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From: ewan@uw-june (Ewan Tempero)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: New discussion
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Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 22:20:04 EDT
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>John Eaton

>function to  near zero. The area in which a ships field will warp space to
>a detectable amount is huge so that a incoming ship can be detected several
>minutes away. 
 ^^^^^^^
This is something else that has worried me a bit. If the thing's travelling
at warp 6 ( which we all can agree is faster than the speed of light even
if we're not sure by how much ) then how can you possibly detect it? Unless
you have some sort of "beam" ( read radiation of some kind ) that goes
whereever a ship goes when it warps space.

>Another thing to consider is that a incoming ship at warp 6 will spend most
>of its time deccelerating to a slow enough speed to use its weapons.

It seems to me that if anything is going to go faster than light then it
can't have inertia ( that comes from mass ) so doesn't that mean acceleration
is "instantaneos"?



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            Ewan

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Ewan Tempero                                      "Oh no, not again"
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Please check all nuclear arms at the door.