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Add kessel_run unit#5927

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@pllim pllim commented Apr 1, 2017

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Add new unit for Kessel Run.

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astrobot commented Apr 1, 2017

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Are you still dreaming? Where is your totem?

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I'm a day late, but I think the equivalencies added in this PR are all wrong. As the doc for the proposed unit and the changelog entry clearly state, kessel_run is a time unit.

OTOH, it appears according to authoritative sources that it may never have been intended as a time unit, instead representing a navigational shortcut (or perhaps even an empty boast).

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MSeifert04 commented Apr 2, 2017

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Also: Shouldn't it be an imperial unit?

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pllim commented Apr 3, 2017

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@mwcraig , yes, all good points. I had a hard time figuring out how to make it a time unit without violating the law of physics.

@MSeifert04 , never! If you want it to be in a proper module, perhaps rebels.py or smugglers.py but never imperial!

Anyway, due to the confusing definitions (even more confusing than u.emu!), closing this.

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bsipocz commented Apr 3, 2017

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@pllim - Ohh, I just had this brilliant special day idea of moving u.emu to the bird units :)

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pllim commented Apr 4, 2017

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@bsipocz , save that for next year! Although it should really be deprecated_birds.py. 😉

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