Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!uwvax!derek From: derek@uwvax.UUCP (Derek Zahn) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: What's a warp? Message-ID: <28@uwvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Nov-84 13:43:08 EST Article-I.D.: uwvax.28 Posted: Sat Nov 3 13:43:08 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Nov-84 05:11:56 EST References: <221@wjvax.UUCP> <667@reed.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 35 > > 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? > > > > O.K., Trekker, here goes: from the actual "Star Trek Manual" (or > something of the sort, I just thumbed through the book; it was too > expensive to buy), the actual (and simple!) formula for calculating the > warp speeds of the Enterprise is to simply use the law of cubes. Ergo: > WARP SPEED OF LIGHT > 1 1 > 2 8 > 3 27 > 4 64 > 5 125 > 6 216 > > etcetera. > You can see that the Enterprise was a quick vessel indeed! > A fellow Trekker, > Bryan Sabol (Reed College) Please, folks, if I hear one more "official" explanation that speed = warp**3*c, I will scream. I get the point. derek -- Derek Zahn @ wisconsin ...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,sfwin,ucbvax,uwm-evax}!uwvax!derek derek@wisc-rsch.arpa