XPost: alt.startrek, rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: graham@ditl.org   
      
   Brad Filippone wrote:   
      
   > Mike Dicenso (mdicenso@seds.org) wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > : On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brad Filippone wrote:   
   >   
   > : > Alexander Rogge (a_rogge@yahoo.com) wrote:   
   > : > : >>"Where No One Has Gone Before" - TNG, Series 1.  An "upgrade" to the   
   warp   
   > : > : >>core propells the Enterprise 300 light years out of the Milky Way.   
   > : >   
   > : > : LaForge: "At maximum warp... it would take over 300 years to get home."   
   > : >   
   > : > : LaForge: "...we've not only left our own galaxy but passed through two   
   > : > : others, ending up on the far side of Triangulum, the galaxy known as   
   M-33."   
   > : >   
   > : > An interesting statement considering there ARE NO other galaxies between   
   > : > our own and M33.   
   >   
   >   
   > : In theory the E-D could have passed through one of several dwarf galaxies   
   > : that orbit or are very near our own. My vote for possible canidates   
   > : include the Sagittarious Dwarf, the Ursa Minor Dwarf, and the Draco Dwarf.   
   > : There is also the larger NGC-6822. The E-D would have had to take an   
   erratic course to go through any two of   
   > : these galaxies, mind you, but it is possible.   
   >   
   > It would also depend on where in the galaxy the Enterprise was at the time   
   > of the incident.  If they had been in Earth's solar system, for example,   
   > the dwarf galaxies you mention aren't possible, since they do not lie,   
   > from our perspective between us and  M-33.   
      
   Which rather assumes that the course was a straight line path.   
   It's possible that the ship veered direction during the flight   
   is it not?   
      
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