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Mabye Kirk was always worried about fuel consumption because his ship was always being hijacked and sent to the ass end of the galaxy or back in time or some damn thing.... Bad for mileage.
Also, Kirk's ship obviously uses much higher warp factors, so that's likely to consume more fuel as well.
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And what's more, they can't 'grow' dilithium in this era. And Kirk regularly managed to destroy his dilithium crystals, whereas the NX-01 has been running on the same crystals for three years now?
This might also indicate that Kirk didn't pay a lot of attention to his engines. I mean, how often did we hear Scotty screaming in agony that she 'cannae take it'?
The thinness, but wideness of the anomaly is easily explained as part of a 'shell' of anomalies around the center of the region.
RE: Time Dilation, it's entirely possible that the effect is negligible until you reach 90% of c. and they may not be able to, considering the compression of interstellar dust and stuff (hence, the deflector).
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The NX-01 has a "dilithium matrix", at least. I assume that means they use dilithium crystals.
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quote: In comparison, Archer should be worrying about meeting the next collier as much as a WWI cruiser captain, or more...
Almost certainly more; at least WWI cruiser captains knew they'd be able to make a landfall in a relatively friendly place if necessary. If a collier fails to meet Enterprise, she's probably screwed.
Actually, where would Enterprise refuel? From Vulcan ships? or alien commercial concerns? or are there other Earth ships out there?
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a gas giant you idiots... yeesh, if ever you have looked for the most difficult solution to a problem it's this one. They don't need to contact another ship, they just need to find a rich hydrogen source.... of course this doesn't explain where they hid the antimatter generator onboard Enterprise, but it's more than likely got to be there.
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Ok... this weeks episode kind throws the antimatter generator question up in the air.
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Despite the presence of (apparent) bussard collectors, I can't imagine that sucking up some atmosphere and processing it is cheaper or easier for the NX-01 than getting actual fuel from some moderately friendly hydrogen concern.
Just for kicks (and to justify the $100+ this textbook cost me, which I am unlikely to ever recoup considering my current academic field of interest), here's how you calculate the difference between the speed of a moving clock and a "stationary" one: Δt = Δtp / sqrt(1 - (v2 / c2)), where Δt is the elapsed time as witnessed by a stationary observer, Δtp the elapsed time as witnessed by a moving observer, v the velocity of the moving observer, and c, of course, the speed of light. And "sqrt" is my hamfisted way of displaying a square root sign.
One other thing I don't think anyone has mentioned yet: The, uh, warp speedometer in Engineering displayed warp factors as "Warp Factor X.X.X" (1.7.2, for example), which I don't think is a nomenclature that's been used before.
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