Why was Enterprise received so poorly?

[Henoch]

They would have to use 'subspace lanes' to get anywhere with reasonable speed. Which would limit their movement to places that would become important 'core' territories by TOS.

That would help explain some of why things are the way they are in TOS. Why certain civilizations were encountered first. Why some areas of space are more populated. How primitive warp vessels could end up so far out in TOS.

Nicely described theory on superhighways in space.

Similar to the idea of "subspace lanes", I have galactic magnetic ribbons/tubes/storms floating in interstellar space that can be entered and rode at increased speeds while at warp. The strength and length of these magnetic ribbons yield some with higher speeds and others with longer distances. Conveniently. many of the magnetic ribbons are stretched between the large magnetic fields of stars, so, travel between some stars is much quicker (such as Earth and Vulcan) than travel without a ribbon. Finding and mapping these magnetic ribbons is key to high speed warp travel; this is why obtaining the detailed space charts from the Vulcans was important. YMMV

 

[knightgrace]

I like Aethor's Daedalus class for most things in the early days. Don't like the mass, however...too great. Should be less than 80,000 metric tons. Taking into account the mass of the NX-01 Enterprise, and her size. Warp factor seven, with a maximum safe cruising warp factor of 6.3. But unable to sustain due to the time barrier of required maintenance.

 

[Jedi Marso]

In the spirit of this thread, for anyone interested, I wrote this several years ago and it details an 'Enterprise' era which I feel like is more along the lines of what people expected with the series:

The Long Sleep [Alternate Enterprise-era]

Introduction This is a story I wrote several years ago which takes place in what I consider a 'prime' Enterprise era timeline. That is to say that I consider the TV show 'Enterprise' to be an offshoot or alternate timeline from TOS due to the events of the movie First Contact. This seems borne...

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