Distance from Earth to DS9

 > I need to have a ship make the trip in about 2 days and just want to know if
 > that's cannonicaly possible.

In DS9 episode 4x12 Lost Paradise, the Defiant is transporting
the Starfleet officer responsible for the random opening of
th wormhole from DS9 to Earth.

I dun remember how long before Sisko spoke to DS9 and they
could find the saboeur and left for Earth with the prisoner, but
Sisko couldn't have lasted long without the evidence, so I'd say
1-2 days to Earth seems a reasonable distance at warp 9.


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"Willem-Jan van Strien" <wjvs RemoveThis @xs4all.nl> wrote in message
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 > For a ST-book I'm writing, I'm searching the distance from Earth to DS9.
 > Perferably in days or light-years.
 > And, if possible with a reference to one of the episodes.
 >
 > I've found a few options, but they aren't really helpfull since the
journey
 > takes over 3 weeks or under 2.
 > I need to have a ship make the trip in about 2 days and just want to know
if
 > that's cannonicaly possible.
 >
 > WJ
 >
 >
Non-Canon, but Sisko and Co travel to earth in Times Enemy.. forget how long
it takes
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Ehm....

Which episode is Time's Enemy?
I can't seem to find that title on startrek.com

WJ

 > Non-Canon, but Sisko and Co travel to earth in Times Enemy.. forget how
long
 > it takes
 > if it says at all. I think it does
 >
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Willem-Jan wrote:

 > Which episode is Time's Enemy?
 > I can't seem to find that title on startrek.com

It's not an episode; it's a book. (Sort of obvious for a posting in
alt.startrek.books, don't you think?) TIME'S ENEMY is the third volume in
1996's INVASION! miniseries. Sisko, Dax, and Bashir are recalled to Earth
to investigate a mystery surrounding an ancient starship, while Kira is left
in charge of the station while all hell breaks loose. An absolutely
fantastic novel.

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Thanx....

WJ



"Allyn Gibson" <allyngibson.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> schreef in bericht
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 > Willem-Jan wrote:
 >
  > > Which episode is Time's Enemy?
  > > I can't seem to find that title on startrek.com
 >
 > It's not an episode; it's a book. (Sort of obvious for a posting in
 > alt.startrek.books, don't you think?) TIME'S ENEMY is the third volume in
 > 1996's INVASION! miniseries. Sisko, Dax, and Bashir are recalled to Earth
 > to investigate a mystery surrounding an ancient starship, while Kira is
left
 > in charge of the station while all hell breaks loose. An absolutely
 > fantastic novel.
 >
<font color=purple> > Allyn <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.allyngibson.net</font" target="_blank">http://www.allyngibson.net</font</a>>
 > AIM: mknzycalhn ICQ: 4342396
 >
 > Defeating alien menaces is what Tiggers do best.
 > -- Peter David, "The TARDIS at Pooh Corner"
 >
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I aint no expert but!.......................

After a liitle searching on Google I found the following...

Earth to DS9 is approx 120 light years

Now to reach this in 2 days or less you would have to be travelling at a
speed of warp 9.999 of which no current federation ship can travel this fast
this, for example the ship (Crusing Speed) the Federation has is the
Prometheus of which has a maximum crusing speed of Warp 9.91 and an
Emergency speed rating of Warp 9.97 attainble for only 18hours. Of course
is when travelling via normal warp and not Transwarp aka the Borg favourite,
Slipstream Drive as seen in a Voyager episode or Coaxial Warp another one
from Voyager.

Given the Prometheus's Emergency speed the trip to DS9 from Earth would take
just over 7 days however this would not be possible because this speed can
only be sustained for a duration of 18 hours-ish. At the crusing speed the
journey should take a few hours short of 13 days, amazing what an extra Warp
0.06 does to the time huh!

Anyway in answer to your original question is it possible? then this would
depend on one or two things:

1. In your book does what takes place happen after Voyager has returned
to Federation space?
2. How long after?

If this is true then depending how long it is after this event the
Federation Engineers may have had time to develope various experimental
craft based on the technologies brought back by the Voyager crew e.g. the
"Slipstream Drive" allowing the journey to take place in a matter of hours
or the "Coaxial Warp Drive" or even the "Transwarp Drive" at a push.....



Cheers
NV


"PAUL GADZIKOWSKI" <scarfman.DeleteThis@shell1.iglou.com> wrote in message
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 > In alt.startrek.creative Willem-Jan van Strien <wjvs.DeleteThis@xs4all.nl> wrote:
 > : I've found a few options, but they aren't really helpfull since the
journey
 > : takes over 3 weeks or under 2.
 >
 > What kind of details suround these journeys? Was perhaps the 3 week
 > journey on a starship that had other stops to make and the 2 week journey
 > on a starship that went directly between on a straight line? Was perhaps
 > the 2 week journey on a starship and the 3 week journey on a passenger
 > cruise? If these details don't exist in the canon where you found the
 > figures, perhaps you can establish them in your story.
 >
 > : I need to have a ship make the trip in about 2 days and just want to
know if
 > : that's cannonicaly possible.
 >
 > I'd guess not. DS9 is on the far borders of the Federation, whereas Earth
 > must be near the center. It'd be analagous to traveling to Texas from
 > Washington DC in the eighteenth century. But then, this is science
 > fiction: if it was absolutely necessary to make the trip in two days, it
 > may be that Starfleet has some kind of tiny courier ship that's rarely
 > used because it's not safe.
 >
 >
 >
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"Salmack" <salmack_dk RemoveThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:<bitna6$h91$1@news.cybercity.dk>...
  > > I need to have a ship make the trip in about 2 days and just want to know if
  > > that's cannonicaly possible.
 >
 > In DS9 episode 4x12 Lost Paradise, the Defiant is transporting
 > the Starfleet officer responsible for the random opening of
 > th wormhole from DS9 to Earth.
 >
 > I dun remember how long before Sisko spoke to DS9 and they
 > could find the saboeur and left for Earth with the prisoner, but
 > Sisko couldn't have lasted long without the evidence, so I'd say
 > 1-2 days to Earth seems a reasonable distance at warp 9.
 >
 >
 > Salmack

In DS9's "Little Green Men," Quark, Rom, and Nog travel from DS9 to
Earth in a SHUTTLE. Now, I don't know what the top speed of a Ferengi
shuttle is, but it couldn't have taken them prohibitively long to make
the trip, because otherwise we wouldn't have seen them back at the
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"Willem-Jan van Strien" <wjvs RemoveThis @xs4all.nl> wrote in message news:<3f50e2f3$0$43960$e4fe514c@dreader7.news.xs4all.nl>...
 > For a ST-book I'm writing, I'm searching the distance from Earth to DS9.
 > Perferably in days or light-years.
 > And, if possible with a reference to one of the episodes.
 >
 > I've found a few options, but they aren't really helpfull since the journey
 > takes over 3 weeks or under 2.
 > I need to have a ship make the trip in about 2 days and just want to know if
 > that's cannonicaly possible.
 >
 > WJ

The first edition of the "Star Trek Encyclopedia" gives Warp 4 as
102c, allowing one to travel 5 light years in about 18 days. It gives
Warp 5 as 214c, allowing one to make the trip in about 9 days. Of
course, this is taken from the TNG warp scale, which is based on an
asymptotic power-curve with Warp 10 as an unreachable, theoretical
speed. There is also a disclaimer - "Use these estimates for
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John Dough wrote:
 >
 > There is also a disclaimer - "Use these estimates for
 > comparison only - your actual mileage may vary."

Of course, because I'm not sure any two series so far has agreed on how
this all really works, and has stuck to it.

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"Craig J. Ries" <silvanthalas_cjr DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote in message news:<3F596873.5C5CF4DB DeleteThis @comcast.net>...
 > John Dough wrote:
  > >
  > > There is also a disclaimer - "Use these estimates for
  > > comparison only - your actual mileage may vary."
 >
 > Of course, because I'm not sure any two series so far has agreed on how
 > this all really works, and has stuck to it.
 >
 > Craig J. Ries

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John Dough wrote:
 >
 > Excellent point!

Note, I am not excusing the horrible "2 days to Qo'nos" in Enteprise
with my comment.

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In the TNG finale "All Good Things" Admiral Riker orders his Enterprise to go to
warp 13 after the battle with the Klingons where Beverly's ship, the Pasture, is
destroyed. Depending on the date of your story your ship could travel the
distance you want.

Willem-Jan van Strien wrote:

 > For a ST-book I'm writing, I'm searching the distance from Earth to DS9.
 > Perferably in days or light-years.
 > And, if possible with a reference to one of the episodes.
 >
 > I've found a few options, but they aren't really helpfull since the journey
 > takes over 3 weeks or under 2.
 > I need to have a ship make the trip in about 2 days and just want to know if
 > that's cannonicaly possible.
 >
 > WJ<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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