OT: Enterprise...What did you think?

Kadste · #1 September 29th, 2001, 01:28 AM

Check out this link. It says that that warp 5 is 214 times the speed of light.
http://www.netmoon.com/startrek/warp1/warp.htm

How about warp 9.9999 equals 199,516 times the speed of light.

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Atrocities · #2 September 29th, 2001, 02:10 AM

What did I think of Enterprise? Well in a word, awsome. I was really surprised at the attention to detail, and the overall effect that they were able to pull off.

I truly look forward to seening more of this show.

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Suicide Junkie · #3 September 29th, 2001, 02:22 AM

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As to how fast they were moving ; didnt Capt Archer say to the crew it would take a week or so to get used to flying at 30,000 kilometers per second, just before they lost all power?

Lightspeed is 300,000 KM/s.
Maybe he said 30 million KM/s = 100c

Dracus · #4 September 29th, 2001, 04:37 PM

Note:
Warp 5 on pre-2287 scale....

Dracus · #5 September 29th, 2001, 04:51 PM

while these might not be totally to spec
here is a web site with some interesting specs http://home.att.net/~enterprise1701d/ste/tech.html

Lerchey · #6 September 29th, 2001, 10:47 PM

I will admit to liking Enterprise. And I'll likely continue to watch it. While most folks have fired off opinions about things that were ... bothersome, like the "shower scene", I had a more general problem. And in fact, it's a problem that EVERY Star Trek series has shared... temporal linear inconsistancy.

The time lines just NEVER work. Phased pistols in use while the original pilot for the 1701 Enterprise crew had lasers (already mentioned); Klingons in the "modern" form (bumpy headed barbarian warriors with strong senses of honor) when in ToS they were... well, clearly different. And if explained as the Klingons being "modified" so that the humans would be more trusting, well... as usual, the Star Trek historians completely forgot about the first Klingons they met. Give me a break.

And despite the fact that the ToS Enterprise was sent out on a 5 year mission to meet new races, that base/trading post they hit had dozens of races that never appear again.

Again, I liked it. And I'll watch it. But as with all Star Trek, you really need to not only suspend disbelief, you often have to add blinders and memory depleters as well.

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Suicide Junkie · #7 September 29th, 2001, 11:37 PM

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at warp 1 a ship could travel from the sun to earth in about 8 seconds

I have to correct this one:
Earth is 8 light-MINUTES from the sun, not seconds.
Warp 1 is the speed of light. So the ship would take 8 minutes at warp 1.

8 seconds at warp one would take you only a few earth-moon lengths away.