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Post by Ensign Pirak on Feb 20, 2012 22:27:39 GMT -5
So I've noticed over the last couple of the Independence's episodes that the Slipstream Drive has become a staple in traveling. Something is confusing me, though. I was under the impression that the Slipstream Drive could not be engaged for longer than say fifteen minutes before it would tear a ship apart from the stress. However, the Independence seems to use it constantly for hours at a time.
Are we going with the idea that Starfleet has developed a new strengthened hull and new Slipstream Drive that can be continuously used?
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Post by Vice Admiral Brian Donaldson on Feb 21, 2012 1:35:12 GMT -5
its not the hull.
It was the phase variences of the slipstream corridor themselves that caused the instabilites faced by Voyager in the show.
In the current line of Trek books, the problem was solved by B'Elanna Torres after voyager's return. She invented the Chroniton Integrator, which takes short range sensor scans a few seconds into the future to map the corridor and input the right phase corrections automatically.
She also later invented the Benamite Recrystallization Matrix, which stablizes the Benemite crystals the drive uses for fuel.
Stafleet adopted this tech into the Vesta-Class design and outfited many compatable ships hulls with the drive. not all starfleet designed ships are compatable. Generating slipstream corridors requires more power than forming warp fields; the power required is directly related to the frontal geometry of a vessel and lesser so the ship geometry. Therefore, slipstream propelled ships are generally narrow and compact with aerodynamic lines.
In our timeline... Starfleet scrapped the Vesta-Class project and B'Elanna Torres invented the devices much later then she did in the book. In our timeline, Starfleet went wit hthe Navigator-Class ship design to house the prototype Slipstream drive before it is integrated fleet-wide. Slipstream drive is still a secret and other factions do not know of its existance yet. The Odyssey-Class has the full Production Drive standard in its design.
Soon, probobly between seasons 5 and 6, Starfleet Command will start upgrading current ships with the production design drive. It still will be limited to compatable ship designs like the Intrepid-Class, Soveriegn-class,, Defiant-Class, Nova-Class, Prometheus-Class, Thunderchild-Class, Destiny-Class, and Avenger-Class (as well as all their varients).
All the tech specs on the Indy's Slipstream Drive can be found on the Indy forums under Operations Console.
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Post by Kossuth on Feb 21, 2012 7:15:12 GMT -5
Due to the Einstein-Boseman-Manheim-Planck-Roddenberry Subspace Geometry Warping Effect, coupled with the nano-banana hyperphase interphase slipstream supercoil emitters, the Independence moves at the speed that the plot requires it to move.
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Post by Ensign Pirak on Feb 21, 2012 7:22:09 GMT -5
Ah, I was not aware of that in the books. I suppose I should have checked the Independence's stats before asking it; but I still probably would have wanted to know where the idea came from.
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Post by Lt Aidan Conroy on Feb 21, 2012 7:35:06 GMT -5
Due to the Einstein-Boseman-Manheim-Planck-Roddenberry Subspace Geometry Warping Effect, coupled with the nano-banana hyperphase interphase slipstream supercoil emitters, the Independence moves at the speed that the plot requires it to move. This is pretty much the answer to all questions, ever.
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Post by Vice Admiral Brian Donaldson on Feb 21, 2012 8:10:43 GMT -5
Ah, I was not aware of that in the books. I suppose I should have checked the Independence's stats before asking it; but I still probably would have wanted to know where the idea came from. Not a problem, buddy. ;D I'm never afraid of answering questions that others have. You don't understand something, dont know why we do something, want and explaination of something... you just keep on asking, and i'll answer to best of my ability.
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Post by MACO Captain Shannon Moore on Feb 21, 2012 9:25:44 GMT -5
Due to the Einstein-Boseman-Manheim-Planck-Roddenberry Subspace Geometry Warping Effect, coupled with the nano-banana hyperphase interphase slipstream supercoil emitters, the Independence moves at the speed that the plot requires it to move. I laughed.
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Post by Captain Joyaus Dalun on Feb 21, 2012 11:56:44 GMT -5
Due to the Einstein-Boseman-Manheim-Planck-Roddenberry Subspace Geometry Warping Effect, coupled with the nano-banana hyperphase interphase slipstream supercoil emitters, the Independence moves at the speed that the plot requires it to move. Don't forget the 2 meter wide exhaust port leading to the red-matter core. That allows the gases that overheat to be properly released to prevent an overload of the nano-banana.
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Post by Kossuth on Feb 21, 2012 12:03:00 GMT -5
Due to the Einstein-Boseman-Manheim-Planck-Roddenberry Subspace Geometry Warping Effect, coupled with the nano-banana hyperphase interphase slipstream supercoil emitters, the Independence moves at the speed that the plot requires it to move. Don't forget the 2 meter wide exhaust port leading to the red-matter core. That allows the gases that overheat to be properly released to prevent an overload of the nano-banana. I used to bullseye nano-bananas in my T-16 back home. Edit: Please don't eject the nano-banana, they are very expensive (the only place that makes them is Chiquita Fleet Yards)
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Post by Vice Admiral Nyoko Honda on Feb 21, 2012 12:44:22 GMT -5
Due to the Einstein-Boseman-Manheim-Planck-Roddenberry Subspace Geometry Warping Effect, coupled with the nano-banana hyperphase interphase slipstream supercoil emitters, the Independence moves at the speed that the plot requires it to move. +49 for Koss
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Post by Captain T'Pang on Feb 21, 2012 12:50:15 GMT -5
Due to the Einstein-Boseman-Manheim-Planck-Roddenberry Subspace Geometry Warping Effect, coupled with the nano-banana hyperphase interphase slipstream supercoil emitters, the Independence moves at the speed that the plot requires it to move. Here Koss goes again over complicating things. Some people find this cute, but T'Pang finds it illogical. Which is Vulcan for very funny.
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Post by Captain Joyaus Dalun on Feb 21, 2012 14:36:30 GMT -5
Don't forget the 2 meter wide exhaust port leading to the red-matter core. That allows the gases that overheat to be properly released to prevent an overload of the nano-banana. I used to bullseye nano-bananas in my T-16 back home. Edit: Please don't eject the nano-banana, they are very expensive (the only place that makes them is Chiquita Fleet Yards) We're terrible people and we should feel bad forever.
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