Warp and Impluse Speeds

[borgslayer]

Impluse Light - 100,000mph
Impluse Medium - 500,000mph
Impluse Full - 1,000,000mph

Warp 1 - 5,000,000mph
Warp 2 - 10,000,000mph
Warp 3 - 20,000,000mph
Warp 4 - 30,000,000mph
Warp 5 - 40,000,000mph
Warp 6 - 50,000,000mph
Warp 7 - 100,000,000mph
Warp 8 - 150,000,000mph
Warp 9 - 200,000,000mph

As you can see it is not accurate but that is how it should look like.
Since it takes many light years to get from planet earth to a planet like klingon, then it is only right that they go super fast.

If the ships went any slower it would take years to get to klingon homeworld instead of hours....

[EnsignParis]

Actually, that's way off.

The speed of light is 186000 miles PER SECOND.

You have warp 9 labeled as 200000000 (200 million) miles per hour, when in fact light moves at about 669 million miles per hour (186000 mi/sec)(60 sec/min)(60 min/hour) = 669000000.

So, by what you have there, it says Warp 9 is just under 1/3 the speed of light.

[Tsuki no Hikari]

Light/Warp 1 Barrier - 669,600,000 mph
Warp 2 - 6,696,000,000 mph
Warp 3 - 26,114,400,000 mph
Warp 4 - 68,299,200,000 mph
Warp 5 - 143,294,400,000 mph
Warp 6 - 262,483,200,000 mph
Warp 7 - 439,257,600,000 mph
Warp 8 - 685,670,400,000 mph
Warp 9 - 1,015,113,600,000 mph
Warp 9.9 - 2,044,288,800,000 mph
Warp 9.999 - 17,119,663,200,000 mph
Warp 9.9999 - 133,595,913,600,000 mph

[thanley]

In VOYAGER, Caretaker, it was stated that it would take 70 years to travel 70,000 light years at warp 9.

In ENTERPRISE, it would take the Enterprise NX01 six months to travel 50 light years at warp 5.

Information from startrek.com dictated that warp speed is computed geometrically until warp 9 and exponentially at warp 9.1, 9.2 etc

Using these statistics, I came up with the following scale

WARP 1 = speed of light
WARP 2 = 2 x 80 x speed of light
WARP 3 = 3 x 80 x speed of light
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WARP 9 = 9 x 80 x speed of light.
WARP 9.1 = (9 + 1) x 80 x speed of light
WARP 9.2 = (9 + 2) x 80 x speed of light
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WARP 9.9 = (9 + 9) x 80 x speed of light

WARP 9.91 = (9 + 9 + 1) x 80 x speed of light
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WARP 9.991 = (9 + 9 + 9 + 1) x 80 x speed of light
etc.

This way, Warp 10 can be denoted as infinite velocity

WARP (9.99999 ........) = (9 + 9 + 9 + 9 + ..........) infinity

[Tsuki no Hikari]

Sorry to say, but your numbers are quite flawed. They're kinda close to the original scale, but they're still off. Warp 9 in the original is 721xc, warp 8 is 512xc.

[Dax Orien]

It seems like there is tremendous controversy about this subject. Does anyone truly know the actual numbers by which warp is ranked? I'm courious as to what they are, myself. So, please, if anyone does know for sure, post it here. We're all dying to know.

[Monkey]

You guys are all wrong this chart shows the speeds in miles a year if you want them in mph form ctrl-c divide by 365 divide by 24 multiply by 60.

Warp 1=97,761,600,000
Warp 2=984,459,312,000
Warp 3=3,806,934,465,600
Warp 4=9,931,600,944,000
Warp 5=20,896,542,000,000
Warp 6=38,371,428,000,000
Warp 7=64,144,318,608,000
Warp 8=100,107,878,400,000
Warp 9=148,245,690,240,000
Warp 9.2=161,208,878,400,000
Warp 9.6=186,626,894,400,000
Warp 9.9=298,466,164,800,000
Warp 9.99=773,489,779,200,000
Now dig this.
Warp 9.9999=19,505,003,385,600,000
And these are how Gene Roddenberry proclaimed them so there

[John Connor]

Well, all of this is sure is really fast. I cant even run that fast.

[EnsignParis]

[Tsuki no Hikari]

I believe the data I gave is correct. I got it from the Daystrom Institute Technical Library, and the information in there seems quite reliable. One thing's for sure, warp 1 is NOT 150x light speed.

[Sonic74205]

Warp 9.975 is roughly 4 billion miles per second (mentioned by tom paris in 'the 37's')

[Tsuki no Hikari]

Makes perfect sense there. 4 billion per second is about 14,400,000,000,000 per hour, which is just under the speed for warp 9.999. ^_^

[Hyper]

Somewhere outthere is the equation for the exponential graph that is the derivatives for warp speed values. You know the thing Y=x^3 etc. So what is it? Y=???

[Sonic74205]

Ah yes i know the equasion ur talking about:

For ideal conditions, such as are found in interstellar space, the speeds of TNG warp factors are calculated using either of two formulae :

Up to Warp 9 :

V/c = WF(10/3)

Which is very similar to the Cochrane Scale. Beyond Warp 9 the formula becomes somewhat more complex. It is best approximated by :

V/c = WF[{(10/3)+a*(-Ln(10-WF))^n}+f1*((WF-9)^5)+f2*((WF-9)^11)]

[Hyper]

No, if warp 10 is infinite velocity and warp 1 is lightspeed, y(velocity)=x(warp factor)*c(warp conversion constant). You should then get a graph which looks similar to y=x^2.

[Sonic74205]

^
What i posted was taken from www.ditl.org

i didn't make it up.

[Hyper]

I'm not saying you were making it up. I'm just trying to say what I wanted. The whole thing is rubbish anyway. I mean anyone with any sense would have warp 10 ten times faster than warp 1 and infinite veolcity would be, you've guessed it, infinite velocity! I mean linear equations are things people can visualise and utilise. Exponetials are not, unless you are a maths professor, but I still reckon linear equations would be more straight forward!

[Slinzer]

What i know warp 9 is something like 699000 times the speed of light....

[Robsladey]

All I know is that according to the encyclopedia Warp 10 would be being everywhere at once.

[voyager123456789]

Hmm... can anybody tell me the actual speed of Warp 10? Actually,warp ten has no maximum speed.(i THINK)

[Sevenofninenz]

all these numbers have just confused me. I always thought that Warp 1 was c but oh well, i seemed to be wrong

[datalore3]

you say tomato i say tomoto lol

[Five - seveN]

[EnsignChris]

how can warp 10 be infinite velocity ? in voyager tom paris has been at warp 10 and he wasnt everywhere in the universe at once !

[Mustkillbret]