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From: kmo@ptsfa.UUCP (Ken Olsen)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: What's a warp?
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Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 21:43:23 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 19 21:43:23 1984
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> Heard somewhere that warp 1 is the speed of light.  From
> "star trek the motion sickness" this appears to be the case.
> So what's warp 2?  Certainly not merely 2 times lightspeed.
> Galactic distances would be too great.  Does anyone know the
> relationship between warp numbers and velocity?
> 
> Side note:  We're probably talking psudovelocity, as they
> never *actually* exceed the speed of light, but warp space
> so distances get smaller.
> -- 
> 
> 	"Trivia is important."		Ron Christian
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	Warp Factor 1 = the speed of light
	Warp Factor 3 =  24 times the speed of light
	Warp Factor 6 = 216 times the speed of light
	Warp Factor 8 = 512 times the speed of light

Warp drive was first used in the year 2018.

Ken Olsen
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