Weights And Measures

:Quid: A QUID (Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination) is the basic unit of currency during most periods of humanity. During periods of stable pan-human governments, a quid represents one hour of menial labor.

Pace

A Pace the basic unit of distance for soup travel. One pace is the distance traveled in one hour from a one GIE location with a one magnatude gravatonic inducer. Thus, a 400 pace route would take 400 hours during the [First Expanse](/natural-sciences/chronology).

:GIE: GIE (Gravatonic Interloquiter Equation) is a unit of relative location from a star where soup travel is deemed safest.