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From: rob@osiris.UUCP (Robert St. Amant)
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Subject: Re: Enterprise vs. Gallactica
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 10:51:02 EDT
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> The Enterprise (in the series) could do Warp 6 , which is more than six
> times as fast as Warp 1 - Warp 1 is 1 X the speed of light , while
> Warp 6 is 6^3 X the speed of light...
>
> SPOKEN: Chris Sylvain (transient user of Don Preuss' account)

I've never been able to figure out how the warp numbers correspond to
speed.  Kirk is fond of cruising away at the end of episodes at
warp factor two.  That doesn't sound too fast.  On a five year mission,
they ought to hit more than three or four planets. :-)  Also, what's
the fastest the Enterprise has ever gone?  Didn't some alien, or maybe
Nomad, soup it up to warp 16 or so?

				Rob St. Amant