Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site wlcrjs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!wlcrjs!marc From: marc@wlcrjs.UUCP (Marc Lavine) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: What's a warp? Message-ID: <389@wlcrjs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 20-Oct-84 03:58:32 EDT Article-I.D.: wlcrjs.389 Posted: Sat Oct 20 03:58:32 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 14:33:34 EDT References: <221@wjvax.UUCP> Reply-To: marc@wlcrjs.UUCP (Marc Lavine) Organization: chi-net, Public Access UN*X, Chicago IL Lines: 7 The cube of the warp number is the number of times the speed of light they are supposed to be traveling at. Therefore, warp 2 is 8 times the speed of light, and warp 8 would be 512 times the speed of light. -- Marc Lavine uucp: ...ihnp4!wlcrjs!marc MCI Mail: MLavine (174-4419)