12 Power?

Enola Straight · Post by **Enola Straight** » 2004-02-13 01:40am

In ST:TMP, the V'ger cloud is said to have a "12 power" energy reading, something rather astonishing to Sulu.

Is this just vague Treknobabble, or does it relate to something real in physics?

Mlenk · Post by **Mlenk** » 2004-02-13 01:49am

Stravo, in Starcrossed, also has Seven saying that the Eclipse superlaser is of a Tweltfth Power energy field.

Burak Gazan · Post by **Burak Gazan** » 2004-02-13 02:23am

If memory serves me, the novelization has Kirk thinking to himself that a 12th power energy field would be capable of stopping earth's sun from rotating!

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2004-02-13 04:43am

Mlenk wrote:Stravo, in Starcrossed, also has Seven saying that the Eclipse superlaser is of a Tweltfth Power energy field.

Maybe the superlaser on Emperor's Will, which is an Executor-class not an Eclipse. There's no Eclipse in that fanfic.

An Eclipse can be find in Wong's fanfic on the main site.

Mlenk · Post by **Mlenk** » 2004-02-13 04:47am

Comosicus wrote: Maybe the superlaser on Emperor's Will, which is an Executor-class not an Eclipse. There's no Eclipse in that fanfic.

Really? Ah well. It's been awhile since I've read Starcrossed from the beginning.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2004-02-13 08:03am

It means 10^12 something. Could be watts, could be megawatts, could be megatons per second, could even be electronvolts we don't know the units, and thus it's a useless measurement.

For reference, whatever it is, a TMP era starship can put out 10^8 - 10^9 of it...

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-02-13 08:07am

It is just vauge technobabble since we dont know what unit it is measured in.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2004-02-13 12:30pm

Mlenk wrote:
Comosicus wrote: Maybe the superlaser on Emperor's Will, which is an Executor-class not an Eclipse. There's no Eclipse in that fanfic.
Really? Ah well. It's been awhile since I've read Starcrossed from the beginning.

The emperors will is a modified executor and testbed vessel for the ship mountable superlaser.

HRogge · Post by **HRogge** » 2004-02-15 10:19am

Burak Gazan wrote:If memory serves me, the novelization has Kirk thinking to himself that a 12th power energy field would be capable of stopping earth's sun from rotating!

Exactly... someone interested in calculating how much rotational KE our sun has ?