From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: YourName{at}YourISP.com (Your Name)
Subject: Re: Warp Speeds (was: Re: Star Trek Into Darkness)

In article , "Wouter
Valentijn"  wrote:
> Lance Corporal Hammer Schultz wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:09:27 GMT, Wiseguy wrote:
> >
> >> When did they travel from one side of the galaxy to the other in one
> >> episode?
> >
> > I meant that in one episode, they can travel all over the galaxy
> > (whether that takes a day or a week isn't my point), and in another
> > episode, they are confined to a small quadrant.  The latter makes much
> > more sense, of course.  ST:V (which you mentioned) is one example --
> > they are able to travel from Earth to this neutral planet and then to
> > the center of the galaxy all in the space of what seems like days.
> > And then of course you have the issue of real-time communications
> > being possible at extreme distances in some episodes and not possible
> > in others, etc etc.  My point to whiny-boy "Your Name"
is that the
> > "consistency" he is demanding from an alternate time-line,
> > time-travel, re-boot story doesn't even exist in prior canon.
> 
> Fascinating subject!
> 
> Several web pages are dedicated to this phenomena.
> 
> http://www.ditl.org/pagarticle.php?ArticleID=17&ListID=Articles
> 
> http://www.stardestroyer.net/mrwong/wiki/index.php/Warp_drive
> 
>
http://www.startrek.com/boards-topic/33200950/Warp-Highways-explain-a-lot-_1111774056_33200950
> 
> Personally I think Scotty invented a 'plot inducer' and modified the 
> Enterprise engines with it. Since he limited its use, generally ships in the 
> 24th century never were as fast as the ones Kirk commanded. ;-)

I don't know (and don't really care) exactly what Private "I know Nothing"
Schultz is on about, but we obviously don't see every single second of
Star Trek universe life on-screen. If nothing is happening for five days
of space travel that is relevant to the story, then we don't see those
five days of space travel on-screen ... even ignoring the fact that
fitting five days into a one hour show is impossible, it would be
incredibly boring for viewers to watch. It would also be pretty inane if
every time they went anywhere someone said "It will take us five days to
get therer" or "It has taken us five days to get here".   :-\
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