Mr. Oragahn wrote: Technically, their FTL tech doesn't have them crash into stuff at stupid speeds. The warping effect would make those particles "hit" the ship at the speed at which she flew before activating warp, as the particles would come close to the warp bubble.
The ship just distorts its own local space. I guess an abuse of warp travel in all directions would seriously screw the fabric of space and explain all the odd stuff in Trek. :)
Lucky wrote:Crashing into stuff while at warp is a problem, and always has been. The first time we see this problem is in one of the TOS episodes with Harry Mud.Broken Bow wrote: TUCKER: Beautiful. Lock it off right there. (wipes a fingerprint off the warp console)
REED: I believe you missed a spot. Commander Tucker, Ensign Travis Mayweather. He just arrived.
TUCKER: Our space boomer.
TRAVIS: How fast have you gotten her?
TUCKER: Warp four. We'll be going to four five as soon as we clear Jupiter. Think you can handle it?
TRAVIS: Four point five.
REED: Pardon me, but if I don't realign the deflector, the first grain of space dust we come across will blow a hole through this ship the size of your fist.
TUCKER: Keep your shirt on, Lieutenant. Your equipment'll be here in the morning.
You can use a warp drive in an Earth like atmosphere with no ill effects. I think realistic went out the window with that alone.Mr. Oragahn wrote:It's not a real warp drive then. The object moving in the warp would not be moving at FTL relative to any object entering its own warp field. And that's the least of the problems of a "realistic" warp drive.
About 0:28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-1kkB_qF28
No. lowering mass is not what a warp drive normally does as Deja Q shows. Making something lighter is thinking outside the box.Mr. Oragahn wrote:The warp drive in Trek is solely aimed at lightening the ship (which is an effect that is documented in Trek), and only then particles are a danger.
"Nth Degree" would seem to show that the purpose of the warp drive is to manipulate gravitons.
Basically what is happening here is an enhanced Barclay is creating a wormhole.Nth Degree wrote:WORF: Captain, I am picking up subspace distortion.
PICARD: Mister Data?
DATA: This disturbance is the result of a highly charged graviton field emanating from our warp nacelles. It is creating a severe bias in the subspace continuum.
PICARD: Mister Barclay, are you responsible for this graviton field disturbance?
BARCLAY [OC]: Yes, sir, I'm altering subspace in a way that's never been conceived of before. I'm fairly certain it will allow us to travel half-way across the galaxy in a matter of only
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