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echo: startrek
to: PETER SCHULLER
from: BILL NICHOLS
date: 1997-09-12 10:16:00
subject: Warp 13

PS> >  PS> And again - no, traveling faster than Warp 10 is *impossible*
PS>because
PS> > Wf10
PS> >  PS> is infinite speed, whichever speed that might be.
PS> > Sorry.  This is outdated information.  You may not hve seen the episode
PS> > yet, but in Voyager, Tom Paris went Warp 10 in an experimental
PS>I didn't say WF10 was impossible, *faster* than WF10 is, in the current
PS>scale.
However, per how GR set up the new warp scale at the inception of
TNG, W10 itself *is* in fact impossible, not just "beyond it." 
However, not to argue the point of "infinity +1," but still address
the core issue.... }:)
One thing that many people seem to neglect/ignore/forget, but that
MUST borne in mind by all concerned is the fact that even the shows
themselves are not necessarily always correct -- if something is
said in one show that is at odds with *all* previously established
fact on a subject, & then is never repeated, rule of thumb is that
the exception is thrown out as incorrect.  Since in the case of
Paris' supposedly going W10 there is _not_ at this point any other
evidence that supports it, it's still at the point where it should
be considered that exception.  Unless/until more instances come up
where the issue is addressed & it supports Paris, the basic ground
rules (i.e., W10 = impossible) as set by TGBOTG still stand as the
authority. :)
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