> PS> I've been wondering about something every time I see ST:TUC, it's an 
 > very 
 > PS> little thing, but it annoys me not knowing what they meant.
 > PS> 
 > PS> The scene where they leave spacedock, Va'leris sais something like 
 > PS> "Captain, 
 > PS> may I remind you that the regulations recommend thrusters ONLY while 
in 
 > PS> spacedock" after Kirk gives the order to proceed with 1/8 impulse.
 > It was 1/4 impulse, not 1/8.
Yes. I realize that now. Sorry :)
>  I've often wondered about this: full impulse
 > power is 1/4 the speed of light.  That would make 1/2 impulse power 1/8 
he
 > speed of light.  Which would make 1/4 impulse power be 1/16 the speed of
 > light.  It seems that that would be to fast to be leaving space dick.
Well... Assuming "space dick" was a typo , I agree. But it's 
probably YATI.  You see the E leaving space dock, and it's certainly not 
moving at 1/16c (c = the speed of light).
That is, assuming you're right about full impulse being 1/4c, I haven't heard 
any numbers of that. But it's probably true.
However, it might not be YATI BTW...  Traveling at c, would, if you apply 
"normal" physics - not Warp technology, require infinite energy if I'm not 
misstaken. And the amount of energy required to travel at a given speed, 
increases rapidly, relative to the speed in question, when you're getting 
closer to c. However, I'm in no way an expert, and I don't know which rules 
apply at 1/4c and less, but what I *do* know (or "seem to recall") is that 
1/4 impulse means to travel at whichever speed is achieved when the engines 
are at 1/4 efficiency. Oh wait,, my theory proved to be wrong. I was gonna 
say that 1/4 impulse could be slow, if you consider the above, but I just 
realized that it has the opposite effect... Hrm... Oops :).
Anyway.. Anyone care to come up witha good explanation, if there is one?
/ Peter Schuller
 
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