how much fuel does the enterprise use?

[Raduque]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Good_Things... that alternate universe had the enterprise at warp 13 !!!!! we been stuck at warp 9.x for a long time.. how long as the series been out.. would you be pissed if the new movie coming out went warp 20 ?

it would be kick ass 🙂

I'm showing my nerd a little here, but I think warp 10, 11, 12, 13, etc in that alternate universe/future timeline, are simply renames of warp speeds such as 9.9999975 and 9.999999999, because warp 10 requires infinite energy and allows you to be at every point in existence at every point in time.

 

[IronWing]

because warp 10 requires infinite energy and allows you to be at every point in existence at every point in time.

So it's kind of like Apple Maps for outer space?

 

[Juddog]

True warp 10 would mean that you'd be omnipresent; that is to say, you'd be going so fast that you would literally exist everywhere in the universe at the same time.

--edit already mentioned by Raduque --

 

[rsutoratosu]

but in one of the episode, theres that 1 ship that goes warp 34/35 ? from antimatter space

 

[rsutoratosu]

Just checked the wiki, i guess they renumbered a bunch of stuff 🙂

By the mid-24th century, infinite velocity was designated as warp factor ten.

 

[DesiPower]

Because interchanging constantly between subtitles and English would be hard work for the viewer.

Also, having the ship's universal translator read out everything the alien is saying would lose the emotion of what they're saying.

Darmok was an interesting episode, Shaka when the Walls Fell

 

[SunnyD]

I'm showing my nerd a little here, but I think warp 10, 11, 12, 13, etc in that alternate universe/future timeline, are simply renames of warp speeds such as 9.9999975 and 9.999999999, because warp 10 requires infinite energy and allows you to be at every point in existence at every point in time.

True warp 10 would mean that you'd be omnipresent; that is to say, you'd be going so fast that you would literally exist everywhere in the universe at the same time.

--edit already mentioned by Raduque --

True and false at the same time.

Transwarp was one such technology that essentially allowed them to break this limit by approximately 20-fold.

Also, the delta flyer in Voyager was explicitly designed to break Warp 10 - and did in the episode where Paris took Janeway and had lizard babies together. But that was the side effect of breaking the warp threshold.

And yes, it was explained somewhere along the line that warp 9 in TOS != warp 9 in TNG, but more like warp 3. Scales were constantly revised up until the warp 10 threshold was found.

Still, the warp threshold was an artificial limitation of SUBSPACE warp technology, which is why things like transwarp (which didn't actually utilize subspace - at least not in the same way) were able to exist and defy the laws of warp theory.

 

[GrumpyMan]

How come they don't run into a bunch of planets and meteors/astroids going at that speed?

 

[DesiPower]

Also, to answer OPs question, running at high warps puts a lot of stress on the system and if they do it for extended period of time, say day or two, they have to stop for maintenance which takes hours or even a day. I remember hearing something on these lines in TNG, Voyager and DS9

 

[K1052]

True and false at the same time.

Transwarp was one such technology that essentially allowed them to break this limit by approximately 20-fold.

Also, the delta flyer in Voyager was explicitly designed to break Warp 10 - and did in the episode where Paris took Janeway and had lizard babies together. But that was the side effect of breaking the warp threshold.

And yes, it was explained somewhere along the line that warp 9 in TOS != warp 9 in TNG, but more like warp 3. Scales were constantly revised up until the warp 10 threshold was found.

Still, the warp threshold was an artificial limitation of SUBSPACE warp technology, which is why things like transwarp (which didn't actually utilize subspace - at least not in the same way) were able to exist and defy the laws of warp theory.

The Delta Flyer wasn't built yet, they used a class 2 shuttle to test the transwarp drive in the "Threshold" episode. The DF only went transwarp twice...using a stolen Borg TW coil to get 7 of 9 back from the Borg Queen and to go home. It did use a slipstream corridor created by Voyager to get home in a possible future.

 

[SunnyD]

How come they don't run into a bunch of planets and meteors/astroids going at that speed?

Pre-charted navigational routes and navigational deflector arrays (shields that are always up that deflect micro meteors and other small hazards, but not powerful enough to disrupt normal day to day stuff).

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally Posted by dmcowen674
You must have missed the Next Generation episode explaining why.

Running at Warp creates a ripple in space similar to a wake a boat makes.

Causes havoc in some star systems so you if you don't need Warp 9 you go a bit slower (lower wake).

that happened in season 6 or 7, so it isn't really an explanation. and that show was lame. 24th century version of global warming.

now as for the OP's question? the answer is that it's a TV show. just shut up and enjoy how awesome TNG is, and how much better it was than every other Star Trek franchise.

But she blew herself up for the cause, shirley you must appreciate that.

 

[Farang]

Pre-charted navigational routes and navigational deflector arrays (shields that are always up that deflect micro meteors and other small hazards, but not powerful enough to disrupt normal day to day stuff).

I love how answers to these things are just "er" or "or" words that are anti-whatevertheproblem is. Usually involving "rays" or some other invisible force. It's basically like saying "uhh.... magic"

 

[CrackRabbit]

Depends on the Enterprise. The first such ships were sailing ships, so they used no fuel. :sneaky: The most recent ship used Uranium - I'm not sure how much.

We're not looking for the nuclear wessels right now.

 

[SunnyD]

I love how answers to these things are just "er" or "or" words that are anti-whatevertheproblem is. Usually involving "rays" or some other invisible force. It's basically like saying "uhh.... magic"

You walk up to a prehistoric human with a lighter in your hand and flick it on. Guess what - you just made MAGIC FIRES SPROUT FROM YOUR HANDS!!!!!!

Well what the fuck did you expect? We're talking about science fiction here, and stuff set approximately 2 to 3 centuries into the future no less.

 

[Triumph]

True warp 10 would mean that you'd be omnipresent; that is to say, you'd be going so fast that you would literally exist everywhere in the universe at the same time.

--edit already mentioned by Raduque --

What about when The Traveler took the enterprise all over the universe? Weren't they going like warp 15?

 

[dabuddha]

What about when The Traveler took the enterprise all over the universe? Weren't they going like warp 15?

Or how Q just moves them anywhere he wants to.

 

[Juddog]

What about when The Traveler took the enterprise all over the universe? Weren't they going like warp 15?

That's the problem with the series; depending on which series you're watching, as mentioned above, the meaning of the warp number changes.

 

[randay]

it doesnt use any fuel because it isnt real.

 

[Fayd]

Also why does every damn species speak English? At least in Dr who they use the tardis excuse and in hitchhikers guide they use that alien that gets put in your ear, the Babel

uh, universal translator.

 

[Fayd]

What about when The Traveler took the enterprise all over the universe? Weren't they going like warp 15?

i was under the impression he took them to warp 10.

and then in the final episode, it's stated that most of the new ships have warp 14 as their top.

so yeah, not a lot of continuity, even within a series.

 

[Tobolo]

Yeah, it wasn't until 6 or 7 that they explained the reasoning behind the Warp 5 rule.

Some planet's atmosphere was being destroyed by the subspace wake IRC. There was talk of ultimately banning warp in general.

 

[Fritzo]

You must have missed the Next Generation episode explaining why.

Running at Warp creates a ripple in space similar to a wake a boat makes.

Causes havoc in some star systems so you if you don't need Warp 9 you go a bit slower (lower wake).

I think some of the novels also explained that it takes a lot of resources and power from other systems to travel faster, plus it shortens the life of the engines. To travel at warp 8 vs warp 4 would require you to shut down non-essential systems and you would have to do scheduled maintenance sooner.

Guess it makes sense.

 

[techs]

Yeah, it wasn't until 6 or 7 that they explained the reasoning behind the Warp 5 rule.

Some planet's atmosphere was being destroyed by the subspace wake IRC. There was talk of ultimately banning warp in general.

iirc that was only in a certain part of space and that they could go warp crazy everywhere else

 

[brainhulk]

so how come everybody inside the space ship doesnt do this:

but does this:

when hit by a torpedo or phaser