Originally posted by Mazza
I don't understand what to do when applying the prototype trait to a warp engine when you're at the end of the OCU scale. If you want to "improve" the ship's warp drive with this trait, moving it up two shifts gives you a much slower and less reliable engine according to the table in Starships, which translates both OCU and MCU warp factors to c.
How should one shift between these two sections of the table?
Space_Cadet is right - by my understanding (from the original conversation I had with Don over this one), you can't shift between the "early" and "late " tech parts of the table. Similarly you can't shift across cultural technologies (from Cardassian to Romulan techs).
If you did want to cross tech periods, you could convert the two scales back and forth and use that as a basis.
One thing to remember (and the one that causes the most confusion) is that shifts are not "row shifts" per se. Don (semi-successfully) explains the concept at the beginning of this thread. In your example, you wouldn't count the row you're looking at, because that isn't a bonus! Keep going until you get to one.
I don't think it will ever be possible to explain this one clearly! 
Jon
"There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, where the sea is asleep and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song.
Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold. Come on, Ace, we've got work to do."
THE DOCTOR, "Survival" (Doctor Who)
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