Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site tilt.FUN Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!tilt!chenr From: chenr@tilt.FUN (Ray Chen) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Antimatter and Dilithium Message-ID: <220@tilt.FUN> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 22:33:04 EST Article-I.D.: tilt.220 Posted: Tue Dec 18 22:33:04 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 00:32:10 EST References: <2642@dartvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Princeton University EECS Dept Lines: 10 Dilithium, for some magical reason, is able to focus, channel, and control the power liberated by a matter/anti-matter reaction much, MUCH better than anything else. So, "present-day" equipment is geared towards dilithium. A starship is sure to have backup power distribution mechanisms but there's no reason to believe that one of them doesn't use dilithium. According to the "literature", top warp speed in the pre-dilithium days was warp 4.8. Large power systems without dilithium in them are "now" obsolete. Ray Chen princeton!tilt!chenr