There's a nagging question I've been wanting to ask for quite some time now, and I think y'all are the right bunch to ask...
What's with the big ol' flash when the Enterprise-D (or any starship after it, for that matter) enters warp? There's the initial bright flash emanating from the nacelles, then as the ship disappears, there's another flash.
Can anyone tell me what that is? (Theoretical physics/technology please, no real-life speculation and/or show analysis.)
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Note how TOS used no effect, the movies used many including a rainbow effect, etc. Its like a screen saver option that captains can choose, to impress audiences when they pass by starbases, planets, and other starships.
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Except that wouldn't explain why the same ship would make different effects in different ST movies. Next!
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well if its a screen saver type thing all Kirk had to do was double click a few times.
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The first flashy thingy is produced by the plasma stream thingamajiggs energizing the field coilamabobs, creating the subspace bubblemacallit.
The second flashy thingy is a byproduct of the ship crossing the warp barrier, and consists of exotic technobabblicles being ejaculated from the subspace thresholdojumble.
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When an aircraft breaks the speed of sound there is also an accompanying puff of vapor, which is what I always figured the flash was.....
or, it is that missing 5th light you all talk about....
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