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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mrneutron: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by TSN: [qb]Argh! Will everyone stop it w/ the Romulan impulse drive thing?! That's [i]not[/i] what Scotty said! "Power", not "drive"! How often must this foolishness be disputed?! AAAAAHHHH!!! *runs from the room screaming*[/qb][/QUOTE] All Scotty says about their power is "simple impulse". Now, in physics the definition of impulse (Oxford Consise Science Dictionary) s "The product of a force [i]F[/i] and the time [i]t[/i] for which it acts...The impulse of a force acting for a given time interval is equal to the change in momentum produced over that interval." That's motion, not power. Theoretically, I suppose that if impulse engines were fusion powered, impulse could become a synonym for fusion...but I suspect that's not what the author's intended. My take on it was always that the ship could only move at impulse power while cloaked. But this leads to other problems (like how far back do you hgave to cloak in order to sneak up on a sensor laden outpost?) I'd love to see the memo trail for this episode and if that line was the product of one! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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