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I realize that the show's producers do not spend time dwelving into the scientifics of faster-than-light travel, however, a bit of speculation by fans, especially those who know physics and cosmology, can be a healthy thing. That is after all, how much of the physics and mechanics behind the fiction of warp drive in the Star Trek universe came to be. | I realize that the show's producers do not spend time dwelving into the scientifics of faster-than-light travel, however, a bit of speculation by fans, especially those who know physics and cosmology, can be a healthy thing. That is after all, how much of the physics and mechanics behind the fiction of warp drive in the Star Trek universe came to be. | ||
That being said, I would like to take a moment to introduce a few key variables to faster-than-light theory absent from this conversation that confirm many of the common observations from the series. First and foremost, I couldn't help but notice that the concept of gravity is missing from these discussions, despite it's fundamental importance to an interspatial fold. It is fundamental to note that the system's parent star creates a substantial gravity well that has an incredible affect on the interspatial folding process. In fact, each source of gravity acting on the space around it would have an impact from stars, to planets, even to asteroids. | That being said, I would like to take a moment to introduce a few key variables to faster-than-light theory absent from this conversation that confirm many of the common observations from the series. First and foremost, I couldn't help but notice that the concept of gravity is missing from these discussions, despite it's fundamental importance to an interspatial fold. It is fundamental to note that the system's parent star creates a substantial gravity well that has an incredible affect on the interspatial folding process. In fact, each source of gravity acting on the space around it would have an impact from stars, to planets, even to asteroids. | ||
The best way to explain this concept is to illustrate it. So imagine a perfect line between a star and a battlestar. Imagine for a minute that your final destination is perfectly along this line, in another solar system, with the battlestar in the middle of the three points. You would not need to adjust for the curve of the fold because there is no deflection for gravity. You would simply require more energy to overcome gravity's affect on the fold. However, if your battlestar, the nearest star, and your final destination form a triangle, then any interspatial fold you could create would be naturally drawn toward the nearby star, hence curving it (Einstein himself proved that even space itself cannot escape the pull of gravity), and your calculations would have to reflect that if you wanted to reach your final destination and not have your fold fall into the star. | The best way to explain this concept is to illustrate it. So imagine a perfect line between a star and a battlestar. Imagine for a minute that your final destination is perfectly along this line, in another solar system, with the battlestar in the middle of the three points. You would not need to adjust for the curve of the fold because there is no deflection for gravity. You would simply require more energy to overcome gravity's affect on the fold. However, if your battlestar, the nearest star, and your final destination form a triangle, then any interspatial fold you could create would be naturally drawn toward the nearby star, hence curving it (Einstein himself proved that even space itself cannot escape the pull of gravity), and your calculations would have to reflect that if you wanted to reach your final destination and not have your fold fall into the star. | ||
Take the concept of a blind jump with random calculations within a solar system. If it weren't for gravity, plotting FTL calculations would be a simple matter of plugging in a physics formula for interspatial folding and inputing a set of coordinates. It is therefore logical to assume that for a random set of jump calculations not adjusted for gravity, an FTL jump would on the vast majority of occasions put you in the middle of, or nearby a star, frying your battlestar. This explains why a blind jump is so dangerous and why jump calculations must be so precise. The effect could be so substantial that even planets, other nearby stars, or the overall gravitation of the galaxy could drastically affect your jump calculations. --[[User:OrionFour|OrionFour]] 04:27, 22 September 2007 (CDT) | Take the concept of a blind jump with random calculations within a solar system. If it weren't for gravity, plotting FTL calculations would be a simple matter of plugging in a physics formula for interspatial folding and inputing a set of coordinates. It is therefore logical to assume that for a random set of jump calculations not adjusted for gravity, an FTL jump would on the vast majority of occasions put you in the middle of, or nearby a star, frying your battlestar. This explains why a blind jump is so dangerous and why jump calculations must be so precise. The effect could be so substantial that even planets, other nearby stars, or the overall gravitation of the galaxy could drastically affect your jump calculations. --[[User:OrionFour|OrionFour]] 04:27, 22 September 2007 (CDT) | ||
:Especially if you were to say... jump into a planet's atmosphere. Insanity! (In terms of proximity to a gravity well.)--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 04:35, 22 September 2007 (CDT) | :Especially if you were to say... jump into a planet's atmosphere. Insanity! (In terms of proximity to a gravity well.)--[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 04:35, 22 September 2007 (CDT) | ||