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<blockquote data-quote="TDRandall" data-source="post: 2070651" data-attributes="member: 4808">OK, I really liked the tether scene too, but something niggles at my brain about it.&nbsp; Was there, or was there not, any real lateral force happening between the ships - some type of &quot;space winds&quot; or something?Originally I thought no, that Tripp's major difficulty was merely coordinating his movements to progress up/down in his perspective.&nbsp; After all, Malcom didn't seem all that concerned that his shot of the tether across the gap might not make it into the other ship's bay exactly where he wants.&nbsp; I didn't have a problem with that, contributing it to the joining of their warp fields, but then I couldn't figure out why Malcom just didn't reel Tripp in to make the transfer real quick like (except for the exciting, drama filled reasons of course!)But then when the winch ripped out, the assembly and cable go flying away extremely quickly rather than slowly drifting out of the area.&nbsp; If that was the case, then Tripp should have been wipping around like a flag strung on that line and probably ripped to shreds with intersteller dust.Of course, I misunderstood the whole plan in the first place.&nbsp; I thought Malcom was going to have to use the transporter to transfer Tripp over, and that had never been done at warp speed before.Then again, ST physics are whatever will give the most in terms of flash or story.&nbsp; A complete warp engine reboot in a matter of seconds?&nbsp; Wow!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TDRandall, post: 2070651, member: 4808"] OK, I really liked the tether scene too, but something niggles at my brain about it. Was there, or was there not, any real lateral force happening between the ships - some type of "space winds" or something? Originally I thought no, that Tripp's major difficulty was merely coordinating his movements to progress up/down in his perspective. After all, Malcom didn't seem all that concerned that his shot of the tether across the gap might not make it into the other ship's bay exactly where he wants. I didn't have a problem with that, contributing it to the joining of their warp fields, but then I couldn't figure out why Malcom just didn't reel Tripp in to make the transfer real quick like (except for the exciting, drama filled reasons of course!) But then when the winch ripped out, the assembly and cable go flying away extremely quickly rather than slowly drifting out of the area. If that was the case, then Tripp should have been wipping around like a flag strung on that line and probably ripped to shreds with intersteller dust. Of course, I misunderstood the whole plan in the first place. I thought Malcom was going to have to use the transporter to transfer Tripp over, and that had never been done at warp speed before. Then again, ST physics are whatever will give the most in terms of flash or story. A complete warp engine reboot in a matter of seconds? Wow! [/QUOTE]

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