Topic: startrek enterprise (Read 1528 times)

Don Karnage · « **on:** July 28, 2004, 10:23:26 pm »

i have see a comercial of startrek enterprise and was wondering if the ship have impulse engine when it leave the drydock, or is it there truster?, this fall i will be able to see the begining of the serie, i have discover that a century have past since the first contact, or what ever it is that append a century before the launch the nx 01, so for those who have see it since the begining what can you tell me about it?.

Khalee · « **Reply #1 on:** July 28, 2004, 11:05:25 pm »

Well in the movies they have allways used impulse power to leave. And I do belive they used impulse power on Enterprise as well when it left the stardock for the first time. I dont think I have ever seen the thrusters used for manuvering at all but you would think they would use them.

Moosehead · « **Reply #2 on:** July 29, 2004, 03:41:55 pm »

Thrusters to leave space dock. Impulse is not reccommended. Seen that in Wrath of Khan when Lt Saavik takes the Enterprise out've dock

Core · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2004, 03:39:20 am »

enterprise is located in a time wear procedures are not established yet so the did use impulse

Don Karnage · « **Reply #4 on:** July 30, 2004, 06:54:17 am »

i thaught i read somewhere that this enterprise did not have impulse engine cause there did not existed at that time.

also during the 100 years after the first contact did the have ship with warp engine?.
it seem weird that the did not have ship before this enterprise.

Vaul · « **Reply #5 on:** July 30, 2004, 07:12:49 am »

Core: Some procedures aren't established yet. Basic safety - like only using manoeuvring thrusters (as opposed to the main sublight drive) to get you out of a comparatively confined area like spacedock - are presumably considered so routine that they aen't mentioned. Besides, if you used impulse to get out of dock - and I'm assuming you don't hit something - the backwash from the engines will probably damage the dock...

DonKarnage: It seems weird because it isn't te case. Earth has been using warp-capable ships for about a hundred years. The NX-01 is the first one to be capable of Warp 5. Most civilian vessels can probably only make Warp 3, with some faster military ships perhaps making 4 or 4.5. If I remmeber my warp scale correctly, Enterprise is therefore probably about 100 times as fast as most Earth civilian vessels of the same period.

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