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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ChristopherT: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Capt_Frank_Hollister: [qb] I'd be perfectly will to accept Timo's suggestion if it weren't for the "fact" that the subspace field generators were not components of impulse engines until the Ambassador class (TNG Tech Manual, p. 75). How did ships stop before then? Or is there another way that ships stop from sublight speeds? Also, dropping the SSF generators could not stop the ship entirely, it could only slow it down proportionally to the change in apparent mass. The ship would still need a way to loose whatever kinetic energy it has. The RCS couldn't do this because it would need to be at least equal to the force exerted by the impulse engines to get the ship moving in the first place. [/qb][/QUOTE]I'm new here too, a transfer from that "other" Trek forum. I would preface my reply by saying that I'm not a big fan of some aspects of the ST:TNG Tech manual. Notably the idea that it is milepost 1 on the highway of Trek History and what ever came before it is non-canon or irrelevant. I know the reasons for it, I still disagree with them. I'd suggest that at the time of TOS, it's possible that the SSF still wasn't an intergral part of the impulse drive and was a seperate system of it's own. As far as slowing the ship further, I still think some sort of RCS thruster would be suitable. Christopher [/QB][/QUOTE]
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