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From: bsa@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: A new question to mull over
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 14:41:26 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 29 14:41:26 1984
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> Article <>, from cushner@ttidcb.UUCP (Jeffrey Cushner)
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| Now that we've basically run the warp speed question into the ground
| (with everyone giving a different "definitive answer" it's time for
| a new question that's been bugging me for some time:
| 
| 		How do stardates work?
| 

In STI/II (but not III, they never even *mentioned* stardates :-) they
were in the `Fan form', i.e. yymm.dd (you did notice that, didn't you? :-)
I guess they were desperate and used the film dates; maybe we'll be able
to tell the filming sequence by listening to the stardates :-)

There's one small problem with correcting for relativity etc. in stardates:
you *can't*.  Time is passing at wildly different rates everywhere in
the galaxy, and you can't correct for that without instantaneous radio
communications (we know they lack those).  Einstein gets us coming and
going :-}

Now I have a question:  in one episode, the following dialogue occurs:

		Kirk:	"Space-normal speed, Mr. Sulu."
		VIP:	"SPACE-NORMAL!?"

No idea what episode or who the VIP was(n't); but my question is, what
is space-normal speed?  I think he sped up to Warp 2 later on, but warp
1 is easier to say than "space-normal", so it's either (a) one and a
fraction, or (b) sublight (!).  I think I can rationalize (b), but would
prefer not; any other suggestions?

--bsa
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