Problems that need solving

Daemonzi · Post by **Daemonzi** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:16 pm

This may be of some factual StarTrek use but not of much game use but...
The dots of light you see during warp arn't star systems as at warp speed it takes 5 mins to cross 1 galexy (milkyway size)
Any ships can use a stable wormhole, but these are rare, but cover graet distances like 1/4 of the universe.
Transwarp drives can be used (very very expensive and unsafe but instantanious) and work by creating a temporary wormhole for a short amount of time, (other ships can sneak in it to while its open). And slipstream drives are less expensive but just make you go very fast (makes a "wave" of energy behind the starship and you "surf" the wave.)
Ill post some exact speeds and stuff, when my internet gets reestablished to my comp and i can acsess my StarTrek encyclopedia (very sad i know).

Jennos · Post by **Jennos** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 2:59 am

5 mins to cross a galaxy? If this were true then Voyager would never have happened. You might want to check your figures, buddy.

Nevita · Post by **Nevita** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 4:25 am

He might mean that if you were actually going fast enough that the stars streaked like you see in Star Trek, you would be going fast enough to cross the galaxy in five minutes. I think that I've done that calculation once (because I'm a geek. Leave me alone!

) and the five minutes figure sounds about right.

Jennos · Post by **Jennos** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:21 am

Got it. That's what I thought, but I was just checking. And I have nothing against geeks.

Daemonzi · Post by **Daemonzi** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 2:55 pm

woops, sorry,

i ment solar systems, our size.

JmasterJ · Post by **JmasterJ** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 4:25 am

this is all a moot poiint now as on the main page for vega strike they are implementing "warp" speed.

peteyg · Post by **peteyg** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 5:02 am

Well, kinda. We're definitely going to be using the 'spec' warp-drive thingie from Vega Strike as the in-system warp in Vega Trek. but SPEC doesn't do us any help in terms of interstellar travel.