Faster than the speed of light...

[Rockstar]

What kind of lights Xenon or Halogen, high beam or low, American or European systems? Any black holes in the area?

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

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Because the nav lights are inside the ship's warp field and thus are not really traveling faster than light from the perspective of an observer inside the warp field itself.

I can't remember any special effects either when they were in pursuit of some craft, which later dropped out of warp.

Hmm, thinking further,....

With an opponent having his headlights on, would you get double blinded if the opponent did a Picard Maneuver?

[Onkel Neal]

Oh, I thought this was about

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Pisces

I can't remember any special effects either when they were in pursuit of some craft, which later dropped out of warp.

Actually if two ships are both traveling at the same warp speed the pursuing ship would have the advantage since the light from the pursued ship reaches the pursuer faster than light (it reaches the warp field and is compressed along with the normal space along the ship's flight path) while the light from the pursuing ship never reaches the pursued ship. So until the pursuer extends their warp field around the pursued ship (to say open fire with a STL weapon like a phaser) thus equalizing the relative velocities the pursued ship will never know someone was there.


Beware tailgaters at warp speeds.

Hmm, thinking further,....

With an opponent having his headlights on, would you get double blinded if the opponent did a Picard Maneuver?

I assume any interstellar craft would have sufficient shielding to protect against something as simple as visible light radiation.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I assume any interstellar craft would have sufficient shielding to protect against something as simple as visible light radiation.

Unless you're a Ferengi...

Or a Pakled...

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Unless you're a Ferengi...

The Ferengi have a simple but effective protection against visible light radiation... its called cowering under the table...

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

... its called cowering under the table...

It may be low-tech, but it's tried, true and highly effective!

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

"what would happen, if you were driving faster than the speed of light, and you turned your headlights on?"

Tell your friend,

The car would disintegrate long before it could reach anywhere close to the speed of light, assuming it did not hit something sooner.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Tell your friend,

The car would disintegrate long before it could reach anywhere close to the speed of light, assuming it did not hit something sooner.

yeah... that was the second part of my response at the time actually

[Platapus]

That is the difference between theoretical and applied physics.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Platapus

That is the difference between theoretical and applied physics.

In theory, there's no difference between practice and theory.

But in practice... there is.

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Actually if two ships are both traveling at the same warp speed the pursuing ship would have the advantage since the light from the pursued ship reaches the pursuer faster than light (it reaches the warp field and is compressed along with the normal space along the ship's flight path) while the light from the pursuing ship never reaches the pursued ship. So until the pursuer extends their warp field around the pursued ship (to say open fire with a STL weapon like a phaser) thus equalizing the relative velocities the pursued ship will never know someone was there.

I still prefer the good old photon torpedo!

[onelifecrisis]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Someone asked me the other day.

"what would happen, if you were driving faster than the speed of light, and you turned your headlights on?"

so... any takers?

I say, nothing would happen.

to an observer outside your craft - you would be completely invisible; as vision as we know it depends on light to be reflected off a surface for it to be seen.

from you're own point of view... you, your control panel, the interior of your craft and everything else would also be completely invisible as you would be moving faster than the light required for you to see other objects.

If you are going faster than the speed of light?

I guess the light from the headlamps would shine backwards into your face.

[onelifecrisis]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

In theory, there's no difference between practice and theory.

But in practice... there is.

Haha, good one, I've not heard that before.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

The Ferengi have a simple but effective protection against visible light radiation... its called cowering under the table...

I presume that afterward they sell the table as armour against visible light radiation?