Federation warp drives have three main components: the power supply (a matter/antimatter annihilation reactor), the dilithium chamber (which converted the raw energy of the antimatter reactor into a more stable and useful ‘energized plasma’) and the warp coils (which used the energized plasma to generate the warp field.)
very little has been said about the inner workings of romulan technology, other than that they use a singularity instead of antimatter in their main reactor. does this singularity reactor rely on the gravitational distortions of the contained black hole to bend space, in lieu of using conventional warp coils and a warp field? seems unlikely, since, in a few places, Feds talk of being able to track a ‘warp signature’, meaning the emissions form romulan warp drives are similar enough to what the federation uses that the same basic technological principles apply when it comes to warping space. most likely the singularity is used in lieu of the antimatter reactor, likely as some kind of incredibly complex form of fusion, utilizing the extreme gravity of the singularity to compress matter to the point that the individual atoms are fused together and release a tremendous amount of energy in the process. That energy would still need to be converted from its ‘raw’ form to a type of ‘energized plasma’ that feeds the warp coils and generates warp travel…so even romulans need dilithium.
the federation did have alternative means of FTL travel; there were mentions of both slipstream and transwarp conduits in the early part of the season. but as we had seen, neither is as cheaply efficient or as simple as warp drive, and so they were not as commonplace as standard warp drives.
and while there are alternative methods for warp drive, and ways to generate energized plasma without dilithium, the federation was not immediately wiped out to the bronze age of spaceflight after the Burn. but when 90% of your spacefaring fleet (and the fleets of everyone else in the galaxy) suddenly goes boom, there is a massive political and military upheaval and the federation fell apart. the destruction of dilithium was not just the barrier to restoring the federation; it was the catalyst that left the economic and military power structure of the galaxy in chaos.
Thank you for doing this! I think we have all had it with this regime's incredible lawlessness and destruction. So many of us feel like leaving this country and letting it slide all the way down to the gutter of history. But this is our country; our homes, families, memories, jobs etc etc are here. So we need to quit being polite, and do whatever we have to do to get rid of this joke of an administration. trump just had his 5th boat fired on with no idea of what their business was, and now he's selling watchers for Christ's sake!
I imagine you can feel my palpable anger on the other side of the keyboard - & you would be right. Qasim, this is beyond the pale not to mention illegal, corrupt & really disgusting. My money is on "they will stone-wall you until the end of time. Come on, Kash - prove me wrong!
Qasim, you went to tremendous trouble filing that FOIA. I fear this present gov't is too corrupt, to expect a true, honest reply, or the tape. Things are not looking good in all sectors. ICE in particular is a rogue force, seemingly out of control. Rappelling from a helicopter in Chicago, as if they're in a foreign battle??!! Must have freaked a lot of easy-going people in that neighborhood, terrifying them, causing them to wonder: "what country are we in, anyway?" We will continue to take their illegal asses to court, but it takes time to get justice, and meanwhile, scars people's psyches.
I keep wondering: WHY? Why does trump want to scare "his own people?" (I say this sarcastically -- he IS at present, the president and is supposed to "care" for "his" people!) trump has misjudged, and is ruining (YAY) repubs' chances for election, I believe. Meanwhile, in horror, we observe, but keep up the Resistance in many ways. Thank you for your service in keeping up with Justice.
Given what happened in Chicago the other night, and earlier today, I want to confront these ICE p______ face-to-face (peacefully and nonviolently of course), record and document what they are doing, and tell them to stand down and get the f___ out of my city and state!
Apparently, FBI and ATF agents were also involved in the monstrosity the other night. These agents have brought disgrace and dishonor to these once esteemed federal law enforcement agencies, if the stories about their involvement are accurate.
And our sadistic, puppy shooting, philandering, foul, gross, troll ICE Barbie DHS Secretary “took part” in the raid at the Austin Walmart earlier today in Chicago. And she is so f______ stupid. She referred to Chicago residents as citizens.
Who the f___ do they these people think they are? terrorizing the residents of “The Great American City,” as Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Norman Mailer referred to Chicago as in his 1968 book, Miami and the Siege of Chicago.
Instead of hitting girls and abusing children, let these ICE punks pick on someone their own size, or at least someone somewhat close to them in size.
If they make a martyr out of me, so be it. I have lived long enough to see all of the Chicago sports teams win championships, including Da Cubs.” By the way, Go Cubs Go!
Should I go down, there will be tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands, of Americans to carry on with the torch I was bearing and continue with the struggle for freedom, justice, and democracy.
Qasim, being that both of us live in the Chicago area, I wound respectfully ask that you pick me up and drive me to the Broadview ICE facility, one day in the near future, because I don’t own a car. I will pay for your gas. Please let me know if this is okay and I will shoot you an email with my address and telephone number.
Finally, I want the immigrants who are being terrorized by the modern-day Amalek’s in the Trump regime’s ICE Gestapo to know that they are not alone, that millions of Americans have their backs, that “This land is (their) land,” and, as difficult as it may be for them right now, to keep the faith and continue to “Be strong and of good courage.”
Homan is scumf___. I apologize for using profanity here on your Substack and I didn’t actually speed out the word here, but there is no better word to accurately describe Homan. He is corrupt, crooked, cruel, sadistic, and stupid simultaneously.
One look at him is all it takes to know you are absolutely correct. And then when he starts talking with those marbles in his mouth he cements the deal
@QasimRashid - thank you, thank you, Thank you! Truly truly, thank you. Thank you for filing this and thank you for showing us how to do the same. I hope you share with us what you find with this request!
A bribery sting caught on tape, then buried in the basement of “nothing to see here.” That’s not law and order, that’s organized crime with better stationary. If Kash Patel says there’s no crime, then let the sunlight in. Show the tape. Show the files. If they refuse, we already know the verdict.
Blessed be the ones who remember: cover-ups are confessions written in silence.
Federation warp drives have three main components: the power supply (a matter/antimatter annihilation reactor), the dilithium chamber (which converted the raw energy of the antimatter reactor into a more stable and useful ‘energized plasma’) and the warp coils (which used the energized plasma to generate the warp field.)
very little has been said about the inner workings of romulan technology, other than that they use a singularity instead of antimatter in their main reactor. does this singularity reactor rely on the gravitational distortions of the contained black hole to bend space, in lieu of using conventional warp coils and a warp field? seems unlikely, since, in a few places, Feds talk of being able to track a ‘warp signature’, meaning the emissions form romulan warp drives are similar enough to what the federation uses that the same basic technological principles apply when it comes to warping space. most likely the singularity is used in lieu of the antimatter reactor, likely as some kind of incredibly complex form of fusion, utilizing the extreme gravity of the singularity to compress matter to the point that the individual atoms are fused together and release a tremendous amount of energy in the process. That energy would still need to be converted from its ‘raw’ form to a type of ‘energized plasma’ that feeds the warp coils and generates warp travel…so even romulans need dilithium.
the federation did have alternative means of FTL travel; there were mentions of both slipstream and transwarp conduits in the early part of the season. but as we had seen, neither is as cheaply efficient or as simple as warp drive, and so they were not as commonplace as standard warp drives.
and while there are alternative methods for warp drive, and ways to generate energized plasma without dilithium, the federation was not immediately wiped out to the bronze age of spaceflight after the Burn. but when 90% of your spacefaring fleet (and the fleets of everyone else in the galaxy) suddenly goes boom, there is a massive political and military upheaval and the federation fell apart. the destruction of dilithium was not just the barrier to restoring the federation; it was the catalyst that left the economic and military power structure of the galaxy in chaos.
Thank you for doing this! I think we have all had it with this regime's incredible lawlessness and destruction. So many of us feel like leaving this country and letting it slide all the way down to the gutter of history. But this is our country; our homes, families, memories, jobs etc etc are here. So we need to quit being polite, and do whatever we have to do to get rid of this joke of an administration. trump just had his 5th boat fired on with no idea of what their business was, and now he's selling watchers for Christ's sake!
I imagine you can feel my palpable anger on the other side of the keyboard - & you would be right. Qasim, this is beyond the pale not to mention illegal, corrupt & really disgusting. My money is on "they will stone-wall you until the end of time. Come on, Kash - prove me wrong!
Keep that pressure up.
Qasim, you went to tremendous trouble filing that FOIA. I fear this present gov't is too corrupt, to expect a true, honest reply, or the tape. Things are not looking good in all sectors. ICE in particular is a rogue force, seemingly out of control. Rappelling from a helicopter in Chicago, as if they're in a foreign battle??!! Must have freaked a lot of easy-going people in that neighborhood, terrifying them, causing them to wonder: "what country are we in, anyway?" We will continue to take their illegal asses to court, but it takes time to get justice, and meanwhile, scars people's psyches.
I keep wondering: WHY? Why does trump want to scare "his own people?" (I say this sarcastically -- he IS at present, the president and is supposed to "care" for "his" people!) trump has misjudged, and is ruining (YAY) repubs' chances for election, I believe. Meanwhile, in horror, we observe, but keep up the Resistance in many ways. Thank you for your service in keeping up with Justice.
He likes the fear factor - keeps people in line@
look at the data related to white collar crime.
https://tracreports.org/reports/760/
Qasim,
Given what happened in Chicago the other night, and earlier today, I want to confront these ICE p______ face-to-face (peacefully and nonviolently of course), record and document what they are doing, and tell them to stand down and get the f___ out of my city and state!
Apparently, FBI and ATF agents were also involved in the monstrosity the other night. These agents have brought disgrace and dishonor to these once esteemed federal law enforcement agencies, if the stories about their involvement are accurate.
And our sadistic, puppy shooting, philandering, foul, gross, troll ICE Barbie DHS Secretary “took part” in the raid at the Austin Walmart earlier today in Chicago. And she is so f______ stupid. She referred to Chicago residents as citizens.
Who the f___ do they these people think they are? terrorizing the residents of “The Great American City,” as Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Norman Mailer referred to Chicago as in his 1968 book, Miami and the Siege of Chicago.
Instead of hitting girls and abusing children, let these ICE punks pick on someone their own size, or at least someone somewhat close to them in size.
If they make a martyr out of me, so be it. I have lived long enough to see all of the Chicago sports teams win championships, including Da Cubs.” By the way, Go Cubs Go!
Should I go down, there will be tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands, of Americans to carry on with the torch I was bearing and continue with the struggle for freedom, justice, and democracy.
Qasim, being that both of us live in the Chicago area, I wound respectfully ask that you pick me up and drive me to the Broadview ICE facility, one day in the near future, because I don’t own a car. I will pay for your gas. Please let me know if this is okay and I will shoot you an email with my address and telephone number.
Finally, I want the immigrants who are being terrorized by the modern-day Amalek’s in the Trump regime’s ICE Gestapo to know that they are not alone, that millions of Americans have their backs, that “This land is (their) land,” and, as difficult as it may be for them right now, to keep the faith and continue to “Be strong and of good courage.”
Them fascists are going to bury it just like they did the Epstein files
Qasim,
Homan is scumf___. I apologize for using profanity here on your Substack and I didn’t actually speed out the word here, but there is no better word to accurately describe Homan. He is corrupt, crooked, cruel, sadistic, and stupid simultaneously.
One look at him is all it takes to know you are absolutely correct. And then when he starts talking with those marbles in his mouth he cements the deal
Submitted an FOIA. It is to important not to take an action that proves Americans are paying attention and we are becoming better educated every day!
Qasim, thank you for providing the necessary information.
Damn yr fierce and brilliant af counselor js
Very useful, thanks! And so glad you filed the FOIA request.
Thank you for stepping up!!
@QasimRashid - thank you, thank you, Thank you! Truly truly, thank you. Thank you for filing this and thank you for showing us how to do the same. I hope you share with us what you find with this request!
Wow! You are relentless and I, for one, thank you.
A bribery sting caught on tape, then buried in the basement of “nothing to see here.” That’s not law and order, that’s organized crime with better stationary. If Kash Patel says there’s no crime, then let the sunlight in. Show the tape. Show the files. If they refuse, we already know the verdict.
Blessed be the ones who remember: cover-ups are confessions written in silence.