Some Info From the FAQ that is sending a mixed massage???

[Dext]

When traveling within a system, you will not be able to travel at warp. Impulse speed is the norm here, but you can travel impressively fast at full impulse speeds. You can warp to another planet in a system, which is basically instantaneous.

When I looked at this it looks like it is saying that you can an can not do something at the same time. Or is it just me????

[USS_Parallax]

It's not just you. It sounds like if you're at Earth you can't warp to Mars but you can warp to Mars.

[Dext]

OK good maybe a Dev can post something to clear this up more.

[KO_Gilligan]

When traveling within a system, you will not be able to travel at warp. Impulse speed is the norm here, but you can travel impressively fast at full impulse speeds. You can warp to another planet in a system, which is basically instantaneous.

When I looked at this it looks like it is saying that you can an can not do something at the same time. Or is it just me????

Ye the wording is bad... but I think they mean that once in a system you can pop over to any planet by "Warping to it" ... but you can still fly around the system at impulse speeds for looking around and battle and stuff. They probably told us too much, in that you can hop from planet to planet.... I wonder what people think about the concern that the show sometimes gave to "avoiding warping" near an occupied planet because of possible consequences of temporal distortion (opens can of worms slowly :p )

[DarthWarth]

I noticed that too. I imagine it's something along the lines of SWG space system whereby if you are going from Earth to Mars for example it would be instantaneous, however if you were in orbit and wanted to travel there you would have to go at impulse. Either that or it was a typo. *shrug*

[Azurian]

I too noticed that and sent a PM to Awen in hopes she would clarify this.

But from what I'm guessing, it seems that Awen was trying to say is that you can't freely warp within the system as you can outside. Instead, you can only warp between specific locations (I.E. Planet to Planet).

And I really hope it's not instantaneous, instead it's really fast. Because if PvP can occur within a system, that could easily ammount to a surprise attack (coming out of nowhere).

[LordDave]

It sounds like they want to avoid the legacy issue. In ST Legacy you could hit warp whenever you wanted. In Bridge Commander, you could warp to another planet in the system, but you couldn't just hit the "warp" and go from any point.

[Dext]

Right now it is hard to say what they was talking about. maybe another Dev will say something if Awen is not there.

[Voyager24]

Right, I found that confusing as well.

[KO_Gilligan]

It sounds like they want to avoid the legacy issue. In ST Legacy you could hit warp whenever you wanted. In Bridge Commander, you could warp to another planet in the system, but you couldn't just hit the "warp" and go from any point.

Yes. Very good point.

[Dext]

It sounds like they want to avoid the legacy issue. In ST Legacy you could hit warp whenever you wanted. In Bridge Commander, you could warp to another planet in the system, but you couldn't just hit the "warp" and go from any point.

That could be it but I would like to see a Dev post something but we all know they may not say something but you never know.

[Varrangian]

When traveling within a system, you will not be able to travel at warp. Impulse speed is the norm here, but you can travel impressively fast at full impulse speeds. You can warp to another planet in a system, which is basically instantaneous.

When I looked at this it looks like it is saying that you can an can not do something at the same time. Or is it just me????

I read it as perhaps missing a word.

that being - You can warp to another planet in a(nother) system, which is basically instantaneous.

I could be wrong would not be the first time, but that would be my guess.

[Anichent]

Hmmm...after reading it over, several times, maybe it means that you can't want between planets in a system but when you warp from one system to another you can arrive right at a planet instead of the edge of the system? Which is basically what some other people have already said :P

[Loekii]

When traveling within a system, you will not be able to travel at warp. Impulse speed is the norm here, but you can travel impressively fast at full impulse speeds. You can warp to another planet in a system, which is basically instantaneous.

When I looked at this it looks like it is saying that you can an can not do something at the same time. Or is it just me????

After thinking about this, I think it is a comment about speed.

At warp 1, you cover the distance in a stellar system at incredible speeds - which basically makes travel instantly. So you cannot 'cruise' around the system at warp, as you basically are 'blinking/teleporting' because of the relative speed -- Imagine trying to cruse a city block at mach 1.

So the game gives you 2 options for travel inside a stellar system (ie our solar system):

Impulse - to 'cruse' the system at slower speeds
Warp - teleport from planet to planet.


Lets say the following:

a Stellar system = 10,000 clicks in diameter
Warp 1 = 10,000 clicks per second
Fastest Impulse = 100 clicks per sec


So at Warp 1, you may cross an entire system in 1 second (thus giving the illusion that warping from Earth to Jupiter is 'instant'), while it may take a few mins traveling at max impulse.

Does that make sense?

[DerManiac]

I read it as perhaps missing a word.

that being -
You can warp to another planet in a(nother) system, which is basically instantaneous.
I could be wrong would not be the first time, but that would be my guess.

Well, but than I dont understand why this would be "instantaneously"?

[Varrangian]

Well, but than I dont understand why this would be "instantaneously"?

The Game Informer article said that the Map/Navigation would be broken to scales. The largest scale would be the galactic map, the next scale would be the Sector may and finally the System map is the "smallest" scale.

My guess is what they have planned is some what like Mass Effect. So you can looks at the Galactic map, pick a sector and it "zooms" in. Now at the sector level for STO you can probably pick to warp directly to system X or if you've visited system X in the past you can zoom in further to the planetary map and pick a planet to warp to directly.

If it is a new system you can't pick the planets from the system map until you've explored the system.

Does that make sense?

[ejschaefer]

make it like oblivion be able to travel yourself with the option of fast travel