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   From: liam@valentijn.nu   
      
   Mike Dicenso wrote:   
   > On Tue, 23 May 2006, Wouter Valentijn wrote:   
      
      
      
   >>>   
   >>> Unless indicated otherwise from a knowledgeable character, I have to   
   >>> assume that the day and night cycle on the Kalanden outpost since   
   >>> the parameters such as gravity and so on was set to mimic that of   
   >>> Earth or any other similar class-M planet. Some things to keep in   
   >>> mind:   
   >>>   
   >>> - What time of day did Kirk and the landing party depart? Was it   
   >>> mid-day?   
   >>   
   >> Or just a couple of hours before sunset.   
   >> And at what time of year? Is it summer?   
   >   
   > There was no indication of a late afternoon sky, nor a setting sun   
   > visible on horizon. The temperature was comfortable enough that the   
   > crew wasn't freezing, so I suppose spring or summer, maybe autumn on   
   > the outside, assuming a tilted axis to make for signficant seasonal   
   > changes.   
   >   
      
   Indeed.   
      
      
      
   >   
   > Either way, the E-1701 at warp 8.4 wasn't going to be doing better   
   > than 2,000 ly a day. The E-D, on the other hand, at normal maximum   
   > warp is capable of a high-end of 2,8557 ly a day, based on crossing   
   > 40 kly in 14 days.   
      
   Yeah.   
      
      
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