Quote Originally Posted by MikkoAkure View Post
I still feel like 12 is still very generous for an old-style tall sailing ship that's retrofitted for an onboard engine. We don't know what the output is of a ceruleum engine, but early steamships topped out at 10 knots and had an average speed of between 8 and 9 knots.

If we can find the quote of how long it was expected to take vs how long Carvallain said it would, that would give us our average speed.
I don't feel like it was generous at all. Carvallain refers to having, "engineers." It's also a world wherein magic exists, and Alisaie makes the claim when you run into the Sirensong Sea that, "It could be another "spice trader" employing magicks to stop our ship and steal our cargo."

If there's magic in our magical world strong enough to stop a ship, then there's magic enough to make a ship go even faster. Real world reference was hot channel conditions, in other words.

But as far as Carvallain mentioning any amount of time versus distance, I can find none. There's none in the lead up to getting on his ship, and none after getting off it. I did miss one optional talk without him before accepting the next MSQ quest from Alphinaud though, but I doubt it'd contain anything concrete either.

Part of the issue with discussing the time bubble is that they are always so very shy about mentioning time or distance.