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Warp questions

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imported_M3

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In star trek, When in warp if you fire a photon torpedo. How does the torpedo stay on warp after it leaves your warp field?
I know there are episodes where they fir forward torpedos at warp and they stayed in warp.
So torpedos have there own warp engines?
 
An object in motion tends to stay in motion. With no resistance the torpedo would continue at the speed in which it left the ship. That speed = Warp + firing speed. So I would say yes they stay at warp, but no they don't have warp engines.
 
I think it was to do with the warp bubble that is created when millions of trek geeks are fapping at the same time.
 
It takes no energy for the torpedo to coast along at warp speed. However, it would be unable to change direction after it left the warp field. The warp field alters the mass of the ship so that it can attain those speeds. Without the field, it becomes infinitly massive and therefore would take infinite energy to change it's intertia.

<-- pulling from very old, possibly wrong trek knowledge.
 
Originally posted by: Beattie
It takes no energy for the torpedo to coast along at warp speed. However, it would be unable to change direction after it left the warp field. The warp field alters the mass of the ship so that it can attain those speeds. Without the field, it becomes infinitly massive and therefore would take infinite energy to change it's intertia.

<-- pulling from very old, possibly wrong trek knowledge.
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If that was the case, then a torpedo fired @ warp speed that left the field would be the ultimate weapon. With an infinite mass it would be able to destroy anything on impact :Q
 
While I love the shows, Star Trek is science fantasy -- with very little science. I mean, c'mon, they got up-and-down in space...
 
Originally posted by: Vic
While I love the shows, Star Trek is science fantasy -- with very little science. I mean, c'mon, they got up-and-down in space...
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I know a lot of people think that if your a geek you gotta love star trek, but that's not entirely true.

Some folks can't stand star trek.

eugh

 
Originally posted by: ggnl
lol @ the people seriously answering this question
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I have you ever watched a Star Destroyer vs The Enterprise debate? Those are crazy! (Destroyer owns)
 
Originally posted by: azazyel
Originally posted by: ggnl
lol @ the people seriously answering this question
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I have you ever watched a Star Destroyer vs The Enterprise debate? Those are crazy! (Destroyer owns)
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Errr..it does?

Do I have to remind you that a A-Wing Starfighter brought down an entire Star Destroyer on it's down?

In Return of the Jedi?

 
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: azazyel
Originally posted by: ggnl
lol @ the people seriously answering this question
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I have you ever watched a Star Destroyer vs The Enterprise debate? Those are crazy! (Destroyer owns)
Click to expand...

Errr..it does?

Do I have to remind you that a A-Wing Starfighter brought down an entire Star Destroyer on it's down?

In Return of the Jedi?
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Not quite. It took a good part of the fleet to take out the main deflector generator. Then by chance alone a singe A-Wing crashed into the bridge...


/me needs to go eat a steak and kill something... feeling a little too nerdy right now.
 
Originally posted by: Beau
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: azazyel
Originally posted by: ggnl
lol @ the people seriously answering this question
Click to expand...

I have you ever watched a Star Destroyer vs The Enterprise debate? Those are crazy! (Destroyer owns)
Click to expand...

Errr..it does?

Do I have to remind you that a A-Wing Starfighter brought down an entire Star Destroyer on it's down?

In Return of the Jedi?
Click to expand...

Not quite. It took a good part of the fleet to take out the main deflector generator. Then by chance alone a singe A-Wing crashed into the bridge...


/me needs to go eat a steak and kill something... feeling a little too nerdy right now.
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Wasn't the main deflector generator inside the core of the Death Star?

So by rights, it had no effects on the defense system mechanism of the star destroyer.


 
Originally posted by: Drekce
An object in motion tends to stay in motion. With no resistance the torpedo would continue at the speed in which it left the ship. That speed = Warp + firing speed. So I would say yes they stay at warp, but no they don't have warp engines.
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However, upon leaving the warp field the torpedo would be dragged apart by it's own inertia because it is traveling faster than light.

If I can remember correctly, the only time they ever shot a torpedo at warp was behind them, with another ship or entity traveling behind them at warp. The warp field leaves a bit of a trail for awhile so technically the torpedo was still within it.
 
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: Beau
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: azazyel
Originally posted by: ggnl
lol @ the people seriously answering this question
Click to expand...

I have you ever watched a Star Destroyer vs The Enterprise debate? Those are crazy! (Destroyer owns)
Click to expand...

Errr..it does?

Do I have to remind you that a A-Wing Starfighter brought down an entire Star Destroyer on it's down?

In Return of the Jedi?
Click to expand...

Not quite. It took a good part of the fleet to take out the main deflector generator. Then by chance alone a singe A-Wing crashed into the bridge...


/me needs to go eat a steak and kill something... feeling a little too nerdy right now.
Click to expand...

Wasn't the main deflector generator inside the core of the Death Star?

So by rights, it had no effects on the defense system mechanism of the star destroying.
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Each ship has it's own deflector generator. Remember the large ball outside the star destroyer that the "focused all firepower" on right before the a-wing crashed?
 
Originally posted by: Beau
Originally posted by: Beattie
It takes no energy for the torpedo to coast along at warp speed. However, it would be unable to change direction after it left the warp field. The warp field alters the mass of the ship so that it can attain those speeds. Without the field, it becomes infinitly massive and therefore would take infinite energy to change it's intertia.

<-- pulling from very old, possibly wrong trek knowledge.
Click to expand...

If that was the case, then a torpedo fired @ warp speed that left the field would be the ultimate weapon. With an infinite mass it would be able to destroy anything on impact :Q
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Infinite mass is only relative...
 
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