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minus-squareben_dover@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoIsn’t warp just light speed? I was under the impression that warp 1 is the speed of light, and eg warp 7 being 7x the speed of light
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaur@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoNope! Warp factors aren’t linear, they’re logarythmic until like warp 9.6 where they go exponentially towards infinity at warp 10. https://www.startrek.nl/sites/default/files/sbs/images/database/misc/warp_chart.gif
Isn’t warp just light speed? I was under the impression that warp 1 is the speed of light, and eg warp 7 being 7x the speed of light
Nope! Warp factors aren’t linear, they’re logarythmic until like warp 9.6 where they go exponentially towards infinity at warp 10.
https://www.startrek.nl/sites/default/files/sbs/images/database/misc/warp_chart.gif