How Could This Be?!

[LoAmi 0]

The details of "warp" aren't really too necessary for a sim. In general, it's a relative thing. If we don't need to get somewhere too fast, Warp 5 or so. If we need to get there yesterday, Warp 9. :)

What?  You mean I didn't have to study all that subspace physics just to be a helmsman at an academy sim?  Why didn't anybody say something!?!?  :D

[Cmdr Laura Issia 0]

Forget physics -- do you understand that blasted vector navigation system???

[Captain Huff 0]

Warp speed = cw^3

where c = speed of light and w = warp factor

 

So for example:

Warp 5 = c5^3 = c125 = 125 billion kph

Uh, I think you meant to say that Warp 5 translates to 125 times lightspeed.

 

You didn't make me CENG because of my looks, you know.

c125 *is* speed of light times 125.  I don't understand what's unclear.  c = speed of light.  c125 = c times 125.  In math formulas you don't need to use the little x to mean "times."  (In fact, you don't want to confuse it with a variable named "x").  Rather, you just put the numbers and letters next to each other - means the same thing.  c125, c x 125, c*125, all mean to multiply c by 125.  (or by five cubed, or 5^3.)

 

::thinks you had better be looking pretty amazingly good...:D

[Captain Huff 0]

Umm...

 

I'd like to confess now, that whenever I played HELM, I never payed any attention to any of this...

LOL!  And you absolutely don't have to!!  We're just being nerds.  I actually have charts that give the number of days covering various starship journeys at different warp speeds, but I only used it once out of the sheer novelty of it.  It's really... not necessary.  :D

 

And Laura... the vector navigation system *is* physics!  

 

::Dad would be so proud if he knew how I was using my college education::

[VileRomulan 0]

Umm...

 

I'd like to confess now, that whenever I played HELM, I never payed any attention to any of this...

LOL!  And you absolutely don't have to!!  We're just being nerds.  I actually have charts that give the number of days covering various starship journeys at different warp speeds, but I only used it once out of the sheer novelty of it.  It's really... not necessary.  :D

 

And Laura... the vector navigation system *is* physics!  

 

::Dad would be so proud if he knew how I was using my college education::

Yeah, I saw that too, it's kinda cool, like romulus to qo'nos (for some reason) would take a few days at high warp, But I still don't get how the heck that 'great curves' thing would work in space, anyways, you can get it from the brvofleet downloads section, they also have some really interesting (and accurate) stellar maps of the ST universe

[Dumbass 0]

But I still don't get how the heck that 'great curves' thing would work in space

It's working pretty well for 7 of 9, B'elanna, Hoshi, and T'Pol  :;):

[Dumbass 0]

c125 *is* speed of light times 125.  I don't understand what's unclear.  c = speed of light.  c125 = c times 125.  

You originally said 125 kph.  That's just barely breaking the speed limit, and not even close to escape velocity.

 

And you have seen my pic ;)

[Travis Kroells 0]

Weellll... ::drags out the reference books:: According to various sources -- the Encyclopedia and the tech manuals (TOS and TNG) mainly -- the OLD warp scale was linear: warp 1 = speed of light [c, as in E=mc^2], warp 2= 2c, warp 6=6c, etc.  That, supposedly, explains the references to Warp 11 and 12 that crop up in TOS.  The NEW system is exponential, so warp 1=c, but warp 2 is more like c*e^2, or something.  There was a neat little graph and chart in one of said reference books, but unfortunately I'm only dragging them out in memory -- the physical copies are about 8,000 miles away.

I dont know if this is right but i thought i remember ::Man i sound like a9:: reading an article that the TOS warp scale was expontial in powers of ten ie:  warp 1= speed of light warp 2= 10 times the speed of light.  Now I dont know if this is right but it would make sence if that a ship like voyager could beat out a large ship...take Reaent (bad example take another ambasador)  by like a warp difference of .01 because once your up into the warp 9.9 area a .01 increase is like hundreds of times faster then the one before it.  (always remember im a freshman in high school)

[Vex Xiang 0]

I think there was no typo.

 

I think the shuttle was travelling 18 times the speed of light.

 

I think it was a secret government experiment using UFO technology found at Roswell.

 

I think the shuttle was a prototype built at Area 51.

 

I think I'm insane.

[Captain Huff 0]

You originally said 125 kph

No, I said 125 BILLION kph ::puts finger on lower lip and looks at camera::. Good grief, Boy, READ my posts!!  ;)

[LoAmi 0]

You originally said 125 kph

No, I said 125 BILLION kph

What's the big deal? It's only 9 orders of magnitude!

[Travis Kroells 0]

hmm....that reminds me of...nothing...  ;)