Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site spp2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!urban From: urban@spp2.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: What's a warp? Message-ID: <193@spp2.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 12:11:16 EDT Article-I.D.: spp2.193 Posted: Mon Oct 22 12:11:16 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Oct-84 03:17:35 EDT References: <221@wjvax.UUCP> <2941@mit-eddie.UUCP> Reply-To: urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban) Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach CA Lines: 11 Summary: I seem to have been here before. The fan material from Paramount that appeared while the show was still on seemed to think that the speed was c*n^3, but (due to a misprint? miscalculation?) listed Warp 3 as 24c rather than 27c. The examples given allow one to use the formula (n*(2^n))*c, which lets you cover interstellar distances in almost reasonable times at higher warp speeds. n^3 is simply too slow. Use the "units" program to convert "512c" to "lightyear/week" and you get the idea. Mike