So...the Enterprise runs on fire?

[LaughingCheese]

That's basically what plasma is, right? In a highly simplified sense.


I was just thinking about what the "Electro Plasma System/EPS" actually is and its basically a bunch of pipes for shuffling around plasma right?


So starships don't run on electricity but basically fire directly?

[Captain Seafort]

So starships don't run on electricity but basically fire directly?

More on hot air than fire, but essentially yes.

[Jim]

That is how it ends... according to Kosh...

[Sonic Glitch]

I guess that kinda explains all the explosions....

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Good lord, no one use any hair spray!

[alexmann]

Ionized hot air, but essentially yes.

[Tholian_Avenger]

I thought it was Helium and Deuterium instead of air.

[Captain Seafort]

I thought it was Helium and Deuterium instead of air.

The warp core uses deuterium and antideuterium as reactants, but the power distribution network uses plasma as a medium. Aka ionised gas - hot air.

[Tholian_Avenger]

Did any of the shows ever state it was chemically atmospheric air in a plasma state? I apologize for this is nitpickery.

[Mikey]

Did any of the shows ever state it was chemically atmospheric air in a plasma state? I apologize for this is nitpickery.

They said "plasma" plenty of times. Ergo, it was either the liquid component of blood or ionized gas. I could be wrong, but I suspect that the show referenced the latter. Probably not air - I'd guess it was an elemental gas or a simple compound. I'm not even sure you could make a plasma out of a multi-compound mixture like air.

[Mark]

Unless its something completely different that for one reason or another they decided to call plasma

[Tholian_Avenger]

I just asked a chemist, she told me to go catch lightening in glass jar and let her know what I find.

[Mark]

I just asked a chemist, she told me to go catch lightening in glass jar and let her know what I find.

Aside from a charred hand?

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

And one of those comical 'singed' expressions of your hair blown back and dark smudging on your face?

[alexmann]

And one of those comical 'singed' expressions of your hair blown back and dark smudging on your face?