posted
I was just watching Mercy Point this evening, when I noticed something. Mercy Point (for those of you who don't know) is a hospital in space orbiting a planet in what we know of as the Gamma Quadrant. Now, a shuttle can get from Mercy Point to Earth in about 33 days. How fast would they have to be traveling to make that trip?
------------------ "Oh I keep her locked in the basement and give her a piece of raw meat every hour on the hour. And by raw meat I mean intercourse." *looks at clock* "That reminds me...." -Nathan McFarlane, on the subject of his "Spanish immigrant girl"
posted
Somewhere in the range of 600,000-800,000c, although we'd have to know exactly where the planet is.
Also, this doesn't account for any of the relativistic effects on time, too. Did 33 days pass in the shuttle, or in the universe, or both?
------------------ http://frankg.dgne.com/ "We spent the entire summer resting up, looking for some vital link missing in the big picture. Bill said he had found it, but in fact he had lost it." - TMBG
[This message has been edited by The Shadow (edited July 15, 1999).]
posted
Well, the planet is near the Gamma/Beta Quadrant border, and the person at Mercy Point said the shuttle would arrive at Earth about 33 days after leaving the hospital
------------------ "Oh I keep her locked in the basement and give her a piece of raw meat every hour on the hour. And by raw meat I mean intercourse." *looks at clock* "That reminds me...." -Nathan McFarlane, on the subject of his "Spanish immigrant girl"
posted
Ah...maybe 400,000c-500,000c, then. Roughly. How much time passes in the shuttle, though?
------------------ http://frankg.dgne.com/ "We spent the entire summer resting up, looking for some vital link missing in the big picture. Bill said he had found it, but in fact he had lost it." - TMBG
posted
I don't know! I get confused by this. Whichever quadrant is diagonal from Earth is where Mercy Point is. And Frank, I don't know how much time passes in the shuttle. Probably the same amount of time
------------------ "Oh I keep her locked in the basement and give her a piece of raw meat every hour on the hour. And by raw meat I mean intercourse." *looks at clock* "That reminds me...." -Nathan McFarlane, on the subject of his "Spanish immigrant girl"
"Next on Voyage to the Centre of the Galaxy... It's the long-awaited 'We're here! Shove the Black Hole Aside!' episode. 8 Eastern/9 Pacific."
Time is relative at near-FTL speeds, and at FTL speeds... depending...
------------------ Elim Garak: "Oh, it's just Garak. Plain, simple Garak. Now, good day to you, Doctor. I'm so glad to have made such an... interesting new friend today." (DS9: "Past Prologue")
posted
I think that was the subject of my signature quotation last week.
------------------ http://frankg.dgne.com/ "We spent the entire summer resting up, looking for some vital link missing in the big picture. Bill said he had found it, but in fact he had lost it." - TMBG
Saiyanman Benjita
...in 2012. This time, why not the worst?
Member # 122
posted
I thought the Delta quadrant was diagonal from earth?
------------------ Nurse: Can I help you? Stan: We're here to commit our friend, Kyle. Nurse: Reason? Kyle: I'm a clinically depressed fecalpheliac on Prozac. Nurse: JACKET!!
Printer-friendly view of this topic
