If as Dr. Paul Knappenberger from the Adler Planetarium in Chicago states, That the average density of stars is 0.007 per cubic light year in this part of the galixy, the spiral arms, then how fast is the Enterprise going in each of the various serries's stock shots?
Someone with a DVD player and time on their hands would have to watch and then count the stars as they flashed by in the back ground durring some specific interval in time. A little math and presto-digitarius a speed figure that would be canon and superceed the hype.
Or has this aready been done and ifso what is the answer?
Posted by HerbShrump (Member # 1230) on :
What?
The speed of the Enterprise (or any other starship) when at warp is determined by the warp factor.
The star streaks, outside of a cool looking special effect, must therefore be the result of subspace distortions while at warp. Perhaps micrometeroids or space debris striking the subspace bubble generated by the ship travelling at warp.a
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Elegant".
Posted by Guardian 2000 (Member # 743) on :
Even the TOS-era warp stars (or the similar-speed "impulse stars" from TNG) would require speeds of 20,000,000c, as judged by going really bloody fast in the program Celestia.
Although I disagree with the common non-canon warp speed charts in favor of the preponderance of canon velocities, the 20,000,000c figure is quite outside the proper ballpark.
Posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov (Member # 742) on :
I never thought they were stars.
Posted by DoughBoy05 (Member # 1417) on :
I thought they were Hydrogen Atoms, otherwise why would you need those Brussard Collectors on the front of the nacelles.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
I thought they were photon particles myself and that the streaking was to show that the ship was overtaking the light from distant stars, not the stars themselves. Mind you wouldn't (or rather shouldn't) that create a red to blue doppler shift?