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Krenim
Unholy Triangle Fella
Member # 22

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Most positions in Star Trek are given by:

(some number), mark (some number)

However, in "Message in a Bottle," Janeway gives Voyager's position as:

(some number), mark (some number), mark (some number)

Could someone...

A) Explain the second "mark (some number)"

B) Fill in the (some number) entries?

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Aethelwer
Frank G
Member # 36

posted

Two numbers is a heading, three is a position.

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Warped1701
Back from Vacation
Member # 40

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The way I always saw it was the the coordinates were for the 3 dimensional galaxy. One for "height", "width", and "depth". Each point would make it possible for Starfleet to pinpoint Voyager's location fairly precisely.

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Sol System
two dollar pistol
Member # 30

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Frank is correct. As the TNG tech. manual states, instructions can be input in coordinate form, but it's quite a hassle. Still, it can be very useful depending on what you're doing.

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