Abakai2003 0 Posted May 14, 2003 Photons a suposed to travel at warp but they allways hit after the phasers, which fire at the speed of light even if they are fired first. (If this question has been asked allready forgive me for I am new) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Jean-Luc Picard 1 Posted May 15, 2003 Phasers fire at the speed of light, thus can't be used at warp speeds. Torpedoes can travel at warp speed, thus can be used when travelling at warp. When at sublight speeds, the torpedoes are simply thust from the ship, then self propelled, while the phasers travel at light speed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xeroc 0 Posted May 16, 2003 First, the only reason is that if the photon torps travelled faster-than-light, we wouldn't be able to see them! And that wouldn't make for very good battle scenes. Even though they are supposed to travel at warp 1. Phasers fire at the speed of light, thus can't be used at warp speeds. Torpedoes can travel at warp speed, thus can be used when travelling at warp. That's actually not quite true. Both phasers and photon torps can be used at warp because they are in the collective warp fields of the ships and are pulled along with them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
