Speed

## Summary

**Speed** is simply how fast a character can move in a given amount of time. The formula for speed / velocity is **S = D/T**.

On this wiki, we separate speed into four main categories:

### Travel Speed

The speed at which a character or object can move by running, flying, swimming, or through similar means that does not involve any form of teleportation.

Travel speed may also be split up between different means of travel the character can perform, if the characters speed varies between them. For example, if a character has Peak Human travel speed on foot but can fly at the speed of sound, their speed section may be split up like this:

****Speed**: Peak Human** travel speed on foot, **Transonic** travel speed via Flight

### Reaction Speed

The speed at which a character can react to certain events, actions, or other stimuli. This usually only grants a short movement upon reaction, whereas several movements at the same speed switch it to combat speed. Examples of superhuman reaction speed would be characters who can see bullets in slow motion.

Reaction speed is reacting to an attack that you don't know is going to happen, or at a very close range. The reaction speed of a character also tends to be higher than its movement speed.

For example, for characters who can react to bullets shot from a glock pistol, their speed section may look something like this:

****Speed**:** **Normal Human** travel speed with **Transonic** reaction speed

Characters may also have heightened reactions through the usage of Precognitive abilities. In these case, it is also necessary to specify how fast a character can react through these abilities. And it may also be separates from the characters base reaction speed. Like so:

****Speed**:** **Normal Human** travel speed with **Transonic** reaction speed. Up to **Speed of Light** reaction speed with Precognition (Foresaw and subsequently reacted to a beam of light)

### Combat Speed

The speed at which a character can fight, not including their speed with long-range energy blast or anything of that sort. Essentially, the physical fighting speed of an entity.

### Attack Speed

The speed at which an attack moves. For example, if a character is hypersonic, but has an attack or power in his arsenal that moves at the speed of light, the speed for the attack is different from the speed of the user, hence the attack would be lightspeed even if its user isn't.

****Speed**:** **Hypersonic** travel, combat, and reaction speeds, **Speed of Light** attack speed with Light Manipulation

## Speed levels

**Infinite:** Infinite speed is the ability for a character to cross an infinite distance in a finite amount of time. Speed = Infinite/(Time) results in an infinite value.

**Instantaneous:** Instantaneous speed is the ability for a character to cross a distance in zero time, allowing them to traverse any distance instantaneously, without any pass of time. Speed = (Distance)/0 results in a value that is beyond quantification. Characters with this speed are superior to those with infinite speed, as those with infinite speed still require some amount of time to move, even if said time is infinitesimal. It is important to distinguish between teleportation and instantaneous speed. Even though teleportation may effectively allow a user to transport themselves somewhere in zero time, speed refers only to the characters natural ability for movement across a distance, without the aid of supernatural powers. Moving while within stopped time does not qualify for this speed, unless it is specifically shown or stated that the reason a character can do so is due to their inherent speed.

**Immeasurable:** Immeasurable speed is the ability for a character to cross a distance in a time that breaks the speed formula, or movement beyond linear time. Those who can move in a negative timeframe, or move throughout time freely as if it were a spatial dimension would qualify for this speed. Please note that simply existing in and traversing higher-dimensional axes does not qualify for this speed, as distance only measures the space between two separate points, which is always a 1-D line.

**Irrelevant:** Irrelevant speed isn't speed at all. Instead, it is simply the ability for a character to move beyond the confines of space, time, and dimensionality. Because of this, speed is not only immeasurable, but irrelevant when speaking about the characters capacity for movement, as they are fundamentally superior to such concepts. Characters who possess Beyond-Dimensional Existence would automatically qualify for this rating, as well as characters who can traverse realms outside of dimensionality, or keep up with those who can.