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Do you want an HN flamewar? Cause that’s how you start an HN flamewar! :-) The warp factor table at [1] makes absolutely no sense. Enterprise (the show) warp
by akiselev 4y ago
Do you want an HN flamewar? Cause that’s how you start an HN flamewar! :-)
The warp factor table at [1] makes absolutely no sense.
Enterprise (the show) warp 4.6: 90 light years in 4 days.
Voyager warp 4.7: 10 light years in 3 weeks.
Enterprise (the show) warp 5: 50 light years in 3 months.
[1] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Warp_factor https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Warp_factor
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- TheFattestNinja 4y agoI dont know anything but im guessing warp might then count as power rather than speed and ship mass/warpdynamics might account for diffs?
- akiselev 4y agoFrom that warp factor page: > Although formulas to calculate a relative speed from a warp factor have existed in the writer's guides, these were rarely used for reference in the episodes and films. They just winged it with the technobabble. They retconned it by explaining that it’s a relativistic measurement which take into account gravity wells and ship size. I.e. even warp factor 10 (infinite speed in Voyager) might not be enough to escape a black hole if it gets too close. Edit: the ENT/VOY comparison makes no sense even with the retcon IMO, how is warp 4.6 in a mid-22nd century ship an order of magnitude faster than warp 4.7 in a 24th century ship?
- kybernetyk 4y ago>Edit: the ENT/VOY comparison makes no sense even with the retcon IMO, how is warp 4.6 in a mid-22nd century ship an order of magnitude faster than warp 4.7 in a 24th century ship? Emissions. ;) I mean there was a TNG episode where they limited warp to factor 5 because of space emissions destroying the space environment or something like that.
- matthewdgreen 4y agoNot just that one TNG episode! It came back up in Voyager and was explained as damage caused by the Omega molecule :)
- lucioperca 4y agoWell well as long as you do not understand warp technology and do not have warp technology no one will explain it to you - prime directive
- kybernetyk 4y agoAnd what about the interstellar mycelial network? ;)
- akiselev 4y agoThat uses the Stamets factor [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stamets https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stamets
- dotancohen 4y agoBest left out of cannon.
- Zardoz84 4y agoIt isn't are the samewarp scales. TOS/Enterprise uses a simple math formula, when TNG/DS9/VOy, uses a complex formula derivated from a graph.
- moffkalast 4y agoOn that wiki entry: > Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (p. 55) states the actual speed values of a warp factor are dependent upon interstellar conditions, for example gas density, electric and magnetic fields in different regions of the galaxy, and fluctuations of the subspace domain. Also quantum drag forces and motive power oscillation cause energy penalties to a ship using warp drive. Depends on road conditions, very convenient for plot.
- jrimbault 4y ago> quantum drag forces Also known as the scenarium trace mineral commonly found in space.
- halfmatthalfcat 4y agoThat's probably why there are specific lanes referenced through the show and how that may cause long term problems (re: S7E9 - Force of Nature)
- actionfromafar 4y agoSo it's a bit like Mach number in that respect.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoDiscovery: 5 sec.