Kilopower Scale

A quick note. I've invented this so don't go assuming people will know what you're talking about if you use it. Direct them here. Note that this isn't fi-sics as it is usable.

The kilopower scale is a notation method of noting wide ranging scale differences, such as distance across the universe. It’s made of two parts, separated by a colon. On the left is the unit of measurement, such as metres, and on the right is the power to 1000. For example 24:0m is the height of a house where as 24:7m is the distance to the Andromida galaxy.
Metres:S = Metres x 10^(3*S) = Metres x 1000^S

It can be applied to anything so to avoid confusion, scale 0 is always a SI unit. Therefore 1kg is 1:0kg and 1km is 1:1m. 1:0km although in itself is correct, it is never used; it would be 1:1m. The Astry rigidly deploys this rule so the unit never has to be mentioned. Also, once scale is established it doesn’t need to be mentioned again.

As an example, here is it applied to distance:
• Scale 0. 1:0 is 1m is one metre. Scale one is the default scale in docking and can be assumed when reading out distance. HAAS Pilots will shout out scale assumption changes and if they think it is relevant.
• Scale 1. 1:1 is 1km is one kilometre. Default on a planet.
• Scale 2. 1:2 is 1,000km. Default use within a planetary orbital geography such as distances to satellites and moons. An Earth geostationary satellite orbits at a distance of 11:2 and the distance from the Earth to the moon is 384:2.
• Scale 3. 1:3 is 1million km. Default to a solar system. Most of the planets in the solar system are within this scale from the sun. The Earth is 150:3 so that is the equivilant for 1AU (Astronomical Unit). Jupiter is 779:3 away from the Sun. For consistency, traveling outwards from Earth, an Astry pilot may refer to Neptune as 4,500:3 out, or out loud “four thousand five hundred out”, with no need to declare the scale. They may also switch scale and declare the distance “four point five S four”.
• Scale 4. The outer solar system. No default for scale. All scale 4 must be declared. The Heliopause is 24:4 out.
• Scale 5. The default interstellar distance. One light year is 9:5 and one parsec is 31:5. The Oort Cloud is 8:5 out from the sun and some of our nearest stars are Proxima Centauri 40:5, Bernard’s Star 56:5 and Tau Ceti 112:5
• Scale 6. Intragalactic measure. No default. Like scale 4 all scale 6 must be declared to avoid confusion.
• Scale 7. Galactic distance. Default to Galaxy’s. The Milky Way is 1:7 across. Andromeda, our nearest galaxy is 24:7 away.

In speech you would have options on what to say such as;
• Thirty at scale six
• Thirty scale six
• Thirty at six
• Thirty dash six
• Thirty n six (Belters)
• Thirty (once scale is established)

The speed of light is 300million m/s so it can be written as 300:2m/s. Earth’s gravity pulls us at the acceleration rate of 9.78m/s/s which you can write as 9.78:0m/s/s.

I hope you find this useful.