Consider relativity. Under this, time is dependant on (1-v**2/c**2)**(1/2).
Thus, if v>c, we have one minus something >1 under the sq. root.
Time does not flow backwards for something going FTL. It becomes a complex
number, which is REALLY funky. I won't even try to describe how funky.
2) NCC - meaning?
I have to agree, it probably is similar to the US navy's use of "CV", "BB",
"DD", etc. for ship numbers. Maybe N does stand for naval, maybe not.
<Shudders> FASA actually comes close to this, proposing seperate series of
registry numbers for ships with different purposes.
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Do you really feel like | Not Croaker |Somewhere else, the
arguing with a can of | |tea is getting cold.
deoderant that registers | v116...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu |Come on - we've got
nine on the Richter Scale?| nas...@acsu.buffalo.edu | work to do.
--- Ace | | --- Doctor Who
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"I wasn't expecting the ReichsInspektor General." -- General Strasser
"No One expects the Reichsinspektor General." -- Doctor Who, TimeWyrm:Exodus
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N - Naval
C - Construction
C - Contract
Source: ST Enterprise Blue Prints