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So, I was just wondering, like you do ...

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:23 pm
by Cogito
What colour do the warp nacelles on a vulcan ring ship glow? Anybody remember?

Re: So, I was just wondering, like you do ...

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:57 pm
by WarpGirl
I'm remembering purple, but don't count on that. Maybe orange???

Re: So, I was just wondering, like you do ...

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:23 pm
by Cogito
Purple is sounding credible, and is backed up by some animations on YouTube. I'll go with that for now, but if anyone knows differently I'd be grateful if you'd let me know.

Re: So, I was just wondering, like you do ...

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:38 pm
by Transwarp
I ran the warp equations assuming a space-time gradient less than 0.03, normal mass coefficient, and an annular field configuration. From that, I computed an emmission spectrum for secondary cherenkov radiation in the violet to ultra-violet range.

Of course, you'd see shorter wavelengths at higher warp, so it would only appear to be purple (violet) at speeds below warp 3.

Hope this helps.

Re: So, I was just wondering, like you do ...

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:54 pm
by Cogito
:lol:

"Of course ..."!

:clap:

Re: So, I was just wondering, like you do ...

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:51 pm
by Alelou
And the award for stunningly convincing technobabble on demand goes to Transwarp!

Re: So, I was just wondering, like you do ...

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:04 pm
by Kotik
*duh* Image