2007-02-17 14:07:55 · 6 answers · asked by A Box of Signs 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Meh. I'll ask my roommate to dig out his technical manual.
2007-02-17 14:33:36 · update #1
A ship's heading is the direction the nose of the ship is pointing toward. It is indicated by two numbers, azimuth and elevation. These numbers are measured in angular degrees and separated when called out by the word "mark". The UFP considers Galactic "North" as the center of the galaxy, so a ship on a heading of 000 mark 0 would be traveling toward the geometric center of the galaxy. The degree numbers are from 0 to 360 and radiate around the ship in a clockwise direction. The azimuth would be a plane horizontal to the ship's centerline measuring the ship's yaw (or left and right rotation angles), while elevation would be a plane vertical to the ship's centerline measuring its pitch (or up and down rotation angles).
The bearing measures the angular difference between the ship's heading and some other direction being indicated, such as the location of another spacecraft in relation to the ship. A bearing of 000 mark 0 would be directly ahead of the ship, whereas 180 mark 0 would be directly aft of the ship. Mark 0 would indicate the direction is exactly on the ship's centerline. For instance a Romulan Warbird approaching the USS Enterprise bearing "320 mark 15" would place the Warbird approaching the Enterprise's port side, slightly forward and slightly below the ship.
When properly called out by the navigator or helmsman, the heading and bearing numbers are read as individual digits. For example the bearing "320 mark 15" would be called out "bearing three-two-zero mark one-five". Sometimes the word "sector" is added "bearing sector three-two-zero mark one-five", but this "sector" designation has no connection to the galactic sectors discussed in this article.
It is important not to confuse heading and bearing and to know that the heading is not an indication of where a ship is in space, but what direction it is headed. Heading is always the direction the ship itself is going, and bearing is where something else is going in relation to the ship. In the show, heading and bearing are sometimes erroneously used to determine the ship's position in space. The physical position of the ship can only be determined by its stellar coordinates in a particular sector.
2007-02-18 02:03:41 · answer #1 · answered by Carl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Star Trek Coordinates
2016-10-22 06:06:25 · answer #2 · answered by hopkin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What was the coordinate system in Star Trek? "Full forward; Zero Mark Zero!" etc.?
2015-08-13 04:57:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was to set the heading based on TWO rotational axis. The first being on the horizontal plane, the second on the vertical. The two headings are separated by saying mark.
So If I were to say take a heading of 180 mark 25 it would mean to turn the ship around and head upward at a 25 degree angle in reference to the ships current position in space.
That's my take on it, but someone with a tech manual may correct me.
2007-02-17 15:09:51 · answer #4 · answered by todvango 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need 3 points to travel in space!
X Y Z
2007-02-17 14:13:23 · answer #5 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was here on Yahoo for something else, but this question was trending on the sidebar...
2016-08-23 18:23:48 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starfleet has some nerve
2007-02-17 14:16:02 · answer #7 · answered by ♫ayayay♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋