Smart guy needed

[RobertScorpio]

I am currently writing a STAR TREK story. And in my story, Reginald Barclay, and his un-named assistant (who could be you) are going to come up with a way to tunnel a message, to the enterprise, on the other side of the galaxy. What I need is for someone to come with a device that could do that, and in a TREKIAN kind of way, explain it to me so that the character (again, this could be you) can explain it to Starfleet Command's brass. You can either answer me here, or if you are embarassed, you can send me a PM. Either way, I need a smart guy!!!

Rob

 

[BolianAuthor]

I'm up for the task, if you'd like my help. PM me, if so.

 

[SonicRanger]

Two tin cans and a really long string.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Two tin cans and a really long string.

I was going to use it; but Mistral already claimed ownership!

Rob

 

[DonIago]

Smart chicks need not apply?

Well, there was the DS9 episode with the artificial wormhole.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Smart chicks need not apply?

Well, there was the DS9 episode with the artificial wormhole.

are you kidding? I'm MARRIED!!! LOL..no, and i do apologize to all our smart women on this site.

ROb

 

[Deks]

Well, there's a MIDAS array from Voyager.
It's maximum real-time communication range would be around 20 000 LY's to my recollection.
Couple the array with Slipstream technology (for signal transmission) and you have the ability to talk real-time on a galactic scale.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Well, there's a MIDAS array from Voyager.
It's maximum real-time communication range would be around 20 000 LY's to my recollection.
Couple the array with Slipstream technology (for signal transmission) and you have the ability to talk real-time on a galactic scale.

I like that!

Rob

 

[Jadzia]

There are particles trapped in the subspace field matrix of the Enterprise's computer core, which exist in a state of quantum entanglement with the computers back at computer engineering plant on earth, from when the device was constructed. Since these field are never deactivated, the particles should still be there.

If these particles are manipulated on earth, it would effectively create a narrow bandwidth intercom to the ship.

In fact, it's so low bandwidth, they realise they'd have to use Morse code.

Meanwhile on the ship, Geordi notices some minor fluctuations in the integrity of the computer's subspace field, and can't pin down the source, despite running every kind of test he can think of.

Unable to sleep on the problem, Geordi goes to Ten Forward. In conversation with Guinan, they draw some obscure analogy with a scene in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", which Guinan happens to be reading at the time. She concludes "If you've run all the tests, then maybe it isn't a fault at all."

Geordi replies, "You mean that the fluctuation is there because someone is putting it there... like a message?"

Of course, Guinan is familiar with Morse code, and is able to decipher it.

 

[Luckyflux]

^ Hey that's good! I was gonna try to think of something, but I would not be able to beat that. Good one!

 

[Bill Morris]

A friend in the distant future might be able to relay those transmissions reliably and in what would seem like real time to the users, by simply transmitting playback of recordings, although that's surely illegal.

Barclay would be required to record all such conversions, time-stamp them, and leave them in a well-protected storage device that his friend could retrieve in the future and transmit one by one at the appropriate times. No reception device would be required, as T'Pol had no such device when Archer talked to her from the 31st century, using a modified communicator.

 

[RobertScorpio]

A friend in the distant future might be able to relay those transmissions reliably and in what would seem like real time to the users, by simply transmitting playback of recordings, although that's surely illegal.

Barclay would be required to record all such conversions, time-stamp them, and leave them in a well-protected storage device that his friend could retrieve in the future and transmit one by one at the appropriate times. No reception device would be required, as T'Pol had no such device when Archer talked to her from the 31st century, using a modified communicator.

i actually like that. My "Barclay" isn't quite the same guy in TNG and VOYAGER. But in time, he may..but I like your idea!!!

Rob

 

[Captain Robert April]

Why is the Enterprise on the other side of the galaxy?

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

To get the hell away from Admiral Janeway.

Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.

 

[Jimmy_C]

A friend in the distant future might be able to relay those transmissions reliably and in what would seem like real time to the users, by simply transmitting playback of recordings, although that's surely illegal.

Barclay would be required to record all such conversions, time-stamp them, and leave them in a well-protected storage device that his friend could retrieve in the future and transmit one by one at the appropriate times. No reception device would be required, as T'Pol had no such device when Archer talked to her from the 31st century, using a modified communicator.

Or, you could send a subspace message in a narrow beam that goes around a massive star. The slingshot effect would propel the message faster than warp 10 and into the past (I know that seems stupid, but it is canon). Send it far enough into the past, and it arrives at the Enterprise at the same time it left Barclay's transmitter (or before that too).

 

[Bill Morris]

A friend in the distant future might be able to relay those transmissions reliably and in what would seem like real time to the users, by simply transmitting playback of recordings, although that's surely illegal.

Barclay would be required to record all such conversions, time-stamp them, and leave them in a well-protected storage device that his friend could retrieve in the future and transmit one by one at the appropriate times. No reception device would be required, as T'Pol had no such device when Archer talked to her from the 31st century, using a modified communicator.

Or, you could send a subspace message in a narrow beam that goes around a massive star. The slingshot effect would propel the message faster than warp 10 and into the past (I know that seems stupid, but it is canon). Send it far enough into the past, and it arrives at the Enterprise at the same time it left Barclay's transmitter (or before that too).

But wouldn't that cause brain-damaging tachyon pulses (which to the victims look like harmless lens flares but also cause changes in uniform styles, ship design, history, personal relationships, etc., etc.)?

 

[Deks]

Tachyon particles would likely not be sufficiently strong to affect the crew.

The slingshot effect is one thing you could try ... but, also, my suggestion of combining the pre-existing MIDAS with slipstream would be doable as well.
The Borg used pure TW signals to communicate with Voyager real-time for example from thousands of LY's away in Unimatrix Zero.
Since Slipstream is close to TW in terms of function and actually surpassed it when the crew made v2 in Timeless which was able to get them across 10 000 Ly's in 1 minute ... combining this with the MIDAS array for communication purposes would be a great approach ... since sending a message or real-time communications would likely be easier and faster than sending a ship through.

 

[RobertScorpio]

Tachyon particles would likely not be sufficiently strong to affect the crew.

The slingshot effect is one thing you could try ... but, also, my suggestion of combining the pre-existing MIDAS with slipstream would be doable as well.
The Borg used pure TW signals to communicate with Voyager real-time for example from thousands of LY's away in Unimatrix Zero.
Since Slipstream is close to TW in terms of function and actually surpassed it when the crew made v2 in Timeless which was able to get them across 10 000 Ly's in 1 minute ... combining this with the MIDAS array for communication purposes would be a great approach ... since sending a message or real-time communications would likely be easier and faster than sending a ship through.

Wow..that was amazing, In fact, I'm amazed at how great these ideas are. WHY doesn't Nasa hire some of you???

Rob

 

[Captain Robert April]

NASA's benefits package is a bit lacking.

That, and they have this requirement of having to do advanced math...

 

[Deks]

NASA's benefits package is a bit lacking.

That, and they have this requirement of having to do advanced math...

The advanced mathematics bit is one thing ...
Reliance on money to get ANYTHING done is another.
The shuttles for example are antiquated, so it comes to no surprise they had as many problems as they did.
State of the art technology of the past was used in those and little to no work was done to actually upgrade the shuttle fleet as times progressed.
I would have considered them much more reliable to this day had they had a constant cycle of updates on internal technology (say once every 5 or 10 years) and externally in terms of hull enforcement and whatnot.
I mean, ever since they created the shuttles, development in computer technology and research in alloys (not to mention other fields) produced something FAR ahead of what NASA created back in it's day.

Having ideas is one thing ... I'm sure we can come up with numerous ideas to advance ourselves in real life by about 20 or 50 years ... if not more.
Trouble is ... when you live in a capitalist society that relies on money to get anything done and greedy individuals in power who stand in the way ... it's amazing we actually reached contemporary level of technological development (which is far behind what we could have done if corporations, morons and money did not stand in the way ... in fact, we still could, and technology is not the problem since it's there, it was just never allowed into production).