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From: jimm@pecosdg.UUCP (Jim Millard)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Re: What's a warp?
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Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 23:31:50 EST
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> As I remember reading my friend's Star Fleet Technical Manual...
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> 	apparent velocity = c raised to warp level
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> hope this clears things up... anybody got the manual to check me on it?
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> 	steve cary


Sorry you are wrong. See following excerpt from the STAR FLEET Techincal Manual.

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V = Wf^3 x C 

So there you have it the warp factor cubed times the speed of light gives
the imaginary negative velocity.