Praeothmin wrote:
Where was the distance calculated?
It's easy enough to see, even without detailed calculations:
Most of the planet is completely visible in all but the E-D's viewscreen as it orbits the planet, and there is no indication of a change in orbital altitude, either.
Mike DiCenso wrote:-The torpedoes fired in TNG's "Half a Life" accelerate after launch from a relative deadstop E-D to reach the target star at least 4 million kilometers away (assuming that star was a red dwarf to be conservative) in just 18 seconds or 222,222 kps.[/quote
Is it possible it went to low Warp?
After all, IIRC, torpedoes have a "Warp Sustainer engine", do they not?
Does it only sustain them in Warp, or does it also allow them to go to Warp?
Possible what went to low warp? The torpedoes? Sure, but the timing of how long it takes for the torpedoes to accelerate and reach the star are pretty straight-forward, and there is no evidence the E-D hereself is at warp when it launched them as seen here:
So it boils down to the fact that the torpedoes
are doing a significant fraction of c all on their own since the E-D appears to be stationary relative to the star.
-Mike