Saucer Separation

[trekshark]

That's implying that there is no saucer warp. Otherwise there'd be no sweeping back to get them.

or the saucer can sustain warp but not as high as warp 9

 

[trekshark]

TNG wasn't consistent with warp/impulse at the beginning.

In The Naked Now, Picard claims they're traveling at warp 7, but we see the following shots:

http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x03/nakednow_hd_002.jpg
http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x03/nakednow_hd_006.jpg

and this little dialog mistake, where warp 6 is ordered and LaForge says "aye sire, full impulse"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNMxyZEf4MI

 

[Mytran]

Many have ascribed that line of dialogue to Season One LaForge's oddball sense of humour.

Once he made Chief Engineer he went and got all serious

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Evidence for and against saucer section warp drive is ambiguous enough, but accepting it would IMHO be the easier route than trying to work around its apparent presence in "EaF" and "AoF". The other route is certainly possible, but if it takes a chase in molasses...

Just to be clear, I'm not buying any of this.

...Just to be clear, what aren't you buying?

Timo Saloniemi

OK:

Evidence for and against saucer section warp drive is ambiguous enough

It's not ambiguous. There is no saucer section warp drive, and there is no evidence of one.

but accepting it would IMHO be the easier route

No, it would not be the easier route, though I will concede that you might think so.

than trying to work around its apparent presence in "EaF" and "AoF".

There is no evidence whatsoever of the presence of saucer section warp drive in either of these two episodes. None. Zip. Nada.

Nor is there any evidence whatsoever in either these two episodes, or any other, of the separated saucer having FTL capability in any way, shape, or form.

 

[kirkfan]

Many have ascribed that line of dialogue to Season One LaForge's oddball sense of humour.

Once he made Chief Engineer he went and got all serious

It didn't look like an attempt at humor.

 

[Mytran]

It didn't really look like anything, since his line was spoken off-camera. So it's only an interpretation of the dialogue.

 

[kirkfan]

It didn't really look like anything, since his line was spoken off-camera. So it's only an interpretation of the dialogue.

Which line was spoken off-camera?

 

[Mytran]

"Aye Sir, Full Impulse"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNMxyZEf4MI

 

[CorporalCaptain]

^ That was embarrassing.

 

[kirkfan]

"Aye Sir, Full Impulse"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNMxyZEf4MI

That's why I had the image in my head of Laforge tapping his console, we see him before he says the line but not during.

 

[Mytran]

I must admit, I had the same thought in my head until I actually watched the video!