What if............

Post by **Mikey** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:37 pm

When you're as cool as Jim Kirk, "low and slow" is all you need. 8)

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:45 pm

That what he needed!!! Sunglasses 8)

Spock too

Post by **Teaos** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:53 am

Cause thats a good speed to start off at until you get out of they system thats full of stuff you can hit.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:23 pm

Even at Warp 1, wouldn't you be out of the system pretty fast?

Captain Picard's Hair · Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:08 pm

Warp 1 = c; from the Sun to Earth is 7-8 minutes at c, but Neptune, the outermost large planet in our system is about 4 light-hours from the Sun at 30 AU.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:11 pm

Ah, okay.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:51 pm

So with older engines it was ok to use warp inside a solar system, but with the newer engines it became a bad idea??

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:55 pm

Mark wrote:So with older engines it was ok to use warp inside a solar system, but with the newer engines it became a bad idea??

They sure were inconsistant about that, weren't they?

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:56 pm

:::holding thumb and forefinger apart quarter inch:::

Just a bit.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:58 pm

Mark wrote:So with older engines it was ok to use warp inside a solar system, but with the newer engines it became a bad idea??

I wouldn't say it's entirely senseless - depending on how the newer engines worked, they might to more damage. By having a much more volumous subspace field, for example.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:02 pm

If you['re leaving the star system, why not just go 'up' and avoid the other planets altogether?

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:05 pm

Because that would be sensible.

Post by **Mikey** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:15 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:If you['re leaving the star system, why not just go 'up' and avoid the other planets altogether?

Third-dimension shortsightedness, a la TWOK.

Seriously, does anyone more familiar with Keppler than I know if there is anything that states that most planetary systems would form with most of the orbits in the same plane, as ours?

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:18 pm

Hence why I'd do it that way.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:36 pm

I wouldn't say it's entirely senseless - depending on how the newer engines worked, they might to more damage. By having a much more volumous subspace field, for example.

Well, TNG era engines were supposed to damage subspace, so maybe they restricted their use in-system due to possible effects?

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