On (22 Aug 97) Andrew Robinson wrote to Peter Schuller...
 PS> > But no, it's not warp 10, 10 is impossible.
 PS> Nope. You're refering to the TNG scale, that approches infinity,
 PS>WF 10 being it.
 AR>         No way. Remember the season premier of TNG where Picard is
 AR> traveling through time? Beverly's ship was going warp 12, I
 AR> think....Haven't seen it in a while.
   That was the TNG Series Finale, "All Good Things."  Both the U.S.S.
Pasteur, commanded by Capt. Beverly Howard Crusher Picard, and the
U.S.S. Enterprise, commanded by Adm. William Thomas Riker, travelled at
a stated velocity of "Warp 13."
   I tend to think this was an attempt by the writer(s) to subliminally
convey that propulsion technology had substancially progressed in the
elapsed 25-year interval.  Several fans have postulated a
rationalization which allows for the notation of "Warp 13" without
violating the Warp 10=infinity principal.  I think Rick Sternbach had
something to say about this subject in UseNet, as I recall some comment
from him about "piling on nines," but I can't say for sure 'til I dig
into the archives.  Oh well...
... I've fallen, and I can't BEAM UP!
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