[NCC_1701A]

Originally Posted by RedShirtsRuS

It used to be, then the NX-01 got sucked into a wormhole and got stuck in the past, and then an alternate universe was created. Then the NX-01 in the alternate universe past went back through the wormhole and encountered the Prime NX-01 in the present(during the show) and gave the Prime NX-01 the technology to reach Warp 7.

It's a really confusing episode.

Many time travel episodes are confusing.

[Frenzy]

Originally Posted by vanvideo

It was an incredibly bad-*** starship, the only ship that could contain the pure awesomeness of Cpt. Robau!

Robau meme! YAYAY!

[Samuel]

Oh yea that one. Forgot about it. Wasnt that confusing really. Just the usual paradox problems.

[NCC-73515]

Is NewWarp the same as PrimeWarp? OCU or MCU?

[FanWriter45]

The Federation experimented with NewWarp for a while, but the public didn't really like it that much, so they went back to "ClassicWarp"... and then there came "Classic Cherry Warp," and "Classic Vanilla Warp."

They recently came out with "WarpZero," but the jury is still out.

[Samuel]

Originally Posted by FanWriter45

The Federation experimented with NewWarp for a while, but the public didn't really like it that much, so they went back to "ClassicWarp"... and then there came "Classic Cherry Warp," and "Classic Vanilla Warp."

They recently came out with "WarpZero," but the jury is still out.

Then again there are always those competitors who have alternates like Joltwarp. Incredibly quick and powerful but doesnt last too long. And when its done it takes awhile to recover. Great for those bursts of speed but the ship pays a price afterwards. If however the ship has a bad crew and keeps pushing, the ship will eventually crash and burn.

[Buckman]

the uss equinox was not a long range ship

[Commodore]

Originally Posted by Buckman

the uss equinox was not a long range ship

Actually, it was. As a Nova-class science vessel, it would be expected that the Equinox would be deployed into newly-charted sectors or star systems first explored by a larger starship--such as a Galaxy-class--for the more detailed follow-up research and analysis missions.

Bigger ships could be in deep-space for longer periods of time, but the Equinox herself probably had the same range of an old-style Constitution-class ship, IMO...

[NCC-73515]

But the Nova isn't that fast...

[Commodore]

With a top speed of Warp 8, the Nova is a pretty fast ship by itself--it's just that there are ships that can go even faster, that's all. For a vessel whose primary purpose is long-term scientific research, it doesn't really need to be as fast as a more combat-oriented vessel. What the Nova lacks in top speed, it more than compensates with superior scientific instrumentation (where long and slow scans are likely preferred over short and quick ones).

Besides, Warp 6 seems to be the normal cruising speed that most vessels can hold without extensively damaging their engines. On a long trip, the Nova can probably hold her own against most vessels in the fleet. It's only at emergency speeds (which a vessel can only sustain for a limited time anyway before blowing out its engines) that it will lose a race over a short distance...