rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (10/12/83)
Warp 10 is the maximum emergency speed of the UPRATED Enterprise, as I already said. Warp 8 was max. for the original Enterprise and is the max. cruising speed for the uprated Enterprise (vs. warp 6 for the original Enterprise). I refer you to the blueprints which came out with the release of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." -- Roger Noe ...ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe
rtf@ihuxw.UUCP (10/12/83)
I hate to disagree with both of you but I have the Star Trek motion picture poster on the wall of my office(with the cutaway view of the hull). Under the specifications section is: SPEED - WARP 12 Sorry guys, sparrow
rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (10/12/83)
Yes, sparrow, I too have that cutaway poster on my wall and I know of the warp 12 listing there. But since all it says is "speed - warp 12" without any qualifiers (like "maximum cruising" for example) and no other comments about the engines at all, I take the blueprints to be the prime authority. At this moment I am looking at the first edition of the blueprints to the uprated Enterprise and not only does it indicate warp 10, it includes a bunch of jargon about the engines and whatnot. Much more specific than that David Kimble poster (which, incidentally, has not had widespread distribution of the same order as the blueprints). -- Roger Noe ...ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe
CSvax:Pucc-H:Physics:crl@pur-ee.UUCP (10/13/83)
The problem with relying on blueprints, tech manuals, etc. about the Star Trek universe, is that, at least in the past, none of them were "official". That is, the creative staff of the series/movies were not consulted. I know this to be the case for the pre-movie "era". While I believe Roddenberry approved the tech manuals and the like, I believe I remember him saying that he felt no compulsion to keep to it. Thus, for one, there is probably no such thing as a dreadnought. I have not bought any of the post-movie stuff, so I cannot say one way or another. Perhaps someone who has them could tell me what, if any, authenticity it was given. I remember looking at the poster cut-away and thinking, "The scale is all wrong", but it's been a while now. Charles LaBrec UUCP: pur-ee!Physics:crl, purdue!Physics:crl INTERNET: crl @ pur-phy.UUCP