XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   Wouter Valentijn wrote on 8/07/2018 9:20 PM:   
   > 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   
   >   
   Thanks, Wouter. No, I wasn't aware of that web-site, but that's nothing   
   new!! ;-)   
      
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