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Sorry Craig, I'm never a nit-picker, but this is Star Trek!

Inertial dampers exist so the people (and objects) inside the ship don't end up as paint on the bulkhead when it goes from Zero to Billions of miles per second in a flash.
(At school they'll tell you that "inertia" is the force which acts upon an object to keep it still, when still and keep it moving, when moving. Not to be mistaken for "momentum" which could be used as a replacement for the "keep moving part" but not the "keep still part". P.S. I converted this into people talk, rather than confuse everyone (oh...............God - someone shoot me, Please!..........lol) 

There seems to be no up or down in deep space, simply because there is no reference. When they arrive at a planet, the ship is usually placed in orbit so that the planet is to the side or underneath, as it would be disconcerting to see the planet above. As we know from Shuttle orbit shots, it can look strange if it's upside down compared to the earth.

Oh! And it's Patrick STEWART.

Actually Fozzer, he has an extremely impressive resume, with regard to his Stage, TV and movie credits. I believe he started as a Shakespearian actor.

http://www.gruhlke.de/stewart/

Here'a a good site on him. It contains a WAV. download of him reciting an Antonio Vivaldi....................Oh, yummy, what a beautiful voice. If I wasn't a man............(shut up Steve - Quick) 

My fav qoute "Helm Warp 1 Engage!"

I remember asking this question in one of the previous Trekkie threads and no-one could help, so I try again. maybe someone has seen what I need, or at least a formula to calculate same.

I'd like to get hold of a Warp scale of some sort. Even though it's fictitious, there was a scale worked out, either real or invented, for what each factor represented in terms of light speed.

We all know Warp 1 is the speed of light (C x 1).
Each factor increases exponentially to the point where I know from a couple of mentions in Star Trek episodes and library info that Warp 6 is (C x 392).
Apparently Warp 10 is supposed to be an infinite speed which will place the ship (or object) at every point in the Universe simultaneously (ungraspable for me) however, they speak of Warp 9.95 (Voyagers top speed) as being as "near as damn it" to (C x 1000), ie, 75 years to travel 75,000 light years back to Earth at maximum Warp.

Has anyone seen or know of a chart or scale, or even a formula to calculate what each Warp factor (or part thereof) is?

If anyone has seen an episode or read on a "movie cover story outline" etc that mentions exactly what another of the factors is equal to, that may help if I can get enough reference to work out the formula.

Thanks 

  Since we're on this "Star Trek" thread there is a question I have about its latest incarnation, "Enterprise", that's been bothering me.  Is the character Sub-Commander Ta Pol the same character that presided over Spock's wedding to Te'Pring in the original series?

      (Please excuse any misspelling of the names.)

  Thanks.

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Is this the episode where Spock goes thru the "fon par" (spelling?) and returns to Vulcan only to find that his "intended" has another in mind. Somehow their ends up being a fight to the death between Spock and Kirk. McCoy renders Kirk "dead" by means of an injection so that the rules are satisfied.

If this is the episode you mean, I don't know if the Vulcan woman in charge is the same as she who is depicted in the new series. I'll have a look around and see if I can find out.

Hang on and I get back. 

Hello brensec,
  Yes, that's the episode I'm thinking about.  If she is it would be an "interesting" way to tie the two series together.

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Starfleet technical manuals are available at most Trek related websites,I dont have an address handy,but I know theres lots of them.

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Ok guys I can' believe no one remembers the Hight priestess' name! It is of course T'Pau. The episode is called "Amock Time" and you have the story line quite right there brensec pal!
T'Pau is no relation to T'Pol. Most Vulcan women have names begining with "T'", just like most Vulcan males names that start "SP" but not all. Spocks half brother was named Sybok and then there is also Tuvok.
As for that Warp scale, I'm quite sure it is in the Technical Manual or the Encyclopaedia. Ill try and dig it out later and I'll post a scan of the page if I find it.