(1905) • Introduced the concept of the space-time continuum (four dimensions) • Stated that space and time are RELATIVE to the frame of reference of the observer • E.g. The faster your velocity the slower time is for you when observed by someone else 'at rest' (and vice-versa) • Nothing can move faster than the speed of light: 299,792,458 metres per second – a governing factor in our universe. • Problems for travel to the stars!
than light, then research in the early 21st century looked at changing focus of travel to other solutions • Einstein-Rosen Bridge (colloquially know as a 'wormhole') • Use of exotic matter to punch a 'hole' through space-time into a higher dimension • Allows instantaneous travel through hyperspace to distant stars. • However, this technology has still not been stabilised by Star Fleet, and only three natural wormholes are known in our galaxy. All three are in politically sensitive zones. • It is thought that the Romulans may have workable-but-dangerous wormhole technology, using captured mini blackholes. Starfleet intelligence indicates that several Romulan ships have been lost in ERB experiments.
mechanics at school will be familiar with field metric posited by Miguel Alcubierre: • Which defines the space-time curvature necessary to exceed lightspeed. • Alcubierre's concepts were developed in the 21st Century (before Trump's WW3) and incorporated into the first warp ships. • Matter-antimatter reaction within a magnetic 'bottle' provides the enormous power necessary for the field distortion. • This is controlled and focussed by dilithium crystals (the contribution of Zephram Cochrane in 2063. Old Style)
explosions in the past two years. • Occasional dimensional rifts, resulting in craft being shifted into different universes or back in time. • Radiation problems with core output of Zeta rays causing starship crew wearing red tunics to age rapidly. • Some rare instances of spatial distortions within starships resulting in crew toilets being dimensionally linked to back gardens in Bradford, England. • All complaints to Starfleet Public Relations.