Okay after trying to rationalize the warp chart we have c/o encylopedia and others; with what the writers use and using a pre determined cochrane factor. This is what I have.
Using a speed from the DS9 ep 'Defiant' for the Defiant to go from the Station to the Badlands in 6hrs at warp 7 here's what I get.
* Okay 6hrs@wp7= around 0.4 ly
* By the DS9 canon DW maps then the distance is around 6-12 ly (my measurements 7 ly)
* So basically at warp 7 they want to be doing around 1 ly / 1 hr
So my theory is that what we take for a distance per day is what the writers use per hour.
Many onscreen distances/warps are far to fast for the charts we have.
Now in my example we get a distance of about 10 ly for a 3rd season ep, when the app. 7 ly distance isn't pegged down until late 7th season.
I'll have to try some other figures but it appears to be working out.
eg. The freighter from the Denna/Romulan ep that did 15 ly in under a day.
eg. The Ferengi business man who had to get back to Ferenginar from Ds9 'Profit and Lace' by leaving early the next morning for a business meeting the next day.
eg. 'Chain of Command' where at Wp 8.5 the E-D gets to the Nebula in 1 hr around 5ly away.
And many more.
* It allows DW ships to get to the Core worlds in around 3 days.
* Sisko's 1wk return trip to Earth and back to DS9.
* Worf's 1wk (atmost) return trip to Q'onos back from SB 375
Thus at a high warp around the 9's, app 100 ly a day can be traveled. While Voyager is using a whole different figure app. 2.4 rather then 24.
Comments?
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