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Originally posted by Menschenfresser:
Psycho,
I really have no idea about such things, but are you talking about warp 10 as max from a Startrek point of view?
Like I said, i have no idea about such things, but i distinctly remember in the final episode of StarTrek, TNG, the Enterprise of the future flying off somewhere at warp 13...
Obviously there are two warp systems, an "old" and a "new" one. When I have written my post I was just aware of the "new warp system":
1. The warp factor equivalencies for standard orbit and full impulse can be calculated using "TNG Warp Calculator 1.1" by RomuSoft. This program can be downloaded from
http://www.stinsv.com/icons.htm.
2. Full impulse - ¼ of light-speed, but it does not mean that it is the maximum sublight speed that the impulse motors of the starships can create. For instance, the impulse engines of the Enterprise-D could have produced enough energy to move the ship with a speed of 0.92 light-speed, but the restriction of ¼ of light-speed is made to hold the problems with time dilation that occurs on near-light speeds in normal space as low as possible.
3. Warp 5 - max. normal cruising speed in the middle of the 24th century due to the fact, that starships moving faster than warp 5 made significant damage to subspace. Therefore speeds over warp 5 were restricted to absolute necessity.
4. Warp 6 - max. normal cruising speed in the late 24th century after the starships were modified so that their warp engines didn't pose a threat to subspace even when the starship was moving faster than warp 5. Warp 6 is approximately warp 7.3 in the "old" system.
5. Warp 9.2 - normal max. speed of UFP starships.
6. Warp 9.6 - top max. speed of most UFP starships (including U.S.S. Enterprise-D, which could maintain warp 9.6 up to 12 hours). Warp 9.6 is approximately warp 11.8 in the "old" system.
7. Warp 9.9999 - max. speed of the subspace radio waves attained with booster relays.
8. Warp 10 - In the "new" warp factor system warp factor 10 is infinite speed (and to reach it, one needs infinite amount of energy, therefore warp 10 is unattainable). This means, that if an object was moving with warp 10 (which is impossible), the object would be occupying ALL points in the universe (which is infinitely large) at the same time.
This information is not garanteed.
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[This message has been edited by PsychoTechFreak (edited 09 June 2001).]
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