XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From: liam@valentijn.nu   
      
   Op 6-7-2018 om 09:10 schreef Daniel60:   
   > One of the local Free-to-air T.V. stations is giving us a double dose of   
   > ST:TNG each afternoon. Yesterday, one of the episodes was "Conspiracy"   
   > and, before the opening credits, Riker is in the Top Chair and give La   
   > Forge the order "Warp 6" to which La Forge responds "Eye Sir, Full   
   > Impulse"!!   
   >   
   > Really!! Warp 6 is only Full Impulse?? I know there was a change of   
   > scale in the Warp Speeds between ST:TOS and ST:TNG, but I was always   
   > under the impression Full Impulse was roughly equivalent to Warp 1.   
   >   
   > Have I been wrong all these years?? Or did La Forge stuff up?? Or did   
   > the scriptwriters stuff up??   
      
      
   The scriptwriters were wrong.   
      
   BTW, are you familiar with DITL.ORG?   
      
   Wonderful site by Graham Kennedy.   
      
   One very interesting page there is this one:   
      
      
   http://www.ditl.org/article-page.php?ArticleID=17   
      
      
   So, I think we should forget what is 'official'.   :-P   
      
      
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