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Well yes and no… though there’s a deliberate faster-than-light mode of travel, we see no evidence of natural disaster phenomena propagating faster than the spee

by qubex 3y ago

Well yes and no… though there’s a deliberate faster-than-light mode of travel, we see no evidence of natural disaster phenomena propagating faster than the speed of light (obviously), so… let’s say that this places the absurdity of the notion into perspective.

moffkalast 3y ago
If you mean in ST specifically, there are plot phenomena propagating at warp speeds on numerous occasions. That ENT episode comes to mind: > Enterprise is hailed by a trio of aliens, who warn that a deadly neutronic wavefront, many light years across, is approaching at a speed close to warp 7. Since the ship is capable of only warp 5 and cannot outrun the storm, everyone must shelter in order to survive the storm's radiation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catwalk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catwalk Also the plot speed radio of course: > By transmission of a subspace radio signal, which travelled through subspace rather than normal space, subspace communication permitted the sending of data and messages across interstellar distances faster than the speed of light. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Subspace_communication https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Subspace_communication
- qubex 3y ago
  Yeah… I’m a trekker… but stuff like this really riles me up… ‘neutronic’ radiation sounds a lot like neutron radiation, and neutrons are massive and cannot travel at the speed of light far less exceed it.
  - moffkalast 3y ago
    Clearly an omega molecule has pushed the neutrons' mass out of phase and the released chroniton particles resulted in the neutrons experiencing no passage of time. It's just basic warp theory :P
    - qubex 3y ago
      I say we use the hallowed Navigational Deflector to emit a tachyon pulse.
  - klyrs 3y ago
    The midichlorians developed a neutron-sized warp core, fueled by zero-point energy and fabricated by Replicators. Sorry, did I cross streams?
    - qubex 3y ago
      You mean Replicants, I’m sure.
      - klyrs 3y ago
        I had meant the Replicators from the Stargate universe, but yeah, let's go with Replicants instead.
- eesmith 3y ago
  We also know spatial anomalies can move FTL. The graviton ellipse which consumed the Ares IV Mars orbiter in 2032 was in the Delta Quadrant by 2376. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Graviton_ellipse https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Graviton_ellipse

by qubex 3y ago

moffkalast 3y ago

If you mean in ST specifically, there are plot phenomena propagating at warp speeds on numerous occasions. That ENT episode comes to mind: > Enterprise is hailed by a trio of aliens, who warn that a deadly neutronic wavefront, many light years across, is approaching at a speed close to warp 7. Since the ship is capable of only warp 5 and cannot outrun the storm, everyone must shelter in order to survive the storm's radiation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catwalk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catwalk Also the plot speed radio of course: > By transmission of a subspace radio signal, which travelled through subspace rather than normal space, subspace communication permitted the sending of data and messages across interstellar distances faster than the speed of light. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Subspace_communication https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Subspace_communication

qubex 3y ago
Yeah… I’m a trekker… but stuff like this really riles me up… ‘neutronic’ radiation sounds a lot like neutron radiation, and neutrons are massive and cannot travel at the speed of light far less exceed it.
- moffkalast 3y ago
  Clearly an omega molecule has pushed the neutrons' mass out of phase and the released chroniton particles resulted in the neutrons experiencing no passage of time. It's just basic warp theory :P
  - qubex 3y ago
    I say we use the hallowed Navigational Deflector to emit a tachyon pulse.
- klyrs 3y ago
  The midichlorians developed a neutron-sized warp core, fueled by zero-point energy and fabricated by Replicators. Sorry, did I cross streams?
  - qubex 3y ago
    You mean Replicants, I’m sure.
    - klyrs 3y ago
      I had meant the Replicators from the Stargate universe, but yeah, let's go with Replicants instead.
eesmith 3y ago
We also know spatial anomalies can move FTL. The graviton ellipse which consumed the Ares IV Mars orbiter in 2032 was in the Delta Quadrant by 2376. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Graviton_ellipse https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Graviton_ellipse