Full impulse is warp 6 according to Geordi
Greg
6 and Geordi says "Aye sir, full impulse"
That throws a wrench in the whole impulse/warp speed discussion
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Tom Parry-Jones
acceleration to Warp 6, because I'm almost 100% certain that full impulse is
only 0.25c.
"Greg" <oker...@pce.net> wrote in message news:40C4AEA8...@pce.net...
Graham Kennedy
> Maybe he was only increasing velocity to full impulse in preparation for
> acceleration to Warp 6, because I'm almost 100% certain that full impulse is
> only 0.25c.
Thing is, they were already at warp. Riker ordered a speed
increase to reach a planet faster.
Maybe the warp core was offline for maintanence and they
were using the impulse engines to power the nacelles.
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Tigerattack04
probably explination is Geordi mis-spoke -- that or the script writer make an
error. Not to question canon, but it seems the most likely explination,
especially since its a mistake no one would notice during first review but one
of us. =-)
Pheonix Kotori---
Daniel
> In Conspiracy, which is on Spike today, Riker orders an increase to warp
> 6 and Geordi says "Aye sir, full impulse"
> That throws a wrench in the whole impulse/warp speed discussion
>
LaForge's most recent VISOR maintenance stop incorrectly wired the thing
to his ears, accounting for mis-heard orders.
"Commander LaForge, WHY are there snow-drifts on my bridge?"
"I'm sorry Sire, but didn't you say: 'Make it snow, Mr. LaForge'?"
D
In article <20040607144904...@mb-m18.wmconnect.com>,
tigera...@wmconnect.com (Tigerattack04) wrote:
> While the technical expliantions are certainly plausible, I believe the most
> probably explination is Geordi mis-spoke -- that or the script writer make an
> error.
More likely that the actor made an error and the director did not catch it.
This does happen.
I was in LA several years ago, visiting a friend of mine who wrote for
Voyager. We were watching the latest episode, which he normally did not see
until they were aired anyways. Janeway was told one thing and then said
something else. (I think it was "deuterium" and she said "dilithium.")
When I pointed this out to my friend he laughed and said "Kate probably
messed up the line."
D
Timo S Saloniemi
>In Conspiracy, which is on Spike today, Riker orders an increase to warp
>6 and Geordi says "Aye sir, full impulse"
>That throws a wrench in the whole impulse/warp speed discussion
Indeed, at one point it was speculated that one "warp factor" equalled
one "impulse", or something like that.
However, it appears that impulse drive and warp drive are completely
separate entities in most of Trek. One can go to warp without impulse
engines, and to impulse without warp engines. In TOS "Obsession", for
example, the impulse engines were explicitly down for maintenance while
Kirk pursued a hostile at warp.
I gather Geordi's comment is just one of the phenomenally bad jokes
the character was infamous for. Note that the preceding scene had
been banter about an approaching shore leave - LaForge was probably
still locked on that mode of discussion, and tried to make a funny
about how slow the ship would still be going, compared with how
fast he wanted her to reach her destination.
Timo Saloniemi
