Transwarp and Quantum Slipstream

PokemonFleet · **Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:12 pm Transwarp and Quantum Slipstream**

Hey, What if Starfleet Engineers combine Borg Transwarp and Quantum Slipstream Technologies?

Admiral Dani�l · **Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:29 pm**

They'll get something unstable that will blow the ship up lol...

Spellbinder Marik · Tal Shiar General Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 1006

That's a matter of opinion. It depends on how it was done. It could always be successful. I don't think it would explode or blow up at all. There would be regeneration systems to prevent destablization.

Defiant · **Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:41 am**

The two technologies would almost definitely be incompatible, since they are essentially the same. The only major difference being that the QS allows for any start and stop point, and the TW is set start and stop points.

Lord Borg · **Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:27 am**

They work on differnt speeds to.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Quantum_slipstream_drive

(Roughly 3 LY a min)

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Transwarp

(Unknown, though certain distances seemed instant)

Spellbinder Marik · Tal Shiar General Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 1006

lionhead · **Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:30 am**

Presumably Transwarp can go Warp 39(i don't know in what scale that is, but its a scale that skips the warp 10, 20, 30 and 40 as at that point the power usage will be infinite.)

and warp 39 means going 2000 lightyears in 6 seconds

anyway, Transwarp and Slipstream are alien technologies, Starfleet would not use that because of the Prime Directive.

Spellbinder Marik · Tal Shiar General Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 1006

Defiant · **Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:58 am**

Umm...The Prime Directive would only apply if they happened to get that technology, then gave it to another alien species that didn't previously have the technology, since it only applies to interferance of lesser developed alien cultures.

As for whether or not they would use it if given to them, you'd better believe they would. They certainly take advantage of whatever else they can get ahold of, especially considering the status of the Federation at the time (just got attacked by the Borg then the Dominion and completely ravaged by wars).

Voyager2004 · **Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:31 pm**

lionhead · **Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:35 am**

Voyager2004 · **Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:16 pm**

Uh, I was just playing off of your comment...and going through a CONDUIT doesn't really require power, per say, as if they were going through straight warp. They're in a conduit, not in open space...so it's conceivable that if the BORG Transwarp drive were as fast as mentioned above, then Voyager COULD have traveled that far...

lionhead · **Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:50 pm**

Well, they hurried it up a lot. But i don't think the coils are like a kick start for conduits, i think they drain power while in the conduit.

here: http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Transwarp_coil

i think the scale i mentioned is faulty though, as there is no proof of Transwarp speeds being regulated by anything, its just seems like 1 speed.