![]() There should be something more going on there, because every damn warp nacelle seems to have those things even though relatively few starships would probably have a need for the ability to siphon additional fuel from space. After all, we never hear of the navigational deflector being used the way it was intended to be used, and we do hear of it being used in a number of very different ways, but the name is still explicit and suggestive.Īgreed, though, that it's a bit unlikely that the collectors would be in place solely because they help refuel the ship. The way the collectors were used there (or in "Samaritan Snare" or "Night Terrors") need not be the way they were designed to be used. With a maximum velocity of 0.73 LY/HR, this would yield a velocity of 6,399.18 times the speed of light, making for a warp factor of approximately 18.5656, with a cruise velocity of 0.55 to 0.60 LY/HR, this would make for a velocity between 4,821.3 to 5,259.6 times the speed of light, making for warp factors ranging from approximately 16.8936 to 17.3907.īTW: I should note that bussard-collectors based on calculations of velocity vs amount of stellar hydrogen density in space, would be largely useless below Warp 8 (512 c), and at these warp-factors would be easily useable.Ĭlick to expand.Oh, I dunno. ![]() I just think it would be best to ignore the warp-factors and simply focus on the LY/HR figures for the ship's maximum velocity. I don't object to the Warp-Scale being W^3 as it would be a cubic relationship and objects being 3-dimensional and such. Personally, I think that it would be just best to assume Gene Roddenberry's figure of the ship being capable of a maximum speed of 0.73 LY/HR would be a pretty solid figure to go with.Ĭonsidering how the faster you go, disproportionate amounts of energy end up yielding proportionately smaller increases in speed (Since we're in space, we don't need to factor in issues such as hydroplaning, supercavitation, mach-number effects and so on) one could assume that the cruise speed could be somewhat close to the maximum warp-speed (0.55 to 0.60 LY/HR). ![]()
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