It's out???? *looks around*

Just watched the second episode of the new torchwood. Fantastic. I thought the air steward was quite funny, if somewhat a bit stereotypical. "It was only one time...." lol

Episode 327 - Deep Space Nine - "The Wire" - 05/08/1994

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=3222

In order to save Garak's life, Bashir must unravel some of the secrets in the Cardassian's past.

Enjoy!

it'll definitely be interesting to see what the price point is.

also the keyboard is expensive. I think its gonna be like 200 .

Don't apologize! I for one love these technobabble tirades. :cheer:

Oh I can explain that one too (glances at technical manual hidden under the desk).

Nerd Alert!

The warp field does cause gravitational stresses on the ship through the process of compressing and expanding space, see diagram 1 in my earlier post. It is basically creating a small gravity well in front of the ship to "fall" into continuously with the opposite at the rear of the ship to simultaneously "push". The ships structural integrity field is supposed to counteract these stresses in flight, but it does have a limit.

I'm sorry I ignored that in my earlier response which was focused on why the nacelles don't produce thrust. They can be torn off by having too strong a warp field, which would create an extreme difference in the gravitational pull on different parts of the ship. However this would still not warrant a stronger nacelle design as the hull it much weaker and would rip away from the ship first (as in the ST:VOY "Year of Hell" episode). The nacelles would probably be the last thing to go after explosive decompression on all decks, and by that stage, who cares.

When the shows talk about high warp causing a "shearing" effect to damage the nacelles on ships, including the Delta Flyer, it is also possible they are not referring to gravitational shearing forces, but simple aerodynamic drag. The deflector dish creates a field to push aside interstellar gas and dust which would damage the hull if it came into contact. The dish also has to scan ahead of the ship to identify any particles that the field is not able to move in time and target them specifically. This process has a limit too as the dish can only scan so far ahead of the ship, and the faster the ship is travelling, the less effective the deflector field will be. It is known that loss of the deflector dish would cause a ship to be ripped apart by insterstellar particles if it attempted warp speed. Therefore the same would be true if the ship exceeded the maximum speed where the deflector dish was effective.

I could go on and talk about the Bussard collectors on the front of each nacelle and how the field they produce to collect hydrogen could also affect the nacelles at high warp, but I'm hoping the crews know to switch off that field if it were causing a problem, lol.

Nerd Alert Over!

I'm really sorry again, I'll burn the book, and I swear I'll seek professional help.

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There have been many references to high warp speeds causing structural stress; e.g., "Then fly her apart!"

Much like the Voyager episode where they were trying to get a shuttle to reach warp 10 and in the simulations it kept tearing the nacelle off of the pylon.

I think they had a similar episode where the Delta Flyer might have had the simulated shearing of the pylon (because it wasn't strong enough).

Or some junk. :3

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Nerd Alert!

I just wanted to correct a common error that seems to be creeping into this conversation about....

OK I think I'm in love

This is why you cost 20,000,000 ECs. :woohoo:

Nerd Alert!

I just wanted to correct a common error that seems to be creeping into this conversation about the function of the Warp Nacelles.

The warp nacelles do not need very much tensile strength to allow a starship to go to warp. The only need to hold the warp coils in a specific place. It's the warp field itself that they generate which provides the propulsion by compressing space in front of the field and expanding space behind the field. In effect creating a small and continuous "wave" in space that the warp field can "surf" on.

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To illustrate this the ST: Enterprise episode "Divergence" shows how the Columbia was able to use it's warp field to keep the Enterprise at warp, even though the two ships were not in direct contact.

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It seems that the Starfleet design for having two nacelles connected to the ship is more for stability and safety. They help keep a symmetrical warp field, and are easier to jetison in an emergency. Also the nacelles stop the coils from diverging during flight and allow a single warp core in the main body of the ship to power both sets of warp coils.

Nerdgasm over!

I'm so sorry, I'll put the technical manual away for another 10 years, I promise.

Looking at the British gradient flag I feel like I am getting vertigo.

and this is what the British flag would look like:



ooooo more its way cool big yes to gradient

You freaked me out for a moment. I saw that in the activity stream and thought I was being Fired. LOL :woohoo:

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Episode 326 - Deep Space Nine - "The Maquis, Part 2" - 05/01/1994

http://www.allstepisodes.com/megvid.php?n=3221

Federation colonists reject a treaty with Cardassia and take matters into their own hands.

Enjoy!

This entire thread is becoming a visual assault on good taste.

Oh those gradients hurt my eyes, especially the flags :S

I hate to say this Nick, but i have to say Halish makes a compelling point.:lol:

Wow Sarge! Thank you for taking the time to post all of this great information. I'm sure a lot of fleeties will benefit for your (and every one else's) experience. I really appreciate everyone who took the time to contribute to this thread!