Can someone recommend a good Treknology essay out there in cyberspace that could help me understand what transwarp and quantum slipstream (is that right) drive is and how it differs from standard warp drive? I know that both transwarp and quantum slipstream are much faster than "conventional" warp drive, but I don't know enough about how the technolgy works or the specific differences.
I have to point out that I am one of those unlucky people who hasn't been able to watch all of Voyager in syndication, or maybe some of you think that I am lucky.
I also didn't get UPN during the original series broadcast so the differences may have been explained in an episode or two that I haven't seen yet. All I really know is that Warp 10 is a really bad idea. Just say no to Warp 10!
Also, has Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda affected the way some people view quantum slipstream. I understand that the Andromeda Ascendant uses some sort of slipstream drive because they are constantly using it in dialogue like warp use is used in Star Trek. But I don't know the fictional reason why and how that works either.
Can someone please point me in a direction to look? Many thanks.
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Well, even though I haven't posted anywhere on Flare since Feb., I would like to point you to this previous thread on slipstream drive, and then shut this thread, lest we may never speak of it again. The hellish slpistream...
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You know, it's very tempting for me to start defending that Voyager episode (and I liked Final Frontier, too! ), but I have this feeling that everyone would just run away with terror in their eyes, screaming loudly
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