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From: jvs@iwu1d.UUCP (John V. Smith)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Maximum Enterprise Speed
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Date: Mon, 17-Oct-83 09:18:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 17 09:18:57 1983
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I don't own any "blueprints" or "startrek novels" and I've never been one
for paying much attention to detail anyway.  But since I started reading
this newsgroup I've noticed that I seem to notice the little things when I
watch the TV show now.  You know, things like how many stripes ont the
sleeve, or how many times the same actor pops up playing a different character.
Well, the recent discussion here about how fast the Enterprise can go has
my brain subconsiously picking up any line in any show where warp speed is
mentiond.

This past weekend (10/15/83 to be exact) I was watching startrek here in
the Chicago area on channel 32.  I don't recall the episodes title but it
was the one where the Enterprise crosses the Romulan neutral zone and Kirk
and Spock steal the Romulan Cloaking device.  Anyway, towards the end of the
show they've stolen the device, Scotty's trying to install it in the Enterprise
, and Kirk decides it's time to make a brake for it.  Kirk utters a line
something like, "Mr. Sulu, take us away from the Romulans. Warp nine".  My
ears immediatly perked up.  I thought that I must of heard it wrong since
the discussions here have indicated that the "maximum" speed of the old
Enterprise was only warp 8 (perhaps it was 5 not 9, I thought).  Well less
than a minute later my confusion was cleard up because Sulu is talking to
Kirk and I distinctly heard him say, "maintaining warp 9".  So what gives?

						John V. Smith