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Marek Command Council
Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: The Dark Side of Utah
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject: Warp Factor |
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I've been doing some research because I have been arbitrarily throwing out distances to this point. Anyone know of what they would call an accurate warp calculator? I tried a few out and for the same warp factor one was twice as long to reach Alpha Centauri than the other. I realize that TNG and TOS have different warp definitions, but it seems that once the number gets over warp 9, it's really just a guessing game. One calculator tweaks the numbers so it matches the chart in the TNG tech manual and one just has a wierd formula. I ask because as I looked at this I realized that I shot myself in the foot. I thought ten light years would be an okay distance, but for a runabout which maxes at warp 5 from what I have seen, it would take 13 days or something like that to travel that distance. Can we maybe agree on a calculator for the simm? Just an errant thought, _________________
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uvek Task Force Crewman
Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 1417 Location: bluffton ohio
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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http://home.att.net/~srschmitt/script_warpcalc.html
This may be the same one you are familiar with but this is the one I've been using to keep track of distances and times.....
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Marek Command Council
Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Posts: 1045 Location: The Dark Side of Utah
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Yep that's the one with the wierd formula. Anyway, it's going to be an unrealistic travel time for the runabout, we'll say it's only a couple lightyears or something, ten would be way too long of a travel time. _________________
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uvek Task Force Crewman
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:15 am Post subject: |
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too true. However, it could be construed that the interference from the Tal'harton signal, coupled with subspace refraction could conceivably add distance to the signal.....
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Marek Command Council
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:28 am Post subject: |
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uvek Task Force Crewman
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:32 am Post subject: |
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Just another golden nugget from my ever-expanding mind! _________________
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