XPost: alt.startrek, rec.arts.startrek.current, rec.arts.tv   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2006-05-17, David Johnston  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 17 May 2006 08:58:01 -0500, JEDIDIAH    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 2006-05-16, Mike Dicenso  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> On Tue, 16 May 2006, JEDIDIAH wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2006-05-16, videonovels@yahoo.com  wrote:   
   >>>> >   
   >>>> > Wouter Valentijn wrote:   
   >>>> >> Mike Dicenso wrote:   
   >>>> >> > On Sat, 13 May 2006, Wouter Valentijn wrote:   
   >>>> >> >   
   >>>> >> >> Mike Dicenso wrote:   
   >>>> >> >>>   
   >>>> >> >>>>> Wouter Valentijn wrote:   
   [deletia]   
   >>>> >> > It was 300 years at maximum warp from the far side of the Triangulum   
   >>>> >> > Galaxy, M33, which is farther away to begin with than Andromeda. The   
   >>>> >> > latest data from Sky Catalogue 2000.0, M33 is about 2.9 million ly   
   >>>> >> > away from the Milky Way. Add about another 100 thousands or so ly for   
   >>>> >> > the E-D winding up on M33's far side, and you have about 3 million   
   >>>> >> > ly. That means at "maximum" warp, the E-D is capable of at least   
   >>>> >> > 10,000c. -Mike   
   >>>> >>   
   >>>> >> And at that speed that 70,000 lightyears could be done in 7 years..   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 	...assuming you can maintain max speed for 7 years straight.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 	Assuming this is kinda like assuming that a Tomcat can run on   
   >>>> afterburners for as long as it would take it to fly out to it's effective   
   >>>> range.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Well, if you're going to make assumptions, then why not assume it's the   
   >>> ship's maximum sustainable cruise speed, not it's top dash speed? There's   
   >>> all kinds of assumptions you can make.   
   >>   
   >>	I'm not making any assumptions. I am just bringing a much needed   
   >>dose of reality into the discussion. It is a Sci-Fi show afterall, and not   
   >>a FANTASY series.   
   >   
   > Right.  In a fantasy series you'd see things like omnipotent gods   
   > appearing who could create or destroy a world with a wave of their   
   > hand.   
      
   	Yup, you would see that week in and week out. It wouldn't be   
   an occasional diversion (annoying or otherwise). It would be the focus   
   of the show and the show would be dominated by similar constructs.   
      
   	This would be the logical followup to Star Trek: Time Meddlers   
   (BKA ST: Enterprise) and likely called something like Star Trek: Q.   
      
      
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