Okay so from how I understand it... I'm a little confused by the term 'Light-speeds' my understanding is light speed is warp 1. From my stand point, the USS Jackal would be using the 'bubble and basically turning it on an axis (y axis for now) and quite literally throwing it in a different direction. Wouldn't this have an effect on the ship? Can the bubble polarity fields be moved in such a way?A recent SB332 Post wrote:Ensign De'Havean did a quick check of herself and then entered once the door fully opened. Coming to a stop before Commander Von. "Need to take the Jackal out on a test run with engineering crew and few others to validate new maneuvers using just the warp magnetic fields that is produced by the Nacelles that enables the ship to travel at light speeds." Pausing to take a breath after the initial outburst.
Liarra chuckled a little. "Calm down, Ensign. What are you talking about? How do your maneuvers work?"
"Meow! This is all done a sublight.. Slower than light speeds... normal maneuvering speeds, Ma'am!" Erica smiled and purred softly, hoping her success in the holodeck could translate into reality, giving the USS Jackal an advantage. "It combines using the warp magnetic fields that pull the ship through space. Only this is used to change direction... Example.. Square turns or sudden climb or decent out of the way of harm." Erica handed over the PADD that showed her test results in the holodeck. "Iz just need to have permission to take the Jackal out for a quick spin to test the results out."
"I'm leaving in just a few days, Ensign. I'd be happy to let you test your theory, but I'm not going to be able to be there to see it. The Jackal's new chief engineer will be arriving in a few days as well. Get with her and Lieutenant Kelly about the modifications that you want to make. I'll make sure he's notified so he knows what's going on."
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The reason I'm bringing this hear is that, established Canon seems to infer that it wouldn't work this way, it'd tear the ship apart because the warp protection bubble itself would break down. Not to mention the extra added systems that would be needed to keep the generation of the warp field stable enabling the ship to pass from point a to point b. I always thought that it was only possible for the ship to go forwards and/or backwards (by reversing the field) but forwards mostly due to the positioning of the polarity generators.
(Do I get an award for Tech speak?)