From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: David_Powell3006@msn.com   
   Subject: Re: Which ship is truly faster?   
      
   On Jul 27, 1:13apm, SparkoHeaps  wrote:   
   > On Jul 27, 8:26aam, Zero  wrote:   
   >   
   > > I keep hearing the debate that people thinks that the U.S.S.   
   > > Enterprise is faster than the Millennium Falcon. aBut I don't   
   > > understand why. aI thought the Millennium Falcon has light speed and   
   > > isn't that faster warp speed? Also the Millennium Falcon is a "war"   
   > > ship because it was used to out run the Empire during smuggling and   
   > > has a smaller crew. aThe Enterprise is a diplomatic ship and does   
   > > galaxy machines for peace and diplomacy. aIt is not trying to fight a   
   > > giant galactic empire. aplease let me know what is right.   
   >   
   > > --Andy   
   >   
   > I've suspected that the distance between the star systems in that long   
   > ago far away galaxy are much closer together than the star systems   
   > here in the Milky Way. So they don't need to go quite so fast to get   
   > somewhere.   
   >   
   > (Maybe the universe hadn't expanded so much at that time.)   
   That is the best Hard SF explanation I ever heard for the Star Wars   
   Galaxy and Republic or Empire with the closeness. Also, as you   
   mentioned, the speed of travel.   
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