br/>3600 divided by 400 is 15... IE we potentially scan an area 15 times wider than the Alexander would alone, and do this about 2.5 times slower.<br/><br/>15 divided by 2.5 (lets say three instead to account for errors in piloting) then we end up scanning 5 times as much space.<br/><br/>Now I assume that C28's more conservative 3 times number takes the full distance the two faster ship's can cover of the circle around the Everest with their greater speed... but I don't feel te need to check his math, as my simpler math confirms a greater number.<br/><br/>Ok?