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Originally Posted by JonnyBGood
Basically yeah it sort of make sense if you visualise it as a series of dashes ---------- (five to four, four to three etc) so zero's just a point.
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It might just be easier to remember that Return ETA is
always Original ETA (ie, when you hit the launch button) minus one.
Thus, in-gal ETA 5 is return at ETA 4. In-universe ETA 9 returns at ETA 8 etc.
As to why ships seem to travel home faster, think of hitting the 'launch' button as turning on the engines, whilst the fleet doesnt actually go anywhere untill the next tick (which is why you can instantly recall them too). Thus it takes the same amount of time to travel back and forth, and battle (if any) is instant.
Enjoy