The next battle takes place 80 years after the first, yet Rackham has only aged 10 years. How fast was his ship travelling? Earth time 80 gamma = ----------- = ---- = 8 ship time 10 0.5 [ 1 ] v/c = [ --------------- ] [ 1 - 1/gamma^2 ] = 0.992 Rackham's ship must have been flying at >= 0.992 c.