Talk:Warp ship

Merge
Unless there is something to differentiate this from starship, I would suggest a merge, as a starship with warp drive is capable of viable interstellar travel in a reasonable time, the definition of starship. 31dot (talk) 02:24, October 28, 2012 (UTC)


 * Not all warp ships would be classified as "starships."  By definition, a starship must be manned, so an automated cargo ship with warp drive or a warp-capable probe such as the Whale Probe or weapon (like the  would be warp ships that were not starships.   Further, a test vessel such as the Phoenix  which traveled at low warp might not be considered "viable" interstellar flight as it could not reach interstellar distances in a reasonable time, even though it possessed a warp drive. Even a test vessel capable of higher warp factors such as the NX-Alpha might not be considered a starship, as its primary purpose was not transport, but testing.  Such a ship might not be capable of transport not because of speed but because of the lack of necessary provisions for interstellar travel, such as air supply, food and water, etc.


 * Also, a starship might have a FTL drive that is not warp drive, such as Quantum slipstream drive, or another mode of interstellar propulsion which is not a FTL drive at all, such as the temporal drive possessed by the Aeon type timeship or the Time travel pod.   Such a  starship would not technically be a warp ship.


 * Brent Evans (talk) 02:52, October 28, 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, scanning through transcripts, the phoenix was called a warp ship, and it would indeed feel like a stretch to call it a starship. Similar story with the NX-Alpha. I'm cautiously for a keep, it seems like any ship capable of reaching warp is a warp ship, while only some qualify as starships. -- Capricorn (talk) 02:31, October 31, 2012 (UTC)


 * I remember this term only for the first star ship of a civilization capable of warp speed, like "Cochranes warpship" or the Malcorian warp ship. --Perplex (talk) 13:33, November 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * As at least one ship was called this that is not a starship, this should be kept here, but needs to be completely rewritten. Changing the "merge" to a "PNA". -- sulfur (talk) 20:42, January 4, 2013 (UTC)