Slipstream to Andromeda

Dougelo7 · May 14 2012, 06:52 PM

So I did some calculations based on numbers provided by Kirsten Beyer... at slipstream velocity, it would only take Voyager two months to reach the Andromeda Galaxy.

I wonder how long it'll take for us to see a Voyager novel set in another galaxy.

Guy Gardener · May 14 2012, 08:40 PM

But slipstream doesn't work.

TiberiusMaximus · May 14 2012, 09:13 PM

Maybe it does work, and Tom's just a really bad pilot.

Silvercrest · May 14 2012, 09:16 PM

Hey, if Trance Gemini can navigate it, anyone can.

What?

TiberiusMaximus · May 14 2012, 09:19 PM

Silvercrest wrote:

Hey, if Trance Gemini can navigate it, anyone can.

What?

+1

Dougelo7 · May 14 2012, 09:25 PM

In Kirsten Beyer's new Star Trek: Voyager novels, slipstream DOES work. ("Full Circle," "Unworthy," & "Children of the Storm")

Violet.Phoenix · May 14 2012, 09:40 PM

Dougelo7 wrote:

So I did some calculations based on numbers provided by Kirsten Beyer... at slipstream velocity, it would only take Voyager two months to reach the Andromeda Galaxy.

I wonder how long it'll take for us to see a Voyager novel set in another galaxy.

Now we're talking some serious exploration

'To seek out new life and new civilizations' indeed.

If we get a Voyager novel in the future set in another galaxy I will be thrilled!

Guy Gardener · May 14 2012, 11:37 PM

Dougelo7 wrote:

In Kirsten Beyer's new Star Trek: Voyager novels, slipstream DOES work. ("Full Circle," "Unworthy," & "Children of the Storm")

Wrong forum.

What happens in the novels is interesting but hypothetical and more imaginary than what has happened in the less imaginary television adventures.

King Daniel Into Darkness · May 15 2012, 12:15 AM

In the novelization of Star Trek III, Captain Flynn is already in the Andromeda galaxy, surveying a supernova. How the hell she got there aboard a Miranda-class ship is left totally unexplained. I always thought, "there's some awesome story there", but it was never told

Anywho, I can't really see Voyager going extra-galactic on her current Borg/Caeliar hunt. Unless they find some evidence they might have a presence in other galaxies - which I guess is quite plausible. One has been around for centuries, the other has a limitless power source.

TiberiusMaximus · May 15 2012, 12:33 AM

Guy Gardener wrote:

Dougelo7 wrote:

In Kirsten Beyer's new Star Trek: Voyager novels, slipstream DOES work. ("Full Circle," "Unworthy," & "Children of the Storm")

Wrong forum.

What happens in the novels is interesting but hypothetical and more imaginary than what has happened in the less imaginary television adventures.

There's something intrinsically funny about the phrase "less imaginary."

Timewalker · May 15 2012, 01:40 AM

KingDaniel wrote:

In the novelization of Star Trek III, Captain Flynn is already in the Andromeda galaxy, surveying a supernova. How the hell she got there aboard a Miranda-class ship is left totally unexplained. I always thought, "there's some awesome story there", but it was never told

It's been a very long time since I read that novelization, but considering Vonda McIntyre wrote it, would that be Mandala Flynn, who was first introduced in The Entropy Effect? If so, she's not a canon character. She's McIntyre's invention, and a somewhat "Mary Sue" sort who can do just about anything.

King Daniel Into Darkness · May 15 2012, 09:21 AM

Just like Janeway

47 · May 15 2012, 11:48 AM

KingDaniel wrote:

In the novelization of Star Trek III, Captain Flynn is already in the Andromeda galaxy, surveying a supernova. How the hell she got there aboard a Miranda-class ship is left totally unexplained. I always thought, "there's some awesome story there", but it was never told

She pissed off Q?

C.E. Evans · May 15 2012, 12:09 PM

KingDaniel wrote:

In the novelization of Star Trek III, Captain Flynn is already in the Andromeda galaxy, surveying a supernova. How the hell she got there aboard a Miranda-class ship is left totally unexplained. I always thought, "there's some awesome story there", but it was never told

It wasn't all that inconceivable back then, IMO. Vonda McIntyre did a lot of extrapolating from onscreen material rather than from reference books that implied much slower warp speeds than what was shown during TOS. I think she deduced that Starfleet had nearly fifteen years to study and substantially improve upon the Kelvans' engine modifications to the Enterprise in "By Any Other Name," making intergalactic travel now feasible in a relatively short length of time.

Guy Gardener · May 15 2012, 02:24 PM

Was she writing in the gap?

Thinking that star trek on TV was dead and gone?

Novels were the king of the castle.

Vonda was a god and the entire Star Trek universe was hers.

Picards arrival must have shattered her.

Gods, looking at the dates, the first movie might have blindsided Vonda when she was brainstorming for her novel.

May 14 2012, 06:52 PM	#1
Dougelo7 Cadet	Slipstream to Andromeda So I did some calculations based on numbers provided by Kirsten Beyer... at slipstream velocity, it would only take Voyager two months to reach the Andromeda Galaxy. I wonder how long it'll take for us to see a Voyager novel set in another galaxy.

May 14 2012, 08:40 PM	#2
Guy Gardener Admiral Location: In the lap of squalor I assure you.	Re: Slipstream to Andromeda But slipstream doesn't work. __________________ "Glitter is the herpes of arts and craft." Troy Yingst. My Life as Liz

May 14 2012, 09:13 PM	#3
TiberiusMaximus Fleet Captain Location: A ship, a living ship, full of strange alien lifeforms.	Re: Slipstream to Andromeda Maybe it does work, and Tom's just a really bad pilot. __________________ "Quite possibly, the five Jem'Hadar could turn Data into a collection of four spasming limbs, one helpless torso, and one head that shouts insults at them like the Black Knight from the Monty Python sketch." -Timo Saloniemi

May 14 2012, 09:16 PM	#4
Silvercrest Rear Admiral Location: Lost in Moria (Arlington, WA, USA)	Re: Slipstream to Andromeda Hey, if Trance Gemini can navigate it, anyone can. What?

May 14 2012, 09:25 PM	#6
Dougelo7 Cadet	Re: Slipstream to Andromeda In Kirsten Beyer's new Star Trek: Voyager novels, slipstream DOES work. ("Full Circle," "Unworthy," & "Children of the Storm")

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May 15 2012, 12:15 AM	#9
King Daniel Into Darkness Admiral Location: KingDaniel has fallen Into Darkness (in England)	Re: Slipstream to Andromeda In the novelization of Star Trek III, Captain Flynn is already in the Andromeda galaxy, surveying a supernova. How the hell she got there aboard a Miranda-class ship is left totally unexplained. I always thought, "there's some awesome story there", but it was never told Anywho, I can't really see Voyager going extra-galactic on her current Borg/Caeliar hunt. Unless they find some evidence they might have a presence in other galaxies - which I guess is quite plausible. One has been around for centuries, the other has a limitless power source. __________________ Star Trek Imponderables, fun video mashups of Trek's biggest continuity errors. Episode One Episode Two

May 15 2012, 09:21 AM	#12
King Daniel Into Darkness Admiral Location: KingDaniel has fallen Into Darkness (in England)	Re: Slipstream to Andromeda Just like Janeway __________________ Star Trek Imponderables, fun video mashups of Trek's biggest continuity errors. Episode One Episode Two

May 15 2012, 02:24 PM	#15
Guy Gardener Admiral Location: In the lap of squalor I assure you.	Re: Slipstream to Andromeda Was she writing in the gap? Thinking that star trek on TV was dead and gone? Novels were the king of the castle. Vonda was a god and the entire Star Trek universe was hers. Picards arrival must have shattered her. Gods, looking at the dates, the first movie might have blindsided Vonda when she was brainstorming for her novel. __________________ "Glitter is the herpes of arts and craft." Troy Yingst. My Life as Liz