Declaration of Victory

Okay, this might be a bit of a strech, so I'm willing to back down on this one if most of you say 'No way! You didn't win!'

According to Rule 15 - Fuel, "The ship requires 4000 Fuel to travel one light-year."

Therefore, we can safely assume by simple mathematics that the ship would require 2000 Fuel to travel half a light-year, 1000 for a fourth, and so on.

From Rule 12 - Ranks, "If the Crew succeeds in getting off the planet, the Crew Member with the highest rank (excluding sabotuers and Crew Members in custody) may declare victory."

Note that the Rule does not say we have to go one full light-year. It only says if we succeed 'in getting off the planet'.

The ship's engine currently has 45 Fuel. Using the math above, that would mean the ship can travel .01125 light-years.

According to this site here, a light year is equal to 5,865,696,000,000 miles. This means that the ship is currently capable of traveling 65,989,080,000 miles, which (being the crux of my victory) I safely assume to be 'off the planet'.

So, since we (using the Fuel currently in the Engine) can get off the planet, and I am the highest-ranking officer, I declare Victory.

Voted down, 7 to 3 with 1 unresolved IMP, at 3:51 pm GMT on 5.25.2004. Hiatus ends.