Warp Speed Chart on my Website, thoughts?

[SIR SIG]

Hi,

For those people who actually visit my Trek Mapmaking site (link via sig).

And took the time to download my "Ultimate Warp Speed Chart" spreadsheet.

What were your thoughts?

I'm looking at adding some more content on the site soon and looking for some ideas.

As well the star index for Star Charts should be done soon to.

Thanks in advance for any comments

[Sea Tyger]

It's certainly gives you a good idea for some of the non-standard speeds that were left out of Starships and the NG.

Of course, it loses points 'cause it's that Modified Cochrane Unit BS. (I jest.)

Did you calculate the formula by hand and simply input the result into the velocity column? The only thing I like to see added to the spreadsheet is a place to input an MCU value and get the resulting velocity in another column.

Or, you can really score some brownie points and scrap this TNG crap in favor of the real warp speed chart.

Good work!

[SIR SIG]

I only just realised that i din't include the initial formula and description.

SO most people would have seen just a big scary equation

I've just now modified it so it 'reads' a little better.

Thanks for the reply Sea Tyger. No Cochrane BS round here pls
The formula was written by extrapolating the known canon progressive TNG warp values, so in theory it is highly canonically correct

As to a MCU, how would you want that structured? The actual cochrane amount associated with a warp speed? Or something a little wierder

If so then i'd need a list of warp speeds/velocity/ travel time that doesn't match the chart and extrapolate that to a map and generate known fields of Cochrane values ;0

Sounds like fun lol (best evil mapmaking laughter)

[Sea Tyger]

Well, using the Starships book from Coda, they call the TOS/ST I-VI era warp factors the "original cochrane unit," or OCU. The TNG-era warp factors from the warp chart are "modified cochrane units," or MCU.

What I was wanting to see is the ability to input a warp factor (that isn't on the chart, like, say wf 9.466) into the proper location (I know we would need three or four different input fields, since the formula changes at various intervals), and it would give me the rest of the chart values in the rest of the colums in that row. I just don't know how difficult that might be to accomplish, given the complexity of the wf >9.0 equations.

Was that understandable to anyone besides me?

(Just as a side note, the equations don't scare me..... )

[Ergi]

Originally posted by Sea Tyger


Was that understandable to anyone besides me?

(Just as a side note, the equations don't scare me..... )

At least I understood it , but I think the formula SIR SIG uses applies to the whole range from warp 0 to 10, so there would be no need for multiple input fields.

[Cochrane]

Originally posted by SIR SIG
No Cochrane BS round here pls

Hey!

[SIR SIG]

Originally posted by Cochrane
Hey!

ROTFLMAO

no pun intended

[SIR SIG]

Originally posted by Ergi
At least I understood it , but I think the formula SIR SIG uses applies to the whole range from warp 0 to 10, so there would be no need for multiple input fields.

Yep thats right Ergi. The formula works for any and all 'standard' Warps (1-10).

Also the original site it was located on (using a java calculator) appears to be non existent now. However i did save the html page with the calculator so using that you can input a warp and gate a velocity or vice versa.

Conversely if your java inclined you could just make your own calculator

[SIR SIG]

Originally posted by Sea Tyger
Well, using the Starships book from Coda, they call the TOS/ST I-VI era warp factors the "original cochrane unit," or OCU. The TNG-era warp factors from the warp chart are "modified cochrane units," or MCU.

What I was wanting to see is the ability to input a warp factor (that isn't on the chart, like, say wf 9.466) into the proper location (I know we would need three or four different input fields, since the formula changes at various intervals), and it would give me the rest of the chart values in the rest of the colums in that row. I just don't know how difficult that might be to accomplish, given the complexity of the wf >9.0 equations.

Was that understandable to anyone besides me?

(Just as a side note, the equations don't scare me..... )

Any chance i can score an excerpt or a scan on the relevant pages from StarShips?

The rest of that is feasible if we can get Excel (or simiiiar perhaps Java) to accept logarithimic <sp> equations.