Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 17:18:32 -0700 (MST)
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From: richard lamoreaux vw <riclvw@deety.radiology.arizona.edu>
Subject: RE: physics this time ...
On Fri, 23 Sep 1994 William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648@lenti.med.umn.edu wrote:
> How does the warp metric go? Is Warp 8 just 8 times lightspeed, or more?
> I got the impression that high warp speeds got travel from planet to planet
> down in a timeframe that fit into a few days, if not an episode, and *just*
> 8 x lightspeed wouldn't do that. Or have I been at the bottom of this
> gravity well too long.
>
>
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from the
PERIODIC LIST OF "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
in REC.ARTS.STARTREK.TECH (last updated 17 June 1994)
we see that the relationship for warp speeds is:
For TOS(The Original Series), speed is (warp ^ 3) * c, which yields:
warp c
---- ----
1 1
2 8
3 27
4 64
5 125
6 216
7 343
8 512
9 729
9.6 884.736
9.99 997.002999
10 1000
11 1331
12 1728
13 2197
14.1 2803.221
>From TNG (The New Generation):
The ST:TNG Writer's Technical Manual, third season edition contains
the following table:
warp c comment
---- ---- -------
1 1
2 10
3 39
4 102
5 214
6 392 normal cruising speed.
8 1024
9 1516
9.6 1909 maximum attainable speed for E
9.9 3053 maximum speed for E under any circumstances
9.99 7912
10 infinite
Notes not from the guide:
For warp speeds 1 through 9, the formula w ^ (10/3) * c provides the
numbers shown, rounded to the integer.Note that with these figures, the
TOS warp 14.1 translates to about warp 9.7 for TNG.
The fastest the original Enterprise has gone (not counting "off the
scale") was 14.1 in "That Which Survives". Apparently the original version
of this episode actually has a "15.2", but the version that gets run in
syndication (at least the one I taped) has this line cut.
The Enterprise-D seems to have a top speed slightly less than 10, (and
occasions when Q flung it a great distance). Riker mentioned that warp 10
instigates time travel. In "Where No One Has Gone Before" it is mentioned
that the Enterprise has reached or passed warp 10
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I wonder if I can fit a warp drive into my '78 to replace the dead
2 liter?
Richard Lamoreaux (602)626-7576 '78 Chicken Coop
riclvw@deety.Radiology.Arizona.EDU '87 Vanagon Weekender
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ