OT: Revised Edition Star Trek

[Wolfman77]

OK, I can see noone liked my ideas on cloaking devices, so I'll say no more about that part of it for now. How about we just enjoy the TB for what it is concerning them, and use exhaust and tachyons, depending on the situation, and not disect it too much.

The engines seem to make sense when described in terms of efficiency, but if they use a low intensity warp field for impulse, why do they have to worry about time dialation. I thought warp fields were supposed to fix that problem. Do they need a field strenght high enough to reach warp 1 before it effects time, or am I missing someting else?

[NullAshton]

Warp fields fix the problem because they're not traveling faster than light, as far as physics are concerned. The low intensity warp field for impulse is to make the enterprise seem lighter, and thus have more acceleration.

[Wolfman77]

Ah, I get it now. Thanks for to explanation.

[NullAshton]

Of course, unless you're dealing with omega particles, it doesn't really matter.

[Wolfman77]

How's that?

[NullAshton]

Because when an omega particle explodes, it creates a field that you cannot use warp drive in.

[Wolfman77]

oh, yeah, now I remember that. From a voyager show, isn't it? Something about and uncontrolable reaction that destroys subspace, I think.