JPH> As per the ST Encyclopedia, The Enterprise-D's maximum speed is warp
 JPH> 9.6, which equals 1909c.  She can keep that up for 12 hours.
 JPH> The next question is "then what?"  How long does the Enterprise have to
 JPH> shut down for? To what degree? Does she have to perform any repairs?
 JPH> Does this damage the engines?
If the ship exceeds 12 hours at WF9.6, or 10 seconds at WF9.9, the warp 
propulsion system shuts down automatically to avoid damage to the drive 
system unless overridden by Engineering and the Bridge.  If they reduce 
speed, they can continue normally.  If they override the auto-shutdown, they 
risk damage to the drives.  The auto-shutdown merely drops them out of warp 
and in effect turns the warp core off.  They can start up again, going 
through a normal startup cycle.
 JPH> Warp 6 supposedly equals 392c or just more than 1 light year per day.  

 JPH> liked that.  It made travel time round, even though it makes some 
hings
 JPH> hard to explain (How come the Eneterprise-D runs into problems every
 JPH> seven light years?).
 JPH> The Voyager (Darn them) supposedly was able to maintain a warp 9.975
 JPH> cruising speed.  This annoys me.
Nowhere was it stated that Voyager's *cruising speed* was WF9.975.  It was 
stated on screen that its *maximum sustainable* speed was WF9.975.  In other 
words, it can do that speed for 12 hours before autoshut-down.  Voyager's 
standard cruise speed is the same as that of the Galaxy Class - that's an 
operational limit imposed by regulations, like the 55MPH you 'Murricans have 
on your highways, or the 100km/h we have up here in the GWN.
CFN, O
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