I don’t remember the show ever hinting at this. Like the crew of the enterprise who spent signicant portions of their lives at high warp, coming home to meet younger brothers that are now older than them. Does anyone remember any in-show nods to this I might have missed? In any series.
Never. They don’t travel at near relativistic speeds, they go faster than light by creating an artificial bubble that bends space. So no time dilation in that universe.
The Impulse engines that Starfleet uses for non warp travel are relativistic sub-light engines. Full impulse is about 0.25c. They make a point of not using them for long periods of time to avoid time dialation issues. When needed they synchronize the ships time with a nearby starbase to make sure they don’t drift too much.
I think the 0.25c claim is mostly Technical Manual content and not on-screen canon. The manual also claims that the stardate calendar is designed to cope with time dilation and relativity of simultaneity issues.
I don’t remember the show ever hinting at this. Like the crew of the enterprise who spent signicant portions of their lives at high warp, coming home to meet younger brothers that are now older than them. Does anyone remember any in-show nods to this I might have missed? In any series.
Never. They don’t travel at near relativistic speeds, they go faster than light by creating an artificial bubble that bends space. So no time dilation in that universe.
“This little maneuver isn’t going to cost us any additional years.”
The Impulse engines that Starfleet uses for non warp travel are relativistic sub-light engines. Full impulse is about 0.25c. They make a point of not using them for long periods of time to avoid time dialation issues. When needed they synchronize the ships time with a nearby starbase to make sure they don’t drift too much.
I think the 0.25c claim is mostly Technical Manual content and not on-screen canon. The manual also claims that the stardate calendar is designed to cope with time dilation and relativity of simultaneity issues.
Perfect, thanks!