Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 14, 2006, 02:55:27 AM
Post by: Baphomet on January 14, 2006, 02:55:27 AM
"No Cadet, subspace is the foundation of matter and energy in the universe, therefore it encompasses all."
Baphomet looks at the new Cadet...
"Very well Cadet Hobson, please be seated.
Baphomet looks at the new Cadet...
"Very well Cadet Hobson, please be seated.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 15, 2006, 07:16:31 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 15, 2006, 07:16:31 PM
"Hydrogen, Helium and Nitrogen" Rylaan began as thought out the process in his head "Ionised Dust and particles" he continued basically rambling at this point "That would denote a Supernova, but the lack of radiation besides the norm would defintly indicate a Nebula. So I say B"
".... and as for a Photon being only light, that's false... it's a quantum of electromagnetic energy, it has no mass, no electric charge, and no expiration, it' not just light. You're thinking of a Tachiyon which is a particle of light that has traveled through a Black Hole and has achieved faster than light speeds. Though in a sense it is light if you are measuring the candela being seen through a retina... I can see where your question would be answered as true... though False is the correct answer"
".... and as for a Photon being only light, that's false... it's a quantum of electromagnetic energy, it has no mass, no electric charge, and no expiration, it' not just light. You're thinking of a Tachiyon which is a particle of light that has traveled through a Black Hole and has achieved faster than light speeds. Though in a sense it is light if you are measuring the candela being seen through a retina... I can see where your question would be answered as true... though False is the correct answer"
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 22, 2006, 04:07:14 AM
Post by: Baphomet on January 22, 2006, 04:07:14 AM
OOC: I read the article and noticed several mistakes, one mistake is the mentioning of Helium as the catylist in the calapse and subsequent creation of a Blackhole, this is incorrect as Helium is Inert, stars burn so to speak on Hydrogen.
When it comes to Star Trek science, there are more reliable Internet sources such as www.ditl.org www.ex-astris-scientia.org try them.
When it comes to Star Trek science, there are more reliable Internet sources such as www.ditl.org www.ex-astris-scientia.org try them.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 29, 2006, 12:51:11 PM
Post by: Baphomet on January 29, 2006, 12:51:11 PM
1. ASTRONOMY: [Let's begin]
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 05, 2006, 01:02:41 PM
Post by: Baphomet on February 05, 2006, 01:02:41 PM
"To a point"
"On the Quantum level, there is suspected to be subspatial wormholes and given that these micro-wormholes can become macro-wormholes depending on the gravimetric forces applied.
Having said that wormholes are not a fold in space but rather a quantum tunnel, hence the term quantum tunneling.
As a vessel can warp space, another can fold space, which is in essence an extreme version of the former, that is about it.
Next we shall discuss molecular and particle physics, then the various sciences.
I will just wait for our other Cadet to post a Statement/Question."
NOTE: For Stellar Cartography and Planet/Star classifications you can use the Avalon's Main Computer. (EF's Database)
OOC: I do not believe that we really need to cover that is so obviously pointed out in the Db.
"On the Quantum level, there is suspected to be subspatial wormholes and given that these micro-wormholes can become macro-wormholes depending on the gravimetric forces applied.
Having said that wormholes are not a fold in space but rather a quantum tunnel, hence the term quantum tunneling.
As a vessel can warp space, another can fold space, which is in essence an extreme version of the former, that is about it.
Next we shall discuss molecular and particle physics, then the various sciences.
I will just wait for our other Cadet to post a Statement/Question."
NOTE: For Stellar Cartography and Planet/Star classifications you can use the Avalon's Main Computer. (EF's Database)
OOC: I do not believe that we really need to cover that is so obviously pointed out in the Db.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 12, 2006, 04:20:53 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 12, 2006, 04:20:53 PM
"I was thinking of Applied Sciences, with a focus on the technological applications."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 23, 2006, 06:26:01 AM
Post by: Baphomet on February 23, 2006, 06:26:01 AM
"Congratulations Cadet, ten out of ten."
"Report to Avalon CO for posting, Live long and Prosper."
"Report to Avalon CO for posting, Live long and Prosper."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Nekturn on September 20, 2005, 09:31:40 AM
Post by: Nekturn on September 20, 2005, 09:31:40 AM
This is were the Basics of Science will be taught.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 14, 2006, 04:42:12 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 14, 2006, 04:42:12 PM
He took the seat and took out a small PADD for taking notes.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 15, 2006, 04:06:16 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 15, 2006, 04:06:16 PM
He sat and thought for a moment and responded.
"I think it is B, Nebula...And for Photons I answer 'True'.."
"I think it is B, Nebula...And for Photons I answer 'True'.."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 22, 2006, 02:44:12 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 22, 2006, 02:44:12 PM
OOC: What's funny is that the first site you list, which is a great source btw, thank you... Actually supports my case 
If you look up the Voyager Episode :Parllax, you will see the following:
"This episode is one of the biggest Bad Science eps, even by Trek standards. An event horizon is not a "powerful force field", but rather a dividing line drawn around a mass at the point where the escape velocity exceeds the speed of light. It's just as arbitrary as the international date line or the arctic circle on Earth's surface. And since Voyager can actually go faster than light, then there's no real reason why the ship couldn't expect to fly into and out of the event horizon of a black hole quite comfortably."
If you look up the Voyager Episode :Parllax, you will see the following:"This episode is one of the biggest Bad Science eps, even by Trek standards. An event horizon is not a "powerful force field", but rather a dividing line drawn around a mass at the point where the escape velocity exceeds the speed of light. It's just as arbitrary as the international date line or the arctic circle on Earth's surface. And since Voyager can actually go faster than light, then there's no real reason why the ship couldn't expect to fly into and out of the event horizon of a black hole quite comfortably."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 29, 2006, 12:49:11 PM
Post by: Baphomet on January 29, 2006, 12:49:11 PM
Baphomet raised her left eyebrow at Cadet Brish 
and then looked at her computer terminal...[Continues]
"It seems that I have finally received the curiculum for this science class and I shall display it for you on the Main Viewer..."
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Astronomy
Astrophysics
Biology
Biochemistry (or Xenobiochemistry: (specialty))
Botany (or Xenobotany: (specialty))
Chemistry
Comparative Archaeology: (race)
Ecology (or Xenoecology: (specialty))
Genetics (or Xenogenetics: (specialty))
Geology
Physics
Physiology: (Terran)
Physiology: (specialty)
Subspace Mechanics
Xenobiology: General
Xenology: General
Zoology (or Xenology: (specialty))
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"As you can see their is a variety of subjects here, so instead of teaching you these broad range of subjects I will try a different method and we shall simply discuss each one, like having a simple conversation."
"It is illogical to do so, but seeing as there are so many elements connected to each it might be prudent."
OOC: In other words, I am not going to keep you in this Digital classroom for 8 stardard earth years.
and then looked at her computer terminal...[Continues]"It seems that I have finally received the curiculum for this science class and I shall display it for you on the Main Viewer..."
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Astronomy
Astrophysics
Biology
Biochemistry (or Xenobiochemistry: (specialty))
Botany (or Xenobotany: (specialty))
Chemistry
Comparative Archaeology: (race)
Ecology (or Xenoecology: (specialty))
Genetics (or Xenogenetics: (specialty))
Geology
Physics
Physiology: (Terran)
Physiology: (specialty)
Subspace Mechanics
Xenobiology: General
Xenology: General
Zoology (or Xenology: (specialty))
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"As you can see their is a variety of subjects here, so instead of teaching you these broad range of subjects I will try a different method and we shall simply discuss each one, like having a simple conversation."
"It is illogical to do so, but seeing as there are so many elements connected to each it might be prudent."
OOC: In other words, I am not going to keep you in this Digital classroom for 8 stardard earth years.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 05, 2006, 04:25:34 AM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 05, 2006, 04:25:34 AM
"Hmmm... that's an interesting statement. And for the record, I know very well who the teacher is here. I stated what I knew, and expected you to amend my statment. As for Wormhole Travel being temporal. It makes sense only in the vaguest of senses to me. If a wormhole is a fold in space, then wouldn't it stand to reason that the reason wormhole travel is so swift is that it truly is that swift as the distance between one side and the other is shorter than the actual distance?"
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 13, 2006, 05:48:53 PM
Post by: Baphomet on February 13, 2006, 05:48:53 PM
"Well Cadet Hobson I wish you all the best, Cadet Brish you might have to do the engineering course also, I will chase that up."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 22, 2006, 11:35:49 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 22, 2006, 11:35:49 PM
Q1. An Earth type environment is known as what class.
C) M class
Q2. What is Subspace?
A) A domain outside or below the normal space-time continuum i.e. the quantum level, where matter and energy are transferable
Q3. Tachyons are what
B) A sub-atomic particle that exists only at Faster-Than-Light speeds.
Q4. LCARS is an acronym which stands for what
C) Library Computer Access and Retrieval System
Q5. Most life forms DNA consists of which elemental base
A) Carbon
Q6. Most life forms, including humans, hemoglobin uses Iron molecules to transfer oxygen to each cell of the body which gives it the red color. Vulcans and other Vulcanoid races' on the other hand is green, because it is
A) Copper based
Q7. Warp 1 is what Km/s
C) 300 000
Q8. After acknowledging an order from the Captain, due to the discovery of some type of spatial anomaly, a Chief Science Officer does what first
C) Checks the Sensor readouts at the Science Station
Q9. In space, asteroids are what
A) Pieces of rock, dust particles and raw metal, usually the remnant of a destroyed planet
Q10. What are the four main forces of the universe?
C) Gravity, Electro-magnetic, Strong nuclear, Weak nuclear
C) M class
Q2. What is Subspace?
A) A domain outside or below the normal space-time continuum i.e. the quantum level, where matter and energy are transferable
Q3. Tachyons are what
B) A sub-atomic particle that exists only at Faster-Than-Light speeds.
Q4. LCARS is an acronym which stands for what
C) Library Computer Access and Retrieval System
Q5. Most life forms DNA consists of which elemental base
A) Carbon
Q6. Most life forms, including humans, hemoglobin uses Iron molecules to transfer oxygen to each cell of the body which gives it the red color. Vulcans and other Vulcanoid races' on the other hand is green, because it is
A) Copper based
Q7. Warp 1 is what Km/s
C) 300 000
Q8. After acknowledging an order from the Captain, due to the discovery of some type of spatial anomaly, a Chief Science Officer does what first
C) Checks the Sensor readouts at the Science Station
Q9. In space, asteroids are what
A) Pieces of rock, dust particles and raw metal, usually the remnant of a destroyed planet
Q10. What are the four main forces of the universe?
C) Gravity, Electro-magnetic, Strong nuclear, Weak nuclear
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 12, 2006, 04:25:40 AM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 12, 2006, 04:25:40 AM
*salutes* Sir, I was ordered to report to you sir.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 15, 2006, 11:55:07 AM
Post by: Baphomet on January 15, 2006, 11:55:07 AM
"Aboard a Starship, the Science officer will be called upon to explain any anomalies present."
Continues...
"I will ask you a theoretical question to access you abilties to assertain an anomaly without instrumentation."
"Ships sensors ae reading an anomaly with a large quantity of Hydrogen, Helium and nitrogen, as well as Ionised Plasma and dust particles, but next to no extenuous radiation besides the usual background noise.
Is it:
A: Wormhole
B: Nebula
C: Supernova
Another question for you to answer, is a general knowledge question.
Photons exist only as light.
True or False.
You both must answer before confirmation."
Continues...
"I will ask you a theoretical question to access you abilties to assertain an anomaly without instrumentation."
"Ships sensors ae reading an anomaly with a large quantity of Hydrogen, Helium and nitrogen, as well as Ionised Plasma and dust particles, but next to no extenuous radiation besides the usual background noise.
Is it:
A: Wormhole
B: Nebula
C: Supernova
Another question for you to answer, is a general knowledge question.
Photons exist only as light.
True or False.
You both must answer before confirmation."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 18, 2006, 10:23:14 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 18, 2006, 10:23:14 PM
Hobson sat for a long while reading. He set the padd back on the table as he finished.
"I have a question sir. Was my answer to the second question a reference to Photonic Energy? Where I felt that it was true that it was just light, in my reading it seems that the term for it is Photonic Energy"
"I have a question sir. Was my answer to the second question a reference to Photonic Energy? Where I felt that it was true that it was just light, in my reading it seems that the term for it is Photonic Energy"
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 21, 2006, 03:56:41 PM
Post by: Baphomet on January 21, 2006, 03:56:41 PM
OOC: Eh; Just ignore me I was in a bad mood, due to Insomnia, amongst other things.
IC: "As stated Cadet, I have never been to the Van'Gu cluster, therefore logically any comment I make on that subject would be supposition and unreliable."
"As for the Blackhole, I mentioned the centre, because of the gravity well they produce, as for Faster-Than-Light, no vessels actually travel Faster-Than-Light as it is impossible, but there are ways around it, due to the advent and creation of Warp drive etc."
"Naturally this is determinable, to the size of the blackhole, but it is quite impossible to escape the event horizon due to the sheer gravitational force, it would be like you trying to move a planet with your bare hands."
IC: "As stated Cadet, I have never been to the Van'Gu cluster, therefore logically any comment I make on that subject would be supposition and unreliable."
"As for the Blackhole, I mentioned the centre, because of the gravity well they produce, as for Faster-Than-Light, no vessels actually travel Faster-Than-Light as it is impossible, but there are ways around it, due to the advent and creation of Warp drive etc."
"Naturally this is determinable, to the size of the blackhole, but it is quite impossible to escape the event horizon due to the sheer gravitational force, it would be like you trying to move a planet with your bare hands."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 30, 2006, 08:58:14 AM
Post by: Baphomet on January 30, 2006, 08:58:14 AM
"That is correct Cadet."
"Astronomy is the study of stellar bodies and their motion in realtion to a fixed position, usually a planetary body."
"Most stellar distances are measured in Light years, that is the distance light travels in one year, which is 300 000 Km/s"
"Another form of measurement is performed using the term Parsec, short for Paralax Second and is 3.26 Lightyears.
This is achieved and measure using triangulation between the Earth and it's sun in reference to one Astronomical Unit (AU), 1 Astronomical Unit = 149 598 000 000 meters."
Many stellar formations, including nebulas are constructed of gases, usually Hydrogen, Helium and collections of other ether based elements and also usually contain stellar matter and particles of dust; Nebulas may and may not become starsystem, as with the term 'Stellar nurseries."
"As well as nebulas, there are many other forms of stellar formations, including wormholes; Which are natural or sometimes artificial holes in the Space/Time continuum, although it is rare to find one that is stable."
"Astronomy is the study of stellar bodies and their motion in realtion to a fixed position, usually a planetary body."
"Most stellar distances are measured in Light years, that is the distance light travels in one year, which is 300 000 Km/s"
"Another form of measurement is performed using the term Parsec, short for Paralax Second and is 3.26 Lightyears.
This is achieved and measure using triangulation between the Earth and it's sun in reference to one Astronomical Unit (AU), 1 Astronomical Unit = 149 598 000 000 meters."
Many stellar formations, including nebulas are constructed of gases, usually Hydrogen, Helium and collections of other ether based elements and also usually contain stellar matter and particles of dust; Nebulas may and may not become starsystem, as with the term 'Stellar nurseries."
"As well as nebulas, there are many other forms of stellar formations, including wormholes; Which are natural or sometimes artificial holes in the Space/Time continuum, although it is rare to find one that is stable."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 13, 2006, 11:30:12 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 13, 2006, 11:30:12 PM
"Forgive me if I am wrong, but from that I get the feeling I am finished with the course..?"
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 22, 2006, 06:49:13 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 22, 2006, 06:49:13 PM
*subspace transmission*
This is Cadet Rylaan Brish responding to the transmission ordering my attendance to this test. I have downloaded the test and will record my answers here.
Question 1: Answer: M Class
Question 2: Answer: A domain outside or below the normal space-time continuum i.e. the quantum level, where matter and energy are transferable
Question 3: Answer: A sub-atomic particle that exists only at Faster-Than-Light speeds.
Question 4: Answer: Library Cataloging And Researching System
Question 5: Answer: Carbon
Question 6: Answer: Copper Based
Question 7: Answer: 300,000km/hr
Question 8: Answer: Checks the readouts at the Science Station.
Question 9: Answer: Pieces of rock, dust particles and raw metal, usually the remnant of a destroyed planet. (Though according to my research, answer C could also be argued to be correct OOC: I had to, I'm sorry
)
Question 10: Answer: Gravity, Electro-magnetic, Strong nuclear, Weak nuclear.
I hope this is a satisfactory examination and that I pass. I don't know how long I will be out of contact, but after I get my grade, I suspect that I will not be allowed to make another transmission till the next one.
Live Long and Prosper Commander Baphomet.
*end transmission*
This is Cadet Rylaan Brish responding to the transmission ordering my attendance to this test. I have downloaded the test and will record my answers here.
Question 1: Answer: M Class
Question 2: Answer: A domain outside or below the normal space-time continuum i.e. the quantum level, where matter and energy are transferable
Question 3: Answer: A sub-atomic particle that exists only at Faster-Than-Light speeds.
Question 4: Answer: Library Cataloging And Researching System
Question 5: Answer: Carbon
Question 6: Answer: Copper Based
Question 7: Answer: 300,000km/hr
Question 8: Answer: Checks the readouts at the Science Station.
Question 9: Answer: Pieces of rock, dust particles and raw metal, usually the remnant of a destroyed planet. (Though according to my research, answer C could also be argued to be correct OOC: I had to, I'm sorry
)Question 10: Answer: Gravity, Electro-magnetic, Strong nuclear, Weak nuclear.
I hope this is a satisfactory examination and that I pass. I don't know how long I will be out of contact, but after I get my grade, I suspect that I will not be allowed to make another transmission till the next one.
Live Long and Prosper Commander Baphomet.
*end transmission*
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 26, 2006, 09:48:53 AM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 26, 2006, 09:48:53 AM
OOC: Wait a minute... I said the right answer to the 300,000 km/s... you can't make me wrong because I chose the right answer, but wrote it wrong... the other I understand... I guessed lol
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 12, 2006, 08:02:45 AM
Post by: Baphomet on January 12, 2006, 08:02:45 AM
"No need to salute Cadet, please be seated"
Baphomet walks to the front of the class room and sets up her computer interface.
"I am Lieutenant Commander Baphomet and I will be your instructor."
Baphomet walks to the front of the class room and sets up her computer interface.
"I am Lieutenant Commander Baphomet and I will be your instructor."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 13, 2006, 06:03:28 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 13, 2006, 06:03:28 PM
Looking up from his PADD just long enough to hear his teacher's speech, and his classmate's arrival, Rylaan raises his hand in question.
"Commander, If Space contains four dimensions, and Hyper Space contains Six, does Subspace contain no dimension? And if so how can it function in the quantum reality we live in without causing a Paradox of universal proportions. And if it can truly function without causing a Paradox, does that mean the abscense of dimension is a dimension in itself? And if that abscense is actually a Dimension, would that mean there are truly eleven dimensions?"
"Commander, If Space contains four dimensions, and Hyper Space contains Six, does Subspace contain no dimension? And if so how can it function in the quantum reality we live in without causing a Paradox of universal proportions. And if it can truly function without causing a Paradox, does that mean the abscense of dimension is a dimension in itself? And if that abscense is actually a Dimension, would that mean there are truly eleven dimensions?"
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 14, 2006, 05:00:38 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 14, 2006, 05:00:38 PM
Tapping what was said on his PADD, Rylaan awaits the next part of the lesson, but as he looks over towards the window, he a man fly by in a EVA suit. His eye twitching a bit as several ideas come to him as to how to improve it, he begins tapping out his specs as the teacher continues.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 16, 2006, 03:52:58 AM
Post by: Baphomet on January 16, 2006, 03:52:58 AM
To Cadet Hobson: "Your first answer, B (Nebula) is correct; but your second answer is incorrect."
To Cadet Brish: "Both your answers are correct."
To all: "Well done Cadets, these questions will not effect your grade, but to see your knowledge base and how well you do.
OOC: Roleplaying in Star Trek is alot like real life, in respect to real Science, when comfronted with a problem that you do not understand do not be afraid to research.
Cadet Brish did as I expected him to and that was to look up the Internet for the answer, DO NOT be afraid to do this Cadet Hobson, because that is what life is all about.
Remember this little addage:
If you do not know the answer, ask...
To Cadet Brish: "Both your answers are correct."
To all: "Well done Cadets, these questions will not effect your grade, but to see your knowledge base and how well you do.
OOC: Roleplaying in Star Trek is alot like real life, in respect to real Science, when comfronted with a problem that you do not understand do not be afraid to research.
Cadet Brish did as I expected him to and that was to look up the Internet for the answer, DO NOT be afraid to do this Cadet Hobson, because that is what life is all about.
Remember this little addage:
If you do not know the answer, ask...
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 18, 2006, 09:21:17 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 18, 2006, 09:21:17 PM
OOC: I was told that inventing was an area handled in Science... If I'm wrong, let me know and I'll transfer.
IC: Takes PADD in hand, and begins reading carefully not skipping over what he already knows.
IC: Takes PADD in hand, and begins reading carefully not skipping over what he already knows.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 19, 2006, 06:31:12 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 19, 2006, 06:31:12 PM
"One question Commander..." Rylaan begins as he looks up from his PADD "well two really..." placing the PADD on his desk, he clears his throat before asking.
"The first question is of the Van'gu Cluster. How does the population keep alive with such gravitational fluxes surrounding their planet? A complex weave through several stars should rip the planet to pieces in mere moments, and render all ship travel impossible due to increased tidal forces. Should you get on the wrong side of a minor cluster, you would face the same effects as a Black hole."
"My second question is about that outdated view on Black Holes. With warp travel so prevailant in the universe at this time, there is no way a ship should be caught in a Black Hole. All one would have to do is move to Warp 1.1 or greater and they would be moving faster than the even horizan. Much faster in fact. So my question is this. Why has the description of a Black Hole not been updated to Federation Standard? Or are Black Holes that much stronger than first thought?"
With that said, Rylaan sits back awaiting the answers to his questions.
"The first question is of the Van'gu Cluster. How does the population keep alive with such gravitational fluxes surrounding their planet? A complex weave through several stars should rip the planet to pieces in mere moments, and render all ship travel impossible due to increased tidal forces. Should you get on the wrong side of a minor cluster, you would face the same effects as a Black hole."
"My second question is about that outdated view on Black Holes. With warp travel so prevailant in the universe at this time, there is no way a ship should be caught in a Black Hole. All one would have to do is move to Warp 1.1 or greater and they would be moving faster than the even horizan. Much faster in fact. So my question is this. Why has the description of a Black Hole not been updated to Federation Standard? Or are Black Holes that much stronger than first thought?"
With that said, Rylaan sits back awaiting the answers to his questions.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 22, 2006, 03:11:00 AM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 22, 2006, 03:11:00 AM
Nodding as the explaination comes out "Ah, I thought it was the ship that moved faster than light.... Thank you commander.
OOC: I have to break out my Star Trek Encyclopedia and write up the Star Trek version of Black Holes. Cause the ships in Star Trek do move faster than light, what your describing is Transwarp, warp travel through Subspace.
Star Trek Black Holes According to the Star Trek: Encyclopedia:
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Black_hole
OOC: I have to break out my Star Trek Encyclopedia and write up the Star Trek version of Black Holes. Cause the ships in Star Trek do move faster than light, what your describing is Transwarp, warp travel through Subspace.
Star Trek Black Holes According to the Star Trek: Encyclopedia:
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Black_hole
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 26, 2006, 11:45:03 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 26, 2006, 11:45:03 PM
Rylaan silently waits for his teacher's next lesson.... *OOC Sorry I didn't post this earlier...*
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 29, 2006, 04:07:05 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 29, 2006, 04:07:05 PM
"Astronomy, if I have it right, its the study of the stars and solar systems in general".
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 03, 2006, 10:22:08 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 03, 2006, 10:22:08 PM
"..I didn't. That would probally be why I asked our instructor the question".
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 11, 2006, 08:11:36 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 11, 2006, 08:11:36 PM
Nothing specific for me, no. Future plans are to begin as a science officer and to become a chief science officer by promotion or to get lucky enough to start as a chief.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 14, 2006, 12:25:19 PM
Post by: Baphomet on February 14, 2006, 12:25:19 PM
"Sorry Cadet Hobson but no, I was only wishing you the best in your decided occupation."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 15, 2006, 05:47:06 PM
Post by: Baphomet on February 15, 2006, 05:47:06 PM
OOC: Now I shall give you the entire information, that you will be tested on.
Seeing as Cadet Hobson has waited so long, which in my book is inexcusable and on behalf of those of us in EF who find the Academy situation of an online RPG illogical, I appologise.
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SCIENCE CURICULUM
Planetary Classification
AAA
• No Known Intelligent Indigenous Life-Forms
• Examples: Ceti Alpha 5, Manark 4, Melnos 4, Miridian 4, Nelvana 3, Nervala 5, Ohniaka 3, Omicron Ceti 3, Quazulu 8, Regulus 5, Septimus Minor, Sherman's Planet, Tethys 3, Titus 4, Vilmor 2, Zayra 4
AA
• Prehistoric Age, no tools
• Examples: Alpha Carinae 2, Alpha Majoris 1, Bardakia, Berengaria 7, Dimorus 4, El-Adrel 4, No'Mat, Ruah 4, Surata 4
AS
• Primitive Space Dwelling
• Examples: Alpha Omicron System (Junior), Giant Amoeba, Nitrium Parasites from the Pelloris Asteroid Belt near Tessen 3, Ordek Nebula (Wogneers)
A
• Stone Age
• Examples: Altair 3, Gamma Trianguli 6, Hanson's Planet
AR
• Primitive
• RESTRICTED: No contact permitted
• Examples: Tarchannen 3, Tarella, Taurus 2
B-
• Agricultural Age
• Examples: Malkus 9, Miramanee's Planet, Rousseau 5
B
• Metal Age
• Examples: Apella, Capella 4, Sigma Draconis 6, Galvin 5, Malurians (before demise), Rigel 7, Zeta Bootis 3 (Neural)
C-
• Scientific Intelligence (no tools)
• Examples: Janus 6, Tyrellia
C
• Scientific Age
• Examples: Barkon 4, Fendaus 5, Mintaka 3
D-
• Pre-Industrialization
• Examples: M-113 (before demise), Omega 4, Organian Society's Outward Appearance, Sigma Draconis 3
D
• Steam Age
• Examples: Argo, Brax, Canopus 2, Omicron 4, Rigel 7, Tartarus 5
D+
• Electric Age
• Examples: Landris 3, Minara 2 (before relocation), Mintonia, Rubicun 3 (Edo)
E-
• Liquid Fuels Age
• Examples: Kraus 4, Loren 3, Stakoron 2, Suvin 4
E
• Atomic Age
• Examples: Barzans, Deneb 4 (Bandi), Beta 3, Mordan 4, Sigma Iotia 2
F
• Space Age
• Examples: Alpha Carinae 5, Altec, Argelius 2, Balosnee 6, Brekka, Kea 4, Penthara 4, Sarona 7, Straleb, Talin 4, Theta 7, Turkana 4
F+
• Conscientious Space Age
• Examples: Halkans, Marejaretus 6, Norpin Colony, Tagus 3, Thalos 7, Tohvon 3
G
• Fusion Age
• Examples: Antica (Beta Renna System), Deneb 2, Drema 4, Gamma Vertis 4, Jaros 2, Ligon 2, Manu 3, Minos Corva, Nahmi 4, Niau, Ophiucus 3, Regula, Selay (Beta Renna System), Sigma Draconis 4, Solais 5, Thelka 4, Ventax 2, Xelata
H
• Planet Age
• Examples: 892 4 (Magna Roma), Angel One, Bre'el 4, Ekos, Elas, Kataan, Kenda 2, Krios, Malcor 3, Ornara, Phylos 2, Quadra Sigma 3, Relva 7, Rochani 3, Troyius, Vault Minor, Zeon
I
• Star Age
• Examples: Algolia, Altair 6, Antide 3, Barolia, Breen, Chalna, Corvan 2, Gamelan 5, Largo 5, Ligos 7, Miradorns, Pakleds, Pelleus 5, Pentaurus 5, Regulus 2, Rura Penthe
J
• Expansion Age
• Examples: Alcyones, Berellians, Brakas 5, Gault, Lysia, Mudor 5, Nausicaa, Ogus 2, Otar 2, Qualor 2, Sothis 3 (Sataarans), Shiralea 6, Styris 4, Tarsas 3, Tormen 5, Tyrus 7A, Valeria, Zibalia
K
• Introversion Age
• Examples: Acamar 3, Alpha Proxima 2, Beta Antares 4, Coridan, Epsilon Hydra 7, Gamaris 5, Mizar 2, Narendra 3, Nimbus 3, Peliar Zel, Persephone 5, Setlik 3, Vadris 3, Xanthras 3, Zytchin 3
K+
• Enlightenment Age
• Examples: 15 Lyncis 2 (Cait), Bajor, Duronis 2, Gaspar 7, Hoek 4, Hurkos 3, Kurl (before demise), Mariah 4, Mataline 2, Meles 2, Memory Alpha, Pacifica, Parliment, Risa, Sauria, Sirius 9, Valo 2, Valo 3, Wrigley's Pleasure Planet, Zeta Alpha 2
L
• Power Age
• Examples: Angosia 3, Beltane 9, Benzar, Devidia 2, Dopteria, Eminiar 7, Epsilon Canaris 3, Lenaria, Mantilles, Mariposa, Melina 2, Midos 5, Milika 3, Morikin 7, Oceanus 4, Promelians, Rakhar, Rigel 2, Rutia 4, Tagra 4, Tarsus 4, Vendikar, Zadar 4
M
• Ion Age
• Examples: Alpha Cygnus 9, Ardana, Bilana 3, Catualla, Canopus 3, Dachlyds, Daran 5, Delos 4, Deneb 5, Gonal 4, Hurada 3, Kaelon 2, Kaldra 4, Krisa, Kostalain, Lemma 2, Makus 3, Menthars (before demise), Merak 2, Nehru Colony, Zaldor
MR
• Ion Age
• RESTRICTED: No contact permitted
• Examples: Kavis Alpha 4 (Evolved Nanites), Ktaria, Mab-Bu 6 A, Moab 4, Rigel 8 (Orion), Sarthong 5, Tanuga 4, Velara 3
N-
• Pre-Technocracy Age
• Examples: Aurelia, Axanar, Beta Lankal, Beta Thoridar, Beta 6, Beth Delta 1, Bolarus 9, Cardassia, Edo (Edoans), Ferenginar, Kora 2, Malaya 4, Talaria, Tau Ceti 3 (Kaferia), Tiburon
N
• Technocracy Age
• Examples: 61 Cygni 5 (Tellar), Alpha Centauri, Alpha 3, Andor (Epsilon Indii 8), Arvada 3, Babel, Benecia, Bersallis 3, Beta Agni 2, Boreth, Borka 6, Cygnet 12, Deneva, Earth, Gideon, Gornar, Haven, Klaestron 4, Marcos 12, Minos Korva, Q'onos (Klinzhai), Rigel 4, Rigel 5
NR
• Technocracy Age
• RESTRICTED - Avoid contact
• Examples: Minos, Platonius, Remus, Romulus, Scalos, Sheliak Corporate, Tau Cygna 5, Tholia, Tilonus 4
N+
• Civil Technocracy Age
• Examples: Betazed, Caldonia, Chandra 5, Danula 2, Delb 2, Delta 4, Efrosia, El-Aurians, Icor 9, New Fabrina, Ramatis 3, Tamaria, Trill, Ullians, Vulcan, Yonada, Zakdor
N+PR
• Civil Technocracy Age
• RESTRICTED - No physical contact permitted
• Examples: Gagarin 4, Torona 4
NS
• Space Dwelling Civil Age
• Examples: Beta Renna Cloud, Beta 12-A Entity, Calamarain, Crystaline Entity, Dikironium Cloud Entity, FGC-47 Entities, Gamma Canaris Entity (Companion), Space Jellyfish
O
• Techno-Power Age
• Examples: Bynaus, Cerebus 2, Legara 4, Medusa, Mudd, Sarpeidon (before demise), Vorgons (from the 27th century)
P
• Super Techno-Power Age
• Examples: Amusement Park Planet, Borg Collective, Dyson Sphere Builders, Iconia (before demise), Old Ones of Exo 3 (before demise), Rubicun 3 (Edo God), Sargon's Planet (before demise), Triacus (Epsilon Indii 4, before demise)
PS
• Space Dwelling Super Techno-Power Age
• Examples: Gomtuu (Tin Man), V'ger, "Whale" Probe
Q
• Cloaking Age
• Examples: Aldea
R
• Exploratory Age
• Examples: Cytherians, Tkon Empire (before demise), Makers (of androids on planet Mudd), Vians
S
• Transformation Age
• Examples: Antos 4, Daled 4
T
• Illusory Age
• Examples: Melkotia, Prakal 2
TR
• Illusory Age
• RESTRICTED - No contact permitted
• Examples: Talos 4
U
• Dimensional Age
• Examples: Guardian of Forever, Tau Alpha C (Traveler), Triskelion (Providers)
V
• Altering Age
• Examples: Excalbia, Trelane of Gothos, Kelvans, Pollux 5 (Apollo - before demise), Pyris 7 beings (Korob & Sylvia)
W
• Galactic Age
• Examples: Bajoran Wormhole Entities (Prophets), Dowds, Kalandans, Metrons, Preservers
WR
• Galactic
• RESTRICTED - No Contact Permitted
• Examples: Vagra 2 (Armus), Lactra 7
X-
• Pre-Non-corporeal
• Examples: Discarders of Armus, Zalkonians
X
• Non-corporeal Age
• Examples: Organians, Thasians, Koinonians, Zetarians
XX
• Nigh Omnipotence Age
• Examples: The Q Continuum
Stellar Cartography
Terminology
Quadrants
Our galaxy is divided into four quadrants, defined by one meridian passing through the galactic core and the Sol System and a second one perpendicular to the first.
• Alpha Quadrant
• Beta Quadrant
• Gamma Quadrant
• Delta Quadrant
The United Federation of Planets and its neighbouring powers are located in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Sometimes, smaller sections of the galaxy are referred to as a quadrant, too. This terminology was most widely used in the 23rd Century, although some of these references still exist in the 24th Century. One example of this usage is the Morgana Quadrant.
Sectors
A sector is a much smaller, cubical volume of space. Sectors typically contain several stars and are consecutively numbered; some also have a label, normally, but not always, named after an important star system in that sector.
Delta Quadrant - List of inhabited Planets
Borg Collective
• Borg homeworld
• El-Auria
Kazon Collective
• Ocampa
• Sobras
• Tarok
• Trabe homeworld
Vidiian Sodiality
• Avery III
• Vidiia
Haakonian Order
• Rinax (destroyed)
• Talax
Non-Aligned
• Hanon IV
• Sikaris
Types of Stars
Lazarus star
A super nova remnant which, instead of being forced inward into neutron-star mode, survives as a normal star. After expansion into red giant phase, Lazarus stars collapse and undergo supernova for a second time.
Neutron Star
Usually type B-0 and measures only a few kilometres in diametre. An early main sequence star that has completed the nuclear burning processes often explodes. The reactive force of the explosion and the starâ⿬⿢s self-gravitation eject shell electrons (as in a white dwarf) and nuclear positrons. This leaves a neutroneum core, possibly covered by a thin degenerate matter shell.
Population I
Stars are old stars well down the main sequence (class F, G, K, and M stars) and short on heavier elements. Planetary systems accompanying Population I stars primarily consist of gas giants without accompanying satellites.
Population 2
Stars are younger stars showing traces of heavier elements, hydrogen, and helium. Planetary systems accompanying Population 2 stars include gas giants, stony worlds, satellite companions and planetoid and comet shells.
Red Giant Star
The red giant phase is common in the evolution of many less massive stars. When core hydrogen is exhausted, gravitational collapse ignites hydrogen shell burning outside the core. The starâ⿬⿢s envelope expands far beyond the photosphere limit. The starâ⿬⿢s atmosphere is relatively cool.
Runaway Star
A star with a velocity significantly different from its neighboring stars.
Supernova
When a massive young star exhausts its core hydrogen it undergoes second-stage gravitational collapse. The resulting core temperature increase leads to runaway nuclear burning of helium, carbon, nitrogen and an explosion that blasts the starâ⿬⿢s outer layer into space. Supernova explosions are the major source of metals and other galactic elements.
T Tauri Star
One manifestation of a star in formation undergoing initial nuclear burning.
Dwarf Stars
'Dwarf' is a category comprising various small and dim energy-radiating or formerly energy-radiating objects.
Black Dwarf
An object of stellar mass that has undergone gravitational collapse, reaching minimum potential energy and maximum entropy. Black dwarfs are sub-planetary size and do not radiate.
Brown Dwarf
A gaseous body producing much more energy through self-gravitation than it receives from the ambient medium, but which is not massive enough to initiate internal fusion reaction and, therefore, not truly a star. Brown dwarfs hot enough to produce visible light (substellar objects) are listed as Class S planets. They are both also known as supergiant gas planets. Some giant gas planets (Class A) may produce slightly more energy than they receive, but they are not generally considered to be brown dwarfs.
Red Dwarf
Main sequence star of type M. The vast majority of stars in the galaxy are red dwarfs: small, dim and long lived.
White Dwarfs
Primarily degenerate matter, this main sequence star, usually of type G-late A, has completed nuclear burning processes and has collapsed into a configuration roughly the size of a small planet. White dwarfs radiate at various levels of intensity through self-gravitational collapse. Nuclear burning occurs only on the surface through accretion of unburned matter from other sources; in such cases, nuclear ignition can regularily occure and is the source of the â⿬˿recurrent novaâ⿬⿢ effect. The spectral class of white dwarf stars is usually prefixed with a 'D'.
Spectral Types
There are seven major spectral types of stars, forming a continuous band of types from 0 through M:
0 B A F G K M
These are divided into ten numbered subtypes. For example:
A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A0
Stars at the '0' end of this band are hotter (around 50,000 degrees K); bluer in colour and more massive; those at the other end are cooler (around 2,000 degrees K), redder in colour and less massive. A conventional code for star colour is:
• 0 â⿬⿿ Violet = White
• B â⿬⿿ Blue = White
• A - White
• F â⿬⿿ Yellow = White
• G â⿬⿿ Yellow
• K â⿬⿿ Orange
• M â⿬⿿ Red
While a 'Giant' star may have a radius of up to 1,000 times that of Sol and be up to 100,000 times as luminous, most of the stars are in the 'main sequence' portion of their lifetimes and have values near the typical main sequence ones for their type. Sol, Earthâ⿬⿢s sun, is a type G. Its spectrum, as filtered by Earthâ⿬⿢s atmosphere, is the basis for standard illumination in Human quarters.
Type 0 : (Violet-White)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 30,000 - 50,000k
• Mass: 10 - 30 Solar Masses
• Radius: 2.5 - 3.0 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 1,000 â⿬⿿ 100,000 SOL
Type B: (Blue-White)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 10,000 â⿬⿿ 30,000k
• Mass: 3-5 Solar Masses
• Radius: 2.0 â⿬⿿ 3.5 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 10 â⿬⿿ 1,000 SOL
Type A: (White)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 7,500 â⿬⿿ 10,000k
• Mass: 2 â⿬⿿ 3 Solar Masses
• Radius: 1.5 â⿬⿿ 2.0 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 5 â⿬⿿ 10 SOL
Type F: (Yellow â⿬⿿ White)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 6,000 â⿬⿿ 7,500k
• Mass: 1 â⿬⿿ 2 Solar Masses
• Radius: 1.0 â⿬⿿ 1.5 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 1 â⿬⿿ 5 SOL
Type G: (Yellow)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 4,500 â⿬⿿ 6,000k
• Mass: 8 â⿬⿿ 1 Solar Masses
• Radius: 0.8 â⿬⿿ 1.0 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 0.1 â⿬⿿ 1 SOL
Type K: (Orange)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 3,500 â⿬⿿ 4,500k
• Mass: 0.5 â⿬⿿ 0.8 Solar Masses
• Radius: 0.5 â⿬⿿ 0.8 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 0.01 â⿬⿿ 0.1 SOL
Type M: (Red)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 2,000 â⿬⿿ 3,500k
• Mass: 0.02 â⿬⿿ 0.5 Solar Masses
• Radius: 0.01 â⿬⿿ 0.5 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 0.00001 â⿬⿿ 0.01 SOL
Wormholes
Journeys that would take decades at high warp speed can be accomplished in minutes by using wormholes - shortcuts through the space-time continuum.
The discovery of wormholes is of great importance to StarFleet. These rare phenomena allow passage between distant regions of space almost instantaneously. Whenever a wormhole is found, it is thoroughly investigated to determine if it is stable and large enough to be used by starships. The vast majority of wormholes are, however, small and unstable.
In 1915, a breakthrough in the human concept of the space-time continuum came when Albert Einstein presented his â⿬ſGeneral Theory of Relativity.â⿬? This thesis described the space-time continuum in terms of a mathematical statement which became known as â⿬ſEinsteinâ⿬⿢s field equation.â⿬? A year later, a â⿬ſsolutionâ⿬? to the field equation was found that appeared to allow for the existence of shortcuts connecting separate locations in space. This was the first time that science had predicted wormholes.
This solution proposed that the shortcut had to exist outside the three dimensions of space and the fourth of time familiar to humans. A good analogy is to imagine a two-dimensional creature that lives on the surface of a sheet of paper. As far as this creature is concerned, depth does not exist. If it wants to travel from the bottom left-hand corner of the paper to the top right, it has to make a journey across the diagonal length of the paper. If the paper were to be folded in such a way that they opposite corners were made to touch, however, the creature could make its journey with one small step it would appear as if these two regions were magically joined together.
A wormhole is almost identical to this principle, but as humans perceive the universe through only three dimensions of space, the curvature must be through another dimension. This means wormholes probably travel through subspace. Often, wormholes can be characterized not just by the subspace disturbance they cause but by their emission of verteron particles. In the Bajoran wormhole artificially created verteron particles allow vessels to travel safely through. Verterons produce a cascade of secondary tunneling particles that are readily detected by starship sensors and can be used to identify wormholes. When an object passes through a wormhole, its arrival can be predicted by elevated neutrino levels.
Another 20th-century theory that helped to advance the understand of wormholes is quantum theory, which posits almost every interaction as an exchange of minuscule, invisible, particles much smaller than an atom. These are known as virtual particles. According to this theory, if it were possible to look at the space-time continuum with a magnifier capable of seeing things over a thousand billion times smaller than an atom, space would contain infinitesimal wormholes that form and collapse all the time.
The comprehension of wormholes made its next great jump with the introduction of a complete theory of quantum gravity in the 21st century. Scientists realized that it was possible to reach into the quantum â⿬ſfoamâ⿬? of the space-time continuum and grab one of the tiny wormholes there. In principle it could then be expanded and used for travel. The energy and engineering skills required are, however, beyond even 24th-century science.
Another way to make a wormhole is to purposefully deform an area of the space-time continuum so much that it passes a critical point an deforms a link to another region. This way of constructing the wormhole requires material and equipment to be moved not only through space but also through time. This technology is beyond the Federationâ⿬⿢s abilities. It is possible that the noncorporeal entities who live in the Bajoran wormhole formed their wormhole in this way. These non-linear creatures are not bound by the concepts of past, present, and future, so they would not be restricted by the boundaries of time travel.
The creation of wormholes can also occur by accident. In 2271, the refitted USS Enterprise NCC-1701 engaged its warp drive before the engines were balanced. The resulting entry into subspace formed a wormhole that temporarily trapped the Enterprise and a nearby asteroid.
Naturally occurring wormholes are rare, and when they are found most are unstable. In 2366, the discovery of the Barzan wormhole created much interest because it appeared to connect the Alpha Quadrant to a far distant region of space. Further investigation showed that it was only semi-stable â⿬⿿ the Alpha Quadrant end was fixed, but the other jumped between different locations in an apparently random fashion.
As well as shortcuts through space, wormholes can provide shortcuts through time. In 2371, the USS Voyager NCC-74656 discovered a micro-wormhole that would have sent them several decades back in time if they had passed through it.
Micro-Wormholes
Some extremely old wormholes in an advanced state of decay collapse in on themselves, leaving only a tiny corridor between different parts of the galaxy.
Most wormholes are unstable, and fluctuate wildly between many points in normal space; however, there are some rare examples of stable wormholes.
In 2371, on stardate 48579.4, the crew of the USS Voyager NCC-74656 discovered a stable wormhole. Because Voyager was lost in the Delta Quadrant, the wormhole offered the possibility of a much faster way back to the Alpha Quadrant. But this spatial singularity exhibited some properties not commonly associated with wormholes.
The crew first detected the wormhole when Voyagerâ⿬⿢s sensors registered verteron emanations and tunneling secondary particles on extreme long-range subspace bands. Although it was not clear at first whether these readings indicated the presence of a wormhole, Captain Janeway decided that they were significant enough to warrant further investigation. When Voyager arrived at the anomalous readingâ⿬⿢s coordinates, the crew discovered that it was indeed a wormhole, but one of a type never before encountered by a Starfleet vessel.
The wormhole appeared to be extremely ancient and in an advanced state of decay; it had most likely been collapsing in on itself for several centuries. It would best be described as a micro-wormhole, since it had mostly dissipated, leaving an extremely narrow passageway through subspace. In fact, the aperture of the wormhole was only about 30 centimeters in diameter, far too small for a vessel to traverse. The micro-wormholeâ⿬⿢s great age had caused extremely powerful gravitational eddies to develop in its interior.
Because the wormholeâ⿬⿢s aperture was so small, the crew were not able to determine where it exited, but they could gather data by launching a microprobe, which was only a few centimeters in diameter itself, into the interior of this minute phenomenon. Because of the extremely constricted spatial dimensions of the interior, and the strong gravitational currents, the probes became trapped midway on its journey through the wormhole. Efforts to free it proved futile, but despite being stuck it till functioned for more than 72 hours. The data that it relayed back to Voyager indicated that the far end of the wormhole terminated in the Alpha Quadrant. It also indicated a strange phase variance in the radiation stream that was at first of unknown origin.
Although Voyager was unable to pass through the wormhole, Ensign Harry Kim managed to use the trapped microprobe as an amplifying relay station to send a signal.
The data transfer rate was extremely limited and the phase variance made it difficult to transmit a clean signal, but the crew managed to boost the signal enough to establish communication with a vessel in the Alpha Quadrant. It was received by the Romulan science vessel Talvath, commanded by Telek Râ⿬⿢Mor, operating near the Alpha Quadrant terminus of the wormhole in sector 1385.
After communications were established with the Talvath, Voyagerâ⿬⿢s chief engineer, Bâ⿬⿢Elanna Torres, realized that the phase amplitude of the visual link with the Romulan ship was within a few megahertz of meeting transporter protocols and that it was feasible to piggyback a transporter beam onto it. The transport involved substantially modifying the matter transmission rate, and matching the data transmission to the phase amplitude of the Romulan comm signal.
The first transport involved a test cylinder, which had a varietal molecular matrix that simulated most organic and non-organic compounds. There were some complications, but the transport proved a success. Râ⿬⿢Mor was then transported through the wormhole to Voyager, with equally impressive results. This meant that technically the entire crew could be transported via the probe to the Alpha Quadrant using this technique.
Unfortunately for the crew of Voyager, it was discovered that the strange phase variance discovered earlier was a by-product of the fact that this micro-wormhole not only traversed space but time as well. The crew determined that the Alpha Quadrant terminus of the micro-wormhole was located 20 years in the past.
Captain Janeway decided that it would disrupt the timeline if she allowed Voyagerâ⿬⿢s crew to transport themselves back in time, but Râ⿬⿢Mor agreed to take message back through the wormhole and deliver them to Starfleet and the families of Voyagerâ⿬⿢s crew when the time was right. Unfortunately, Telek Râ⿬⿢Mor died in 2367, four years before he was due to deliver the messages.
In 2376, Starfleet engineer Reginald Barclay, working on the Pathfinder project, managed to create a micro-wormhole by directing a 60-terawatt tachyon beam from the Mutara Inter-dimensional Deep Space Transponder Array (MIDAS) at a Class-B itinerant pulsar. The beam eventually produced a gravimetric surge that was powerful enough to generate a tiny wormhole.
Barclay was able to move the micro-wormholeâ⿬⿢s exit point to the specific locations by altering the phase alignment of the tachyon beam. He succeeded in sending a message through the micro-wormhole and managed to briefly establish communication with Voyager, thousands of light years away from Earth.
BlackHoles
Black holes generate enormous gravitational forces that can present great danger to passing starships.
The black hole is one of the most mysterious of all the space phenomena found in the universe. It is an incredibly dense ball of matter that possesses such a large gravitational field that anything straying too close will be pulled into it. Every celestial object has a gravitational field. This means that to escape from its pull a starship must accelerate away from the surface with enough speed to overcome the force of gravity pulling it back.
In 1795, the mathematician Pierre-Simon Leplace wondered what would happen if a start were so massive that it had an escape velocity equal to the speed of light. In such a case, the light the star produced would not be able to escape from its surface, and so the start would appear to be completely dark. The concept was termed a â⿬ſblack sun.â⿬?
Early in the 20th century, Albert Einstein theorized that nothing could travel faster than the velocity of light, and so nothing could ever escape from a black sun. Einstein went on to develop his General Theory of Relativity, in which the concept of a black sun was further refined into what became known, in his time, as a black hole. Zefram Cochraneâ⿬⿢s development of warp propulsion in the 21st century used subspace technology to overcome the velocity restrictions Einstein had theorized.
If the Earth could be squeezed into a tiny sphere of about the diameter of a small coin, its density would be sufficient for its escape velocity to surpass the speed of light. It would then become a black hole.
A different way of thinking about a black hole is to imagine what it does to the space-time continuum. Space-time can be thought of as an imaginary rubber sheet, supporting all of the celestial objects â⿬⿿ whose mass deforms the rubber sheet, creating gravitational wells. The energy needed to escape a gravitational well depends on how steeply the rubber sheet is curved â⿬⿿ and a black hole curves space into a tiny bottleneck that spirals infinitely down. It was once thought that black holes might be corridors to other parts of the universe, but this idea is no longer seriously considered.
There are three different types of black holes. The most common is the heart of a dead star. Any star with a mass eight times greater than the Earthâ⿬⿢s sun will end its life in a cataclysmic explosion of a supernova. A supernova begins to occur when the heart of a massive start comes inert and collapses under its own weight, often leading to a black hole.
The second type are the tiny, primordial black holes that were created in the first 10 to 35 seconds after the â⿬ſBig Bang.â⿬? They are much smaller than stellar black holes and can still be found in relative abundance; they are known as quantum singularities.
One hundred thousand years ago, an unknown race of beings harvested some of these black holes and used them as power sources for a network of relay stations that covered almost half the Galaxy. The USS Voyager NCC-74656 discovered one of these relay stations, which used a one-centimeter quantum singularity to generate four terawatts of power. In one minute, the relay extracted as much energy as a typical star gives out in one year.
The final type of black hole is incredibly massive; some are in excess of one billion times the mass of Earthâ⿬⿢s sun. These form naturally at the center of most galaxies. StarFleet ships avoid the center of the Milky Way galaxy, as a black hole of this type is widely believed to be located there.
There is a specific anatomy to a black hole. The event horizon is a spherical surface that marks the point beyond which it is impossible to escape from its gravitational pull, unless subspace techniques are used.
In 2371, the Voyager was caught within the event horizon of a type-4 quantum singularity. The gravimetric fluctuations and spatial distortions in this region of space affected the crew with headaches, muscles spasms, and dizziness. Voyager escaped by flooding the surrounding space first with warp particles and then with dekyon particles, lighting up the event horizon and highlighting the fracture caused when they entered.
At the very heart of a spherical event horizon is the singularity itself. This is a point of infinite density but minimal spatial dimensions, a place where the laws of physics break down. Any starship that encounters such a singularity will be crushed instantly.
Most black holes rotate because the stars that formed them were rotating, and a rotating black hole drags the space-time continuum just outside the event horizon around with it. This spinning, twisting motion produces large spatial distortions and is responsible for the gravimetric fluctuations that are felt in the vicinity of black holes. The affected region is known as the ergosphere.
In 2266, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 collided unexpectedly with a black star and was thrown back in time to the 20th century. An analysis of the accident led to the discovery of the so-called â⿬ſslingshot maneuver,â⿬? in which a starship flies toward the heart of a starâ⿬⿢s gravitation field, just skimming the surface. This is highly dangerous, but under appropriate conditions this procedure permits the vessel to enter a time warp.
The Great Barrier
The Great Barrier is a spectacular energy field located at the center of the Galaxy that was thought to be impenetrable by any starship.
This article comes from Star Trek Magazine, v. 1, i. 12.
While the galactic barrier is at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, the Great Barrier surrounds the center of the Galaxy. It crackles with energy, and a starshipâ⿬⿢s sensors will not function in or near it. Until 2287 there were no records of a starship having successfully passed though the Great Barrier; and because no probe sent into the phenomenon had ever returned, it was believed that any vessel attempting to breach the Great Barrier would be destroyed.
However, these reports were proves to be inaccurate by Sybok, the half brother of Ambassador Spock. He believed that the mythical Vulcan planet of Sha Ka Ree (the equivalent of the human heaven, or Eden) lay beyond the Great Barrier at the center of the Galaxy.
In order to prove his beliefs, Sybok hijacked the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A and its crew, and set course for the Great Barrier. Despite all previous evidence, Sybok was convinced they would survive then transit through the Great Barrier because â⿬ſGodâ⿬? had told him so in a vision.
As the Enterprise approached the Barrier, a giant blue-green field of crackling energy filled the viewscreen. Helm Officer Sulu voiced his doubts about navigating the phenomenon, but Sybok insisted that they continue. The starship ploughed directly into the Barrier and through an incredible conduit of light and color before emerging into a serene area of space. Sybok thus proved that the danger posed by the Great Barrier was mostly illusory, and that a vessel could pass through it without sustaining serious damage.
Once beyond the Great Barrier, they discovered a blue planet with a dry desert surface and a resident life form. At first Sybok believed that he had found Sha Ka Ree and God. However, it soon became apparent that this was not God, but an extremely powerful being who had been imprisoned by the Great Barrier for thousands of years. This malevolent being had used Sybok to lure a starship to the planet so it could escape. However, it was destroyed by the combined crews of the U.S.S. Enterprise and a Klingon Bird-of-Prey after it attacked Captain Kirk and his landing party.
The Hekras Corridor
This narrow, safe passage through a perilous area of space was severely polluted by warp emissions.
This article comes from Star Trek Magazine, v. 1, i. 12.
The Hekaras Corridor is a 12-light-year-long plotted route through the Hekaran system, established by the Federation as a safe means of passage though an otherwise dangerous sector. The Corridor is a necessity, as without it starships using warp drive propulsion systems would be unable to navigate effectively due to the unusually intense tetryon field surrounding this region of space. The phased ionic pulse necessary to the warp engine is disrupted by the connecting fields of subatomic particles comprising a tetryon field, and they have an equally disruptive affect on sensors.
The only inhabited planet within the Hekaras Corridor is Hekaras II, and the inhabitants have expressed concerns about the large gravitational shifts experienced throughout the system as a result of continuous use of warp drive propulsion units through the Corridor. The manifestation of problems was indicated by regions of potential subspace instability, which, if they continued to be exposed to warp field energy, would cause ruptures permitting the extrusion of subspace into normal space.
A theory was developed by the Hekaran scientist Serova that this is a cumulative erosive effect with serious side effects, and may lead to subspace rifts; unless warp travel through the Hekaras Corridor ceased, such rifts were inevitable. Putting this theory to the test would require warp levels one million times greater than those emitted by a passing starship.
In 2370, a warp core breach from the explosion of the Federation starship U.S.S. Fleming NCC-2036 ruptured one of the unstable regions, causing a subspace rift of approximately 0.1 light years in diameter. The resulting swirling mass of purple-shaded energy was disastrous for future travel through the Corridor as it emitted extremely high levels of tetryon radiation. The consequent high energy distortion waves generated from within the rift had a potentially devastating effect on starship shields, and although there were areas of stability within the rift, further warp engine activity in their vicinity was not desirable as it might accelerate an already expanding process.
If required, it is possible for a starship to enter the rift by means of a brief high intensity warp pulse from the outside. This permits a two-minute approximation of warp speed once inside; the momentum can be consolidated by steering the ship on impulse power, and allows for the velocity required to escape the rift. But given the potential navigational dangers, and the inability to rely on sensors once within the rift, this is a very risky procedure.
Once caught within the distortion field, a skillful starship crew can maneuver their craft into a position to be able to â⿬ſsurfâ⿬? the distortion waves. This can be achieved by phase matching the variance of the shipâ⿬⿢s deflector shields with the energy and mass of the distortion wave, and thus riding the wave back out into normal space until it dissipates. However, this is only an emergency procedure as it raises the stress factors on the hull beyond acceptable safety limits.
The subspace breach can be avoided by traffic passing through the Hekaras Corridor, but scans have revealed that smaller subspace instabilities have also developed outside the rift. This being the case it was estimated that continued use of the engines would render the area impassable within 40 years.
The worrying effects of the gravitational pull on Hekaras II can be countered by the application of thermal stabilizers, and pervious climatic conditions can be restored through the use of a weather control matrix. Current scientific knowledge, however, has no known method of either resealing the already open rift, or even reducing its size.
Given the ongoing effect caused by warp engines, the Federation has restricted travel through the Corridor to essential traffic, and instituted a limit of warp 5 in all but extreme emergency situations. This knowledge has been shared with all space-faring species in the hope that they will also observe the restrictions. By 2371, StarFleet had introduced a new design of warp engine that does not appear to damage the fabric of space at high warp speeds. The Intrepid-class U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656 was one of the first starships to make sure of the new design, utilizing variable geometry warp drive nacelles, and similar technology was later incorporated into every new class of vessel designed by Starfleet.
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OOC: Read then I will see if I can get them to let you take the exam.
Seeing as Cadet Hobson has waited so long, which in my book is inexcusable and on behalf of those of us in EF who find the Academy situation of an online RPG illogical, I appologise.
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SCIENCE CURICULUM
Planetary Classification
AAA
• No Known Intelligent Indigenous Life-Forms
• Examples: Ceti Alpha 5, Manark 4, Melnos 4, Miridian 4, Nelvana 3, Nervala 5, Ohniaka 3, Omicron Ceti 3, Quazulu 8, Regulus 5, Septimus Minor, Sherman's Planet, Tethys 3, Titus 4, Vilmor 2, Zayra 4
AA
• Prehistoric Age, no tools
• Examples: Alpha Carinae 2, Alpha Majoris 1, Bardakia, Berengaria 7, Dimorus 4, El-Adrel 4, No'Mat, Ruah 4, Surata 4
AS
• Primitive Space Dwelling
• Examples: Alpha Omicron System (Junior), Giant Amoeba, Nitrium Parasites from the Pelloris Asteroid Belt near Tessen 3, Ordek Nebula (Wogneers)
A
• Stone Age
• Examples: Altair 3, Gamma Trianguli 6, Hanson's Planet
AR
• Primitive
• RESTRICTED: No contact permitted
• Examples: Tarchannen 3, Tarella, Taurus 2
B-
• Agricultural Age
• Examples: Malkus 9, Miramanee's Planet, Rousseau 5
B
• Metal Age
• Examples: Apella, Capella 4, Sigma Draconis 6, Galvin 5, Malurians (before demise), Rigel 7, Zeta Bootis 3 (Neural)
C-
• Scientific Intelligence (no tools)
• Examples: Janus 6, Tyrellia
C
• Scientific Age
• Examples: Barkon 4, Fendaus 5, Mintaka 3
D-
• Pre-Industrialization
• Examples: M-113 (before demise), Omega 4, Organian Society's Outward Appearance, Sigma Draconis 3
D
• Steam Age
• Examples: Argo, Brax, Canopus 2, Omicron 4, Rigel 7, Tartarus 5
D+
• Electric Age
• Examples: Landris 3, Minara 2 (before relocation), Mintonia, Rubicun 3 (Edo)
E-
• Liquid Fuels Age
• Examples: Kraus 4, Loren 3, Stakoron 2, Suvin 4
E
• Atomic Age
• Examples: Barzans, Deneb 4 (Bandi), Beta 3, Mordan 4, Sigma Iotia 2
F
• Space Age
• Examples: Alpha Carinae 5, Altec, Argelius 2, Balosnee 6, Brekka, Kea 4, Penthara 4, Sarona 7, Straleb, Talin 4, Theta 7, Turkana 4
F+
• Conscientious Space Age
• Examples: Halkans, Marejaretus 6, Norpin Colony, Tagus 3, Thalos 7, Tohvon 3
G
• Fusion Age
• Examples: Antica (Beta Renna System), Deneb 2, Drema 4, Gamma Vertis 4, Jaros 2, Ligon 2, Manu 3, Minos Corva, Nahmi 4, Niau, Ophiucus 3, Regula, Selay (Beta Renna System), Sigma Draconis 4, Solais 5, Thelka 4, Ventax 2, Xelata
H
• Planet Age
• Examples: 892 4 (Magna Roma), Angel One, Bre'el 4, Ekos, Elas, Kataan, Kenda 2, Krios, Malcor 3, Ornara, Phylos 2, Quadra Sigma 3, Relva 7, Rochani 3, Troyius, Vault Minor, Zeon
I
• Star Age
• Examples: Algolia, Altair 6, Antide 3, Barolia, Breen, Chalna, Corvan 2, Gamelan 5, Largo 5, Ligos 7, Miradorns, Pakleds, Pelleus 5, Pentaurus 5, Regulus 2, Rura Penthe
J
• Expansion Age
• Examples: Alcyones, Berellians, Brakas 5, Gault, Lysia, Mudor 5, Nausicaa, Ogus 2, Otar 2, Qualor 2, Sothis 3 (Sataarans), Shiralea 6, Styris 4, Tarsas 3, Tormen 5, Tyrus 7A, Valeria, Zibalia
K
• Introversion Age
• Examples: Acamar 3, Alpha Proxima 2, Beta Antares 4, Coridan, Epsilon Hydra 7, Gamaris 5, Mizar 2, Narendra 3, Nimbus 3, Peliar Zel, Persephone 5, Setlik 3, Vadris 3, Xanthras 3, Zytchin 3
K+
• Enlightenment Age
• Examples: 15 Lyncis 2 (Cait), Bajor, Duronis 2, Gaspar 7, Hoek 4, Hurkos 3, Kurl (before demise), Mariah 4, Mataline 2, Meles 2, Memory Alpha, Pacifica, Parliment, Risa, Sauria, Sirius 9, Valo 2, Valo 3, Wrigley's Pleasure Planet, Zeta Alpha 2
L
• Power Age
• Examples: Angosia 3, Beltane 9, Benzar, Devidia 2, Dopteria, Eminiar 7, Epsilon Canaris 3, Lenaria, Mantilles, Mariposa, Melina 2, Midos 5, Milika 3, Morikin 7, Oceanus 4, Promelians, Rakhar, Rigel 2, Rutia 4, Tagra 4, Tarsus 4, Vendikar, Zadar 4
M
• Ion Age
• Examples: Alpha Cygnus 9, Ardana, Bilana 3, Catualla, Canopus 3, Dachlyds, Daran 5, Delos 4, Deneb 5, Gonal 4, Hurada 3, Kaelon 2, Kaldra 4, Krisa, Kostalain, Lemma 2, Makus 3, Menthars (before demise), Merak 2, Nehru Colony, Zaldor
MR
• Ion Age
• RESTRICTED: No contact permitted
• Examples: Kavis Alpha 4 (Evolved Nanites), Ktaria, Mab-Bu 6 A, Moab 4, Rigel 8 (Orion), Sarthong 5, Tanuga 4, Velara 3
N-
• Pre-Technocracy Age
• Examples: Aurelia, Axanar, Beta Lankal, Beta Thoridar, Beta 6, Beth Delta 1, Bolarus 9, Cardassia, Edo (Edoans), Ferenginar, Kora 2, Malaya 4, Talaria, Tau Ceti 3 (Kaferia), Tiburon
N
• Technocracy Age
• Examples: 61 Cygni 5 (Tellar), Alpha Centauri, Alpha 3, Andor (Epsilon Indii 8), Arvada 3, Babel, Benecia, Bersallis 3, Beta Agni 2, Boreth, Borka 6, Cygnet 12, Deneva, Earth, Gideon, Gornar, Haven, Klaestron 4, Marcos 12, Minos Korva, Q'onos (Klinzhai), Rigel 4, Rigel 5
NR
• Technocracy Age
• RESTRICTED - Avoid contact
• Examples: Minos, Platonius, Remus, Romulus, Scalos, Sheliak Corporate, Tau Cygna 5, Tholia, Tilonus 4
N+
• Civil Technocracy Age
• Examples: Betazed, Caldonia, Chandra 5, Danula 2, Delb 2, Delta 4, Efrosia, El-Aurians, Icor 9, New Fabrina, Ramatis 3, Tamaria, Trill, Ullians, Vulcan, Yonada, Zakdor
N+PR
• Civil Technocracy Age
• RESTRICTED - No physical contact permitted
• Examples: Gagarin 4, Torona 4
NS
• Space Dwelling Civil Age
• Examples: Beta Renna Cloud, Beta 12-A Entity, Calamarain, Crystaline Entity, Dikironium Cloud Entity, FGC-47 Entities, Gamma Canaris Entity (Companion), Space Jellyfish
O
• Techno-Power Age
• Examples: Bynaus, Cerebus 2, Legara 4, Medusa, Mudd, Sarpeidon (before demise), Vorgons (from the 27th century)
P
• Super Techno-Power Age
• Examples: Amusement Park Planet, Borg Collective, Dyson Sphere Builders, Iconia (before demise), Old Ones of Exo 3 (before demise), Rubicun 3 (Edo God), Sargon's Planet (before demise), Triacus (Epsilon Indii 4, before demise)
PS
• Space Dwelling Super Techno-Power Age
• Examples: Gomtuu (Tin Man), V'ger, "Whale" Probe
Q
• Cloaking Age
• Examples: Aldea
R
• Exploratory Age
• Examples: Cytherians, Tkon Empire (before demise), Makers (of androids on planet Mudd), Vians
S
• Transformation Age
• Examples: Antos 4, Daled 4
T
• Illusory Age
• Examples: Melkotia, Prakal 2
TR
• Illusory Age
• RESTRICTED - No contact permitted
• Examples: Talos 4
U
• Dimensional Age
• Examples: Guardian of Forever, Tau Alpha C (Traveler), Triskelion (Providers)
V
• Altering Age
• Examples: Excalbia, Trelane of Gothos, Kelvans, Pollux 5 (Apollo - before demise), Pyris 7 beings (Korob & Sylvia)
W
• Galactic Age
• Examples: Bajoran Wormhole Entities (Prophets), Dowds, Kalandans, Metrons, Preservers
WR
• Galactic
• RESTRICTED - No Contact Permitted
• Examples: Vagra 2 (Armus), Lactra 7
X-
• Pre-Non-corporeal
• Examples: Discarders of Armus, Zalkonians
X
• Non-corporeal Age
• Examples: Organians, Thasians, Koinonians, Zetarians
XX
• Nigh Omnipotence Age
• Examples: The Q Continuum
Stellar Cartography
Terminology
Quadrants
Our galaxy is divided into four quadrants, defined by one meridian passing through the galactic core and the Sol System and a second one perpendicular to the first.
• Alpha Quadrant
• Beta Quadrant
• Gamma Quadrant
• Delta Quadrant
The United Federation of Planets and its neighbouring powers are located in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Sometimes, smaller sections of the galaxy are referred to as a quadrant, too. This terminology was most widely used in the 23rd Century, although some of these references still exist in the 24th Century. One example of this usage is the Morgana Quadrant.
Sectors
A sector is a much smaller, cubical volume of space. Sectors typically contain several stars and are consecutively numbered; some also have a label, normally, but not always, named after an important star system in that sector.
Delta Quadrant - List of inhabited Planets
Borg Collective
• Borg homeworld
• El-Auria
Kazon Collective
• Ocampa
• Sobras
• Tarok
• Trabe homeworld
Vidiian Sodiality
• Avery III
• Vidiia
Haakonian Order
• Rinax (destroyed)
• Talax
Non-Aligned
• Hanon IV
• Sikaris
Types of Stars
Lazarus star
A super nova remnant which, instead of being forced inward into neutron-star mode, survives as a normal star. After expansion into red giant phase, Lazarus stars collapse and undergo supernova for a second time.
Neutron Star
Usually type B-0 and measures only a few kilometres in diametre. An early main sequence star that has completed the nuclear burning processes often explodes. The reactive force of the explosion and the starâ⿬⿢s self-gravitation eject shell electrons (as in a white dwarf) and nuclear positrons. This leaves a neutroneum core, possibly covered by a thin degenerate matter shell.
Population I
Stars are old stars well down the main sequence (class F, G, K, and M stars) and short on heavier elements. Planetary systems accompanying Population I stars primarily consist of gas giants without accompanying satellites.
Population 2
Stars are younger stars showing traces of heavier elements, hydrogen, and helium. Planetary systems accompanying Population 2 stars include gas giants, stony worlds, satellite companions and planetoid and comet shells.
Red Giant Star
The red giant phase is common in the evolution of many less massive stars. When core hydrogen is exhausted, gravitational collapse ignites hydrogen shell burning outside the core. The starâ⿬⿢s envelope expands far beyond the photosphere limit. The starâ⿬⿢s atmosphere is relatively cool.
Runaway Star
A star with a velocity significantly different from its neighboring stars.
Supernova
When a massive young star exhausts its core hydrogen it undergoes second-stage gravitational collapse. The resulting core temperature increase leads to runaway nuclear burning of helium, carbon, nitrogen and an explosion that blasts the starâ⿬⿢s outer layer into space. Supernova explosions are the major source of metals and other galactic elements.
T Tauri Star
One manifestation of a star in formation undergoing initial nuclear burning.
Dwarf Stars
'Dwarf' is a category comprising various small and dim energy-radiating or formerly energy-radiating objects.
Black Dwarf
An object of stellar mass that has undergone gravitational collapse, reaching minimum potential energy and maximum entropy. Black dwarfs are sub-planetary size and do not radiate.
Brown Dwarf
A gaseous body producing much more energy through self-gravitation than it receives from the ambient medium, but which is not massive enough to initiate internal fusion reaction and, therefore, not truly a star. Brown dwarfs hot enough to produce visible light (substellar objects) are listed as Class S planets. They are both also known as supergiant gas planets. Some giant gas planets (Class A) may produce slightly more energy than they receive, but they are not generally considered to be brown dwarfs.
Red Dwarf
Main sequence star of type M. The vast majority of stars in the galaxy are red dwarfs: small, dim and long lived.
White Dwarfs
Primarily degenerate matter, this main sequence star, usually of type G-late A, has completed nuclear burning processes and has collapsed into a configuration roughly the size of a small planet. White dwarfs radiate at various levels of intensity through self-gravitational collapse. Nuclear burning occurs only on the surface through accretion of unburned matter from other sources; in such cases, nuclear ignition can regularily occure and is the source of the â⿬˿recurrent novaâ⿬⿢ effect. The spectral class of white dwarf stars is usually prefixed with a 'D'.
Spectral Types
There are seven major spectral types of stars, forming a continuous band of types from 0 through M:
0 B A F G K M
These are divided into ten numbered subtypes. For example:
A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A0
Stars at the '0' end of this band are hotter (around 50,000 degrees K); bluer in colour and more massive; those at the other end are cooler (around 2,000 degrees K), redder in colour and less massive. A conventional code for star colour is:
• 0 â⿬⿿ Violet = White
• B â⿬⿿ Blue = White
• A - White
• F â⿬⿿ Yellow = White
• G â⿬⿿ Yellow
• K â⿬⿿ Orange
• M â⿬⿿ Red
While a 'Giant' star may have a radius of up to 1,000 times that of Sol and be up to 100,000 times as luminous, most of the stars are in the 'main sequence' portion of their lifetimes and have values near the typical main sequence ones for their type. Sol, Earthâ⿬⿢s sun, is a type G. Its spectrum, as filtered by Earthâ⿬⿢s atmosphere, is the basis for standard illumination in Human quarters.
Type 0 : (Violet-White)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 30,000 - 50,000k
• Mass: 10 - 30 Solar Masses
• Radius: 2.5 - 3.0 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 1,000 â⿬⿿ 100,000 SOL
Type B: (Blue-White)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 10,000 â⿬⿿ 30,000k
• Mass: 3-5 Solar Masses
• Radius: 2.0 â⿬⿿ 3.5 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 10 â⿬⿿ 1,000 SOL
Type A: (White)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 7,500 â⿬⿿ 10,000k
• Mass: 2 â⿬⿿ 3 Solar Masses
• Radius: 1.5 â⿬⿿ 2.0 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 5 â⿬⿿ 10 SOL
Type F: (Yellow â⿬⿿ White)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 6,000 â⿬⿿ 7,500k
• Mass: 1 â⿬⿿ 2 Solar Masses
• Radius: 1.0 â⿬⿿ 1.5 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 1 â⿬⿿ 5 SOL
Type G: (Yellow)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 4,500 â⿬⿿ 6,000k
• Mass: 8 â⿬⿿ 1 Solar Masses
• Radius: 0.8 â⿬⿿ 1.0 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 0.1 â⿬⿿ 1 SOL
Type K: (Orange)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 3,500 â⿬⿿ 4,500k
• Mass: 0.5 â⿬⿿ 0.8 Solar Masses
• Radius: 0.5 â⿬⿿ 0.8 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 0.01 â⿬⿿ 0.1 SOL
Type M: (Red)
Main Sequence Value Ranges: (Approximate)
• Temperature: 2,000 â⿬⿿ 3,500k
• Mass: 0.02 â⿬⿿ 0.5 Solar Masses
• Radius: 0.01 â⿬⿿ 0.5 Solar Radii
• Luminosity: 0.00001 â⿬⿿ 0.01 SOL
Wormholes
Journeys that would take decades at high warp speed can be accomplished in minutes by using wormholes - shortcuts through the space-time continuum.
The discovery of wormholes is of great importance to StarFleet. These rare phenomena allow passage between distant regions of space almost instantaneously. Whenever a wormhole is found, it is thoroughly investigated to determine if it is stable and large enough to be used by starships. The vast majority of wormholes are, however, small and unstable.
In 1915, a breakthrough in the human concept of the space-time continuum came when Albert Einstein presented his â⿬ſGeneral Theory of Relativity.â⿬? This thesis described the space-time continuum in terms of a mathematical statement which became known as â⿬ſEinsteinâ⿬⿢s field equation.â⿬? A year later, a â⿬ſsolutionâ⿬? to the field equation was found that appeared to allow for the existence of shortcuts connecting separate locations in space. This was the first time that science had predicted wormholes.
This solution proposed that the shortcut had to exist outside the three dimensions of space and the fourth of time familiar to humans. A good analogy is to imagine a two-dimensional creature that lives on the surface of a sheet of paper. As far as this creature is concerned, depth does not exist. If it wants to travel from the bottom left-hand corner of the paper to the top right, it has to make a journey across the diagonal length of the paper. If the paper were to be folded in such a way that they opposite corners were made to touch, however, the creature could make its journey with one small step it would appear as if these two regions were magically joined together.
A wormhole is almost identical to this principle, but as humans perceive the universe through only three dimensions of space, the curvature must be through another dimension. This means wormholes probably travel through subspace. Often, wormholes can be characterized not just by the subspace disturbance they cause but by their emission of verteron particles. In the Bajoran wormhole artificially created verteron particles allow vessels to travel safely through. Verterons produce a cascade of secondary tunneling particles that are readily detected by starship sensors and can be used to identify wormholes. When an object passes through a wormhole, its arrival can be predicted by elevated neutrino levels.
Another 20th-century theory that helped to advance the understand of wormholes is quantum theory, which posits almost every interaction as an exchange of minuscule, invisible, particles much smaller than an atom. These are known as virtual particles. According to this theory, if it were possible to look at the space-time continuum with a magnifier capable of seeing things over a thousand billion times smaller than an atom, space would contain infinitesimal wormholes that form and collapse all the time.
The comprehension of wormholes made its next great jump with the introduction of a complete theory of quantum gravity in the 21st century. Scientists realized that it was possible to reach into the quantum â⿬ſfoamâ⿬? of the space-time continuum and grab one of the tiny wormholes there. In principle it could then be expanded and used for travel. The energy and engineering skills required are, however, beyond even 24th-century science.
Another way to make a wormhole is to purposefully deform an area of the space-time continuum so much that it passes a critical point an deforms a link to another region. This way of constructing the wormhole requires material and equipment to be moved not only through space but also through time. This technology is beyond the Federationâ⿬⿢s abilities. It is possible that the noncorporeal entities who live in the Bajoran wormhole formed their wormhole in this way. These non-linear creatures are not bound by the concepts of past, present, and future, so they would not be restricted by the boundaries of time travel.
The creation of wormholes can also occur by accident. In 2271, the refitted USS Enterprise NCC-1701 engaged its warp drive before the engines were balanced. The resulting entry into subspace formed a wormhole that temporarily trapped the Enterprise and a nearby asteroid.
Naturally occurring wormholes are rare, and when they are found most are unstable. In 2366, the discovery of the Barzan wormhole created much interest because it appeared to connect the Alpha Quadrant to a far distant region of space. Further investigation showed that it was only semi-stable â⿬⿿ the Alpha Quadrant end was fixed, but the other jumped between different locations in an apparently random fashion.
As well as shortcuts through space, wormholes can provide shortcuts through time. In 2371, the USS Voyager NCC-74656 discovered a micro-wormhole that would have sent them several decades back in time if they had passed through it.
Micro-Wormholes
Some extremely old wormholes in an advanced state of decay collapse in on themselves, leaving only a tiny corridor between different parts of the galaxy.
Most wormholes are unstable, and fluctuate wildly between many points in normal space; however, there are some rare examples of stable wormholes.
In 2371, on stardate 48579.4, the crew of the USS Voyager NCC-74656 discovered a stable wormhole. Because Voyager was lost in the Delta Quadrant, the wormhole offered the possibility of a much faster way back to the Alpha Quadrant. But this spatial singularity exhibited some properties not commonly associated with wormholes.
The crew first detected the wormhole when Voyagerâ⿬⿢s sensors registered verteron emanations and tunneling secondary particles on extreme long-range subspace bands. Although it was not clear at first whether these readings indicated the presence of a wormhole, Captain Janeway decided that they were significant enough to warrant further investigation. When Voyager arrived at the anomalous readingâ⿬⿢s coordinates, the crew discovered that it was indeed a wormhole, but one of a type never before encountered by a Starfleet vessel.
The wormhole appeared to be extremely ancient and in an advanced state of decay; it had most likely been collapsing in on itself for several centuries. It would best be described as a micro-wormhole, since it had mostly dissipated, leaving an extremely narrow passageway through subspace. In fact, the aperture of the wormhole was only about 30 centimeters in diameter, far too small for a vessel to traverse. The micro-wormholeâ⿬⿢s great age had caused extremely powerful gravitational eddies to develop in its interior.
Because the wormholeâ⿬⿢s aperture was so small, the crew were not able to determine where it exited, but they could gather data by launching a microprobe, which was only a few centimeters in diameter itself, into the interior of this minute phenomenon. Because of the extremely constricted spatial dimensions of the interior, and the strong gravitational currents, the probes became trapped midway on its journey through the wormhole. Efforts to free it proved futile, but despite being stuck it till functioned for more than 72 hours. The data that it relayed back to Voyager indicated that the far end of the wormhole terminated in the Alpha Quadrant. It also indicated a strange phase variance in the radiation stream that was at first of unknown origin.
Although Voyager was unable to pass through the wormhole, Ensign Harry Kim managed to use the trapped microprobe as an amplifying relay station to send a signal.
The data transfer rate was extremely limited and the phase variance made it difficult to transmit a clean signal, but the crew managed to boost the signal enough to establish communication with a vessel in the Alpha Quadrant. It was received by the Romulan science vessel Talvath, commanded by Telek Râ⿬⿢Mor, operating near the Alpha Quadrant terminus of the wormhole in sector 1385.
After communications were established with the Talvath, Voyagerâ⿬⿢s chief engineer, Bâ⿬⿢Elanna Torres, realized that the phase amplitude of the visual link with the Romulan ship was within a few megahertz of meeting transporter protocols and that it was feasible to piggyback a transporter beam onto it. The transport involved substantially modifying the matter transmission rate, and matching the data transmission to the phase amplitude of the Romulan comm signal.
The first transport involved a test cylinder, which had a varietal molecular matrix that simulated most organic and non-organic compounds. There were some complications, but the transport proved a success. Râ⿬⿢Mor was then transported through the wormhole to Voyager, with equally impressive results. This meant that technically the entire crew could be transported via the probe to the Alpha Quadrant using this technique.
Unfortunately for the crew of Voyager, it was discovered that the strange phase variance discovered earlier was a by-product of the fact that this micro-wormhole not only traversed space but time as well. The crew determined that the Alpha Quadrant terminus of the micro-wormhole was located 20 years in the past.
Captain Janeway decided that it would disrupt the timeline if she allowed Voyagerâ⿬⿢s crew to transport themselves back in time, but Râ⿬⿢Mor agreed to take message back through the wormhole and deliver them to Starfleet and the families of Voyagerâ⿬⿢s crew when the time was right. Unfortunately, Telek Râ⿬⿢Mor died in 2367, four years before he was due to deliver the messages.
In 2376, Starfleet engineer Reginald Barclay, working on the Pathfinder project, managed to create a micro-wormhole by directing a 60-terawatt tachyon beam from the Mutara Inter-dimensional Deep Space Transponder Array (MIDAS) at a Class-B itinerant pulsar. The beam eventually produced a gravimetric surge that was powerful enough to generate a tiny wormhole.
Barclay was able to move the micro-wormholeâ⿬⿢s exit point to the specific locations by altering the phase alignment of the tachyon beam. He succeeded in sending a message through the micro-wormhole and managed to briefly establish communication with Voyager, thousands of light years away from Earth.
BlackHoles
Black holes generate enormous gravitational forces that can present great danger to passing starships.
The black hole is one of the most mysterious of all the space phenomena found in the universe. It is an incredibly dense ball of matter that possesses such a large gravitational field that anything straying too close will be pulled into it. Every celestial object has a gravitational field. This means that to escape from its pull a starship must accelerate away from the surface with enough speed to overcome the force of gravity pulling it back.
In 1795, the mathematician Pierre-Simon Leplace wondered what would happen if a start were so massive that it had an escape velocity equal to the speed of light. In such a case, the light the star produced would not be able to escape from its surface, and so the start would appear to be completely dark. The concept was termed a â⿬ſblack sun.â⿬?
Early in the 20th century, Albert Einstein theorized that nothing could travel faster than the velocity of light, and so nothing could ever escape from a black sun. Einstein went on to develop his General Theory of Relativity, in which the concept of a black sun was further refined into what became known, in his time, as a black hole. Zefram Cochraneâ⿬⿢s development of warp propulsion in the 21st century used subspace technology to overcome the velocity restrictions Einstein had theorized.
If the Earth could be squeezed into a tiny sphere of about the diameter of a small coin, its density would be sufficient for its escape velocity to surpass the speed of light. It would then become a black hole.
A different way of thinking about a black hole is to imagine what it does to the space-time continuum. Space-time can be thought of as an imaginary rubber sheet, supporting all of the celestial objects â⿬⿿ whose mass deforms the rubber sheet, creating gravitational wells. The energy needed to escape a gravitational well depends on how steeply the rubber sheet is curved â⿬⿿ and a black hole curves space into a tiny bottleneck that spirals infinitely down. It was once thought that black holes might be corridors to other parts of the universe, but this idea is no longer seriously considered.
There are three different types of black holes. The most common is the heart of a dead star. Any star with a mass eight times greater than the Earthâ⿬⿢s sun will end its life in a cataclysmic explosion of a supernova. A supernova begins to occur when the heart of a massive start comes inert and collapses under its own weight, often leading to a black hole.
The second type are the tiny, primordial black holes that were created in the first 10 to 35 seconds after the â⿬ſBig Bang.â⿬? They are much smaller than stellar black holes and can still be found in relative abundance; they are known as quantum singularities.
One hundred thousand years ago, an unknown race of beings harvested some of these black holes and used them as power sources for a network of relay stations that covered almost half the Galaxy. The USS Voyager NCC-74656 discovered one of these relay stations, which used a one-centimeter quantum singularity to generate four terawatts of power. In one minute, the relay extracted as much energy as a typical star gives out in one year.
The final type of black hole is incredibly massive; some are in excess of one billion times the mass of Earthâ⿬⿢s sun. These form naturally at the center of most galaxies. StarFleet ships avoid the center of the Milky Way galaxy, as a black hole of this type is widely believed to be located there.
There is a specific anatomy to a black hole. The event horizon is a spherical surface that marks the point beyond which it is impossible to escape from its gravitational pull, unless subspace techniques are used.
In 2371, the Voyager was caught within the event horizon of a type-4 quantum singularity. The gravimetric fluctuations and spatial distortions in this region of space affected the crew with headaches, muscles spasms, and dizziness. Voyager escaped by flooding the surrounding space first with warp particles and then with dekyon particles, lighting up the event horizon and highlighting the fracture caused when they entered.
At the very heart of a spherical event horizon is the singularity itself. This is a point of infinite density but minimal spatial dimensions, a place where the laws of physics break down. Any starship that encounters such a singularity will be crushed instantly.
Most black holes rotate because the stars that formed them were rotating, and a rotating black hole drags the space-time continuum just outside the event horizon around with it. This spinning, twisting motion produces large spatial distortions and is responsible for the gravimetric fluctuations that are felt in the vicinity of black holes. The affected region is known as the ergosphere.
In 2266, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 collided unexpectedly with a black star and was thrown back in time to the 20th century. An analysis of the accident led to the discovery of the so-called â⿬ſslingshot maneuver,â⿬? in which a starship flies toward the heart of a starâ⿬⿢s gravitation field, just skimming the surface. This is highly dangerous, but under appropriate conditions this procedure permits the vessel to enter a time warp.
The Great Barrier
The Great Barrier is a spectacular energy field located at the center of the Galaxy that was thought to be impenetrable by any starship.
This article comes from Star Trek Magazine, v. 1, i. 12.
While the galactic barrier is at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, the Great Barrier surrounds the center of the Galaxy. It crackles with energy, and a starshipâ⿬⿢s sensors will not function in or near it. Until 2287 there were no records of a starship having successfully passed though the Great Barrier; and because no probe sent into the phenomenon had ever returned, it was believed that any vessel attempting to breach the Great Barrier would be destroyed.
However, these reports were proves to be inaccurate by Sybok, the half brother of Ambassador Spock. He believed that the mythical Vulcan planet of Sha Ka Ree (the equivalent of the human heaven, or Eden) lay beyond the Great Barrier at the center of the Galaxy.
In order to prove his beliefs, Sybok hijacked the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A and its crew, and set course for the Great Barrier. Despite all previous evidence, Sybok was convinced they would survive then transit through the Great Barrier because â⿬ſGodâ⿬? had told him so in a vision.
As the Enterprise approached the Barrier, a giant blue-green field of crackling energy filled the viewscreen. Helm Officer Sulu voiced his doubts about navigating the phenomenon, but Sybok insisted that they continue. The starship ploughed directly into the Barrier and through an incredible conduit of light and color before emerging into a serene area of space. Sybok thus proved that the danger posed by the Great Barrier was mostly illusory, and that a vessel could pass through it without sustaining serious damage.
Once beyond the Great Barrier, they discovered a blue planet with a dry desert surface and a resident life form. At first Sybok believed that he had found Sha Ka Ree and God. However, it soon became apparent that this was not God, but an extremely powerful being who had been imprisoned by the Great Barrier for thousands of years. This malevolent being had used Sybok to lure a starship to the planet so it could escape. However, it was destroyed by the combined crews of the U.S.S. Enterprise and a Klingon Bird-of-Prey after it attacked Captain Kirk and his landing party.
The Hekras Corridor
This narrow, safe passage through a perilous area of space was severely polluted by warp emissions.
This article comes from Star Trek Magazine, v. 1, i. 12.
The Hekaras Corridor is a 12-light-year-long plotted route through the Hekaran system, established by the Federation as a safe means of passage though an otherwise dangerous sector. The Corridor is a necessity, as without it starships using warp drive propulsion systems would be unable to navigate effectively due to the unusually intense tetryon field surrounding this region of space. The phased ionic pulse necessary to the warp engine is disrupted by the connecting fields of subatomic particles comprising a tetryon field, and they have an equally disruptive affect on sensors.
The only inhabited planet within the Hekaras Corridor is Hekaras II, and the inhabitants have expressed concerns about the large gravitational shifts experienced throughout the system as a result of continuous use of warp drive propulsion units through the Corridor. The manifestation of problems was indicated by regions of potential subspace instability, which, if they continued to be exposed to warp field energy, would cause ruptures permitting the extrusion of subspace into normal space.
A theory was developed by the Hekaran scientist Serova that this is a cumulative erosive effect with serious side effects, and may lead to subspace rifts; unless warp travel through the Hekaras Corridor ceased, such rifts were inevitable. Putting this theory to the test would require warp levels one million times greater than those emitted by a passing starship.
In 2370, a warp core breach from the explosion of the Federation starship U.S.S. Fleming NCC-2036 ruptured one of the unstable regions, causing a subspace rift of approximately 0.1 light years in diameter. The resulting swirling mass of purple-shaded energy was disastrous for future travel through the Corridor as it emitted extremely high levels of tetryon radiation. The consequent high energy distortion waves generated from within the rift had a potentially devastating effect on starship shields, and although there were areas of stability within the rift, further warp engine activity in their vicinity was not desirable as it might accelerate an already expanding process.
If required, it is possible for a starship to enter the rift by means of a brief high intensity warp pulse from the outside. This permits a two-minute approximation of warp speed once inside; the momentum can be consolidated by steering the ship on impulse power, and allows for the velocity required to escape the rift. But given the potential navigational dangers, and the inability to rely on sensors once within the rift, this is a very risky procedure.
Once caught within the distortion field, a skillful starship crew can maneuver their craft into a position to be able to â⿬ſsurfâ⿬? the distortion waves. This can be achieved by phase matching the variance of the shipâ⿬⿢s deflector shields with the energy and mass of the distortion wave, and thus riding the wave back out into normal space until it dissipates. However, this is only an emergency procedure as it raises the stress factors on the hull beyond acceptable safety limits.
The subspace breach can be avoided by traffic passing through the Hekaras Corridor, but scans have revealed that smaller subspace instabilities have also developed outside the rift. This being the case it was estimated that continued use of the engines would render the area impassable within 40 years.
The worrying effects of the gravitational pull on Hekaras II can be countered by the application of thermal stabilizers, and pervious climatic conditions can be restored through the use of a weather control matrix. Current scientific knowledge, however, has no known method of either resealing the already open rift, or even reducing its size.
Given the ongoing effect caused by warp engines, the Federation has restricted travel through the Corridor to essential traffic, and instituted a limit of warp 5 in all but extreme emergency situations. This knowledge has been shared with all space-faring species in the hope that they will also observe the restrictions. By 2371, StarFleet had introduced a new design of warp engine that does not appear to damage the fabric of space at high warp speeds. The Intrepid-class U.S.S. Voyager NCC-74656 was one of the first starships to make sure of the new design, utilizing variable geometry warp drive nacelles, and similar technology was later incorporated into every new class of vessel designed by Starfleet.
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OOC: Read then I will see if I can get them to let you take the exam.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 22, 2006, 02:15:01 PM
Post by: Baphomet on February 22, 2006, 02:15:01 PM
"I have made up the test for you take."
"Once you have answered each question, I will check your answers, good luck."
Science Exam
Ten multiple choice questions
Q1. An Earth type environment is known as what class.
A) J class
B) K class
C) M class
Q2. What is Subspace?
A) A domain outside or below the normal space-time continuum i.e. the quantum level, where matter and energy are transferable
B) Another name for Hyperspace
C) A popular Klingon beverage
Q3. Tachyons are what
A) A type of life form
B) A sub-atomic particle that exists only at Faster-Than-Light speeds.
C) A sweet
Q4. LCARS is an acronym which stands for what
A) Large Cardassians Are Ridiculously Selfish
B) Library Cataloging And Researching System
C) Library Computer Access and Retrieval System
Q5. Most life forms DNA consists of which elemental base
A) Carbon
B) Silicon
C) Mercury
Q6. Most life forms, including humans, hemoglobin uses Iron molecules to transfer oxygen to each cell of the body which gives it the red color. Vulcans and other Vulcanoid races' on the other hand is green, because it is
A) Copper based
B) Was red but subjected there race to genetic engineering
C) Phosphor based
Q7. Warp 1 is what Km/s
A) 100 000
B) 200 000
C) 300 000
Q8. After acknowledging an order from the Captain, due to the discovery of some type of spatial anomaly, a Chief Science Officer does what first
A) Takes a Shuttle out to investigate
B) Ponders why there is an anomaly out there in the first place
C) Checks the Sensor readouts at the Science Station
Q9. In space, asteroids are what
A) Pieces of rock, dust particles and raw metal, usually the remnant of a destroyed planet
B) Alternative name for a space station
C) A primitive video game of earths 20th century
Q10. What are the four main forces of the universe?
A) Gravity, Neutrinos, Electro-magnetic, Nuclear
B) Gravity, Electro-magnetic, Natural, Elemental
C) Gravity, Electro-magnetic, Strong nuclear, Weak nuclear
Note: Eight out of Ten will be considered a pass, good luck.
Science teacher: Lt. Commander Baphomet.
"Once you have answered each question, I will check your answers, good luck."
Science Exam
Ten multiple choice questions
Q1. An Earth type environment is known as what class.
A) J class
B) K class
C) M class
Q2. What is Subspace?
A) A domain outside or below the normal space-time continuum i.e. the quantum level, where matter and energy are transferable
B) Another name for Hyperspace
C) A popular Klingon beverage
Q3. Tachyons are what
A) A type of life form
B) A sub-atomic particle that exists only at Faster-Than-Light speeds.
C) A sweet
Q4. LCARS is an acronym which stands for what
A) Large Cardassians Are Ridiculously Selfish
B) Library Cataloging And Researching System
C) Library Computer Access and Retrieval System
Q5. Most life forms DNA consists of which elemental base
A) Carbon
B) Silicon
C) Mercury
Q6. Most life forms, including humans, hemoglobin uses Iron molecules to transfer oxygen to each cell of the body which gives it the red color. Vulcans and other Vulcanoid races' on the other hand is green, because it is
A) Copper based
B) Was red but subjected there race to genetic engineering
C) Phosphor based
Q7. Warp 1 is what Km/s
A) 100 000
B) 200 000
C) 300 000
Q8. After acknowledging an order from the Captain, due to the discovery of some type of spatial anomaly, a Chief Science Officer does what first
A) Takes a Shuttle out to investigate
B) Ponders why there is an anomaly out there in the first place
C) Checks the Sensor readouts at the Science Station
Q9. In space, asteroids are what
A) Pieces of rock, dust particles and raw metal, usually the remnant of a destroyed planet
B) Alternative name for a space station
C) A primitive video game of earths 20th century
Q10. What are the four main forces of the universe?
A) Gravity, Neutrinos, Electro-magnetic, Nuclear
B) Gravity, Electro-magnetic, Natural, Elemental
C) Gravity, Electro-magnetic, Strong nuclear, Weak nuclear
Note: Eight out of Ten will be considered a pass, good luck.
Science teacher: Lt. Commander Baphomet.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 23, 2006, 06:49:57 AM
Post by: Baphomet on February 23, 2006, 06:49:57 AM
"Congratulations Cadet Brish eight out of ten.
LCARS stands for:
Library Computer Access and Retrieval System
Warp 1 is 300 000 km/s not km/hr.
But still a pass.
Live long and Prosper."
OOC: That's why I couldn't resist putting it in there.
LCARS stands for:
Library Computer Access and Retrieval System
Warp 1 is 300 000 km/s not km/hr.
But still a pass.
Live long and Prosper."
OOC: That's why I couldn't resist putting it in there.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 27, 2006, 12:31:29 PM
Post by: Baphomet on February 27, 2006, 12:31:29 PM
"So be it, I will give you an 8 and a half out of ten."
"Which as I have stated is still a pass."
"Which as I have stated is still a pass."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 12, 2006, 04:20:14 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 12, 2006, 04:20:14 PM
*sits patiently awaiting his first lesson while typing up a random spec that popped into his head for a Phased Thermodynamic Inverted Coupling for the doors he saw on the way in that seemed to open a tad slow...*
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 18, 2006, 05:27:34 AM
Post by: Baphomet on January 18, 2006, 05:27:34 AM
OOC: Brish, with what you have been posting, wouldn't Engineering be more logical, Science is mostly theoretical, it's up to you.
IC: Baphomet hands the two Cadets PADD's containing the Starfleet Scientific Database.
"Please read the following Database and then if you have any questions do not hesititate to ask."
OOC: Read the Online Database.
I will see if I can get the Curiculum.
IC: Baphomet hands the two Cadets PADD's containing the Starfleet Scientific Database.
"Please read the following Database and then if you have any questions do not hesititate to ask."
OOC: Read the Online Database.
I will see if I can get the Curiculum.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 21, 2006, 03:03:05 AM
Post by: Baphomet on January 21, 2006, 03:03:05 AM
OOC: I did not write the Database you know, please just ask relevant questions, consider the Database canon and Scientifically sound.
"I have not been to the Van'Gu cluster and therefore can not answer your question on this with any certainty, but theorising I would have to say Highly advanced technology."
Raises left I brow...
"As to your second question, at the centre of a Black Hole is a Quantum Singularity where all matter and energy is compressed into singular particles."
"A Quantum Singularity has the penultimate gravity well of absolute mass, that light and time cannot escape, so no once a vessel is caught in the event horizon of a Black Hole, there is no escape, that goes against all known laws of physics."
"I have not been to the Van'Gu cluster and therefore can not answer your question on this with any certainty, but theorising I would have to say Highly advanced technology."
Raises left I brow...
"As to your second question, at the centre of a Black Hole is a Quantum Singularity where all matter and energy is compressed into singular particles."
"A Quantum Singularity has the penultimate gravity well of absolute mass, that light and time cannot escape, so no once a vessel is caught in the event horizon of a Black Hole, there is no escape, that goes against all known laws of physics."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 03, 2006, 03:20:04 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 03, 2006, 03:20:04 PM
Rylaan looked at his classmate with tilted head, and raised eyebrow. "Another time period? I believed that the only method of time travel around was the exceeding of the old scale Warp 10, and rocketing around a sun, or a focused Chronoton emmission combined with a teleportation device..."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 05, 2006, 02:30:42 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 05, 2006, 02:30:42 PM
"No questions sir. I can say that your last statement really brought it together for me. For me at least, the travels of space have been something I've been holding onto by the edge in terms of knowing it or understanding it, this has very much helped my understanding of it".
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 14, 2006, 10:13:40 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 14, 2006, 10:13:40 PM
"Thank you. I am eager to get in the field".
OOC: Its been since July 16th, the thought of getting out of this place is a treat now
OOC: Its been since July 16th, the thought of getting out of this place is a treat now
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 20, 2006, 06:32:07 PM
Post by: Baphomet on February 20, 2006, 06:32:07 PM
"I have inquired about you taking the exam, so please bare with me Cadet."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 13, 2006, 01:18:38 PM
Post by: Baphomet on January 13, 2006, 01:18:38 PM
"Firstly we shall deal with the concepts of subspace."
She actives the Computer board which displays three windows; One has a simulation of an atom, the centre looks like a star containing Neutrons and Protons, which is being orbited by electrons, also display is there orbital path (Shells).
The second window displays a multitude of subatomic particles; Tachyons, Mesons, Photons etc.
The third window displays a graphical representation of the waveforms of the four main forces of the universe; Electro-magnetic, Gravity, Strong nuclear and weak nuclear.
Baphomet then continues...
"Subspace is the basis of all interactions of matter and energy in the universe, subspace as you should know already is Space at the Sub atomic level, also known as the Quantum level."
"There are three main levels of the universe which is normal-space, where most life in the universe exists, this area of space is measured in four Dimensions; Three spacial (Length, Width & Depth) and One Temporal, the state of linear progression.
The next level is Quantafied as a realm know as Hyperspace, consisting of the remaining Six main Dimesion.
The other level of the universe and it's very foundation, is the one previously discussed as Subspace, the very foundation of the Universe."
She actives the Computer board which displays three windows; One has a simulation of an atom, the centre looks like a star containing Neutrons and Protons, which is being orbited by electrons, also display is there orbital path (Shells).
The second window displays a multitude of subatomic particles; Tachyons, Mesons, Photons etc.
The third window displays a graphical representation of the waveforms of the four main forces of the universe; Electro-magnetic, Gravity, Strong nuclear and weak nuclear.
Baphomet then continues...
"Subspace is the basis of all interactions of matter and energy in the universe, subspace as you should know already is Space at the Sub atomic level, also known as the Quantum level."
"There are three main levels of the universe which is normal-space, where most life in the universe exists, this area of space is measured in four Dimensions; Three spacial (Length, Width & Depth) and One Temporal, the state of linear progression.
The next level is Quantafied as a realm know as Hyperspace, consisting of the remaining Six main Dimesion.
The other level of the universe and it's very foundation, is the one previously discussed as Subspace, the very foundation of the Universe."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 16, 2006, 09:38:06 AM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 16, 2006, 09:38:06 AM
Squinting his eyes at the PADD in front of him, Rylaan shakes his head as he looks over what he's been writing for the past half an hour. clicking another button, he pulls another pad from his bag and places them back to back transfering the data from the original marked "Study" to the one he took out marked "Inventions, Theorums and Postulations"
Placing the second one into back into his bag, he looks up towards his teacher trying not to let his attention slip again. Unfortunatly for him, as he looks up a small insect flys through the hologram of his teacher, and once again his mind begins to race trying to find a way to make the holo emmitters better. Grabbing the PADD from his bag once again, his fingers fly over the touchpad, and once again his attention is split between his teacher and his rambling mind.
OOC: Sorry about my randomness in my posts, I'm trying to get across the fact that this character is a scatterbrained genius...
Placing the second one into back into his bag, he looks up towards his teacher trying not to let his attention slip again. Unfortunatly for him, as he looks up a small insect flys through the hologram of his teacher, and once again his mind begins to race trying to find a way to make the holo emmitters better. Grabbing the PADD from his bag once again, his fingers fly over the touchpad, and once again his attention is split between his teacher and his rambling mind.
OOC: Sorry about my randomness in my posts, I'm trying to get across the fact that this character is a scatterbrained genius...
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 21, 2006, 09:38:40 AM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on January 21, 2006, 09:38:40 AM
OOC: My questions are relevant. I know you didn't write the database. I was told to ask "Any Questions" I had on the subjects within, and I did. The fact that I am told my questions are not relevant means that you were looking for specific questions. If that is the case, just say so, and don't insult the fact that I find fault with the notion that a universe that moves faster than light cannot escape a trap that only moves at light speed. If that is scientific cannon, there should be NO worm holes in the Star Trek Universe, Transwarp Drive would never work, and the entire method of Slipstream would be nothing but a fantasy, but that is not the case here. My apologies if I have insulted you in any way, I just don't like being told my questions are irrelevant when I was told I could ask anything.
IC:
As Rylaan hears the answer to his first question, he readies a new question, as he hears the answer to the second, he blinks, and nearly forgets the question he wishes to ask as many new ones play across his mind.
"Commander... how can it be advanced technology when the species that lives there has lived there since their pre-industrial times? And I never said anything about the center of a Black hole, That I understand with all clarity. What I asked was why would there be a problem in this day and age with escaping back across the horizan when it pulls at light speed, and almost any ship worth it's salt moves much, much faster than that."
Taking a breath, Rylaan readies another question, but realizing that he is probably angering his instructor, instead opts to do something else.
"My apologies Commander... I sometimes, get ahead of myself with questions and postulating theorums to answer them. Forget I asked. Please continue."
And with that, Rylaan's head slightly droops as he half heartedly pays attention while staring out the window of the station.
IC:
As Rylaan hears the answer to his first question, he readies a new question, as he hears the answer to the second, he blinks, and nearly forgets the question he wishes to ask as many new ones play across his mind.
"Commander... how can it be advanced technology when the species that lives there has lived there since their pre-industrial times? And I never said anything about the center of a Black hole, That I understand with all clarity. What I asked was why would there be a problem in this day and age with escaping back across the horizan when it pulls at light speed, and almost any ship worth it's salt moves much, much faster than that."
Taking a breath, Rylaan readies another question, but realizing that he is probably angering his instructor, instead opts to do something else.
"My apologies Commander... I sometimes, get ahead of myself with questions and postulating theorums to answer them. Forget I asked. Please continue."
And with that, Rylaan's head slightly droops as he half heartedly pays attention while staring out the window of the station.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 01, 2006, 07:30:51 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 01, 2006, 07:30:51 PM
"Time folding or any temporal formation are fascinating to me. I have a question if you know it or not, if wormholes take you to another time period, or if time just does not carry in while traveling. So one can travel long distances that take decades or more but not age a second".
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 10, 2006, 08:51:40 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 10, 2006, 08:51:40 PM
"I have no questions in this field commander"
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 15, 2006, 05:40:03 PM
Post by: Baphomet on February 15, 2006, 05:40:03 PM
OOC: I don't blame you
IC: "Cadet Brish you will have to take engineering also."
IC: "Cadet Brish you will have to take engineering also."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 17, 2006, 01:11:45 AM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 17, 2006, 01:11:45 AM
He sits for well over an hour reviewing the material, and sets the PADD to one side of his desk.
"I have prepared the best I can, sir".
"I have prepared the best I can, sir".
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 13, 2006, 01:38:12 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 13, 2006, 01:38:12 PM
Hobson slipped in and took a seat behind the other cadet. "I am sorry to be late. I have just switched to this course from medical".
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 16, 2006, 03:59:33 AM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 16, 2006, 03:59:33 AM
OOC: I found information in database research to where I was satisfied with the answer. I did the research, but found information to the wrong conclusion.
"I suppose I can be reminded why I am here. I hope to be educated well in the end. I have been enrolled for over half a year, longer won't razzle me any".
"I suppose I can be reminded why I am here. I hope to be educated well in the end. I have been enrolled for over half a year, longer won't razzle me any".
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on January 19, 2006, 06:02:40 PM
Post by: Baphomet on January 19, 2006, 06:02:40 PM
"No Cadet, Photons are subatomic particles that are part of the Electro-magnetic field, but contains no charge."
Continues...
"Photonic energy, is the complex matrix of photons within light intermixing with a static electro-magnetic field, for example Computer generated recreational Holograms."
Continues...
"Photonic energy, is the complex matrix of photons within light intermixing with a static electro-magnetic field, for example Computer generated recreational Holograms."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 24, 2006, 03:01:09 AM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on January 24, 2006, 03:01:09 AM
Hobson sat awaiting the continuing of the lesson.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 04, 2006, 03:47:24 PM
Post by: Baphomet on February 04, 2006, 03:47:24 PM
"Cadet Brish, as far as I know I am the instructor, but if you think differently let me know."
Impassively she then turned to Cadet Hobson.
"Temporal displacement can be achieved via a wormhole, that is effected by a massive gravity-well.
Furthermore wormhole travel is near instantaneous and no one location within the universe has the same measurement of time, so in essence, although not the pacific sense of the word, is time travel.
As you know, Warp drive is achieved by generating a Subspace field around a vessel and by applying massive amounts of localised energy, compresses space infront of said vessel and expanding that space behind, in so doing achieving the effect of Faster Than Light travel, with travelling Faster Than Light. The Subspace field that allows a vessel to Warp space, generates mass amounts of Gravitons and Neutrinos, as this effect interacts with a huge gravity well, example of which being a star, the effect creates a temporal displacement.
Remember that their are four main forces of the unverse:
Gravity
Electro-Magnetic
Strong Nuclear
and Weak Nuclear
If it were not for those four forces, the universe would literally rip itself apart.
But with all this said, the best way to travel in time is interdimensionally."
"One thing to remember is that there are three main 'levels' to the:
~Subspace; Space on the subatomic level, ergo Quantum level and the foundation of the universe.
~Normal Space; Also known as space-time, due to the face that it is made up of 3 spatial dimensions (Height, Width, Depth) and 1 Temporal, as all beings in normal space are effected by time, normal space being where all physical life evolved.
~Hyperspace; Higher dimensions and considered to be the primordial chaos, where the universe began and was cut off and compressed, due to the creation of Normal space."
Impassively she then turned to Cadet Hobson.
"Temporal displacement can be achieved via a wormhole, that is effected by a massive gravity-well.
Furthermore wormhole travel is near instantaneous and no one location within the universe has the same measurement of time, so in essence, although not the pacific sense of the word, is time travel.
As you know, Warp drive is achieved by generating a Subspace field around a vessel and by applying massive amounts of localised energy, compresses space infront of said vessel and expanding that space behind, in so doing achieving the effect of Faster Than Light travel, with travelling Faster Than Light. The Subspace field that allows a vessel to Warp space, generates mass amounts of Gravitons and Neutrinos, as this effect interacts with a huge gravity well, example of which being a star, the effect creates a temporal displacement.
Remember that their are four main forces of the unverse:
Gravity
Electro-Magnetic
Strong Nuclear
and Weak Nuclear
If it were not for those four forces, the universe would literally rip itself apart.
But with all this said, the best way to travel in time is interdimensionally."
"One thing to remember is that there are three main 'levels' to the:
~Subspace; Space on the subatomic level, ergo Quantum level and the foundation of the universe.
~Normal Space; Also known as space-time, due to the face that it is made up of 3 spatial dimensions (Height, Width, Depth) and 1 Temporal, as all beings in normal space are effected by time, normal space being where all physical life evolved.
~Hyperspace; Higher dimensions and considered to be the primordial chaos, where the universe began and was cut off and compressed, due to the creation of Normal space."
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Baphomet on February 11, 2006, 07:00:35 PM
Post by: Baphomet on February 11, 2006, 07:00:35 PM
Before I continue, I would like to know if you Cadets are going into Speciality sciences (eg. Biochemistry, Xenoarchaeology etc.)
Reason being, the Science officer needs to know several sciences, but not necessarily specialities, listed in ().
Reason being, the Science officer needs to know several sciences, but not necessarily specialities, listed in ().
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 15, 2006, 11:38:27 PM
Post by: Rylaan Brish on February 15, 2006, 11:38:27 PM
Picking up his PADD after recieving the news that he would have to go through another class and reads the information available to him for the Exam.
Title: Classroom 4
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 23, 2006, 08:38:07 PM
Post by: Dominic Hobson on February 23, 2006, 08:38:07 PM
"Thank you sir"