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So would one be constantly accelerating under such a drive, but then be able to decelerate instantly?

If the warp drive is shut down either by its destruction or just plain turning it off, what happens? Does the vessel stop? Continue coasting forward? If so how would the time dilation factor at speeds several thousand times the speed of light?

Ok, just want to double check my figures. * s = The halfway point of the trip (where acceleration will stop) is 50,000 ly or 473036523629040000000 meters * t = Time to reach that distance is 14 days or 1,209,600 seconds From those we get: * v = Final velocity is 782137109175000...

Correct. That's why I mentioned the method of propulsion, I figured that would indicate that time dilation is not meant to be a factor. In any event, thanks for the replies! :)

I'm trying to figure how fast this ship can reach various destinations in a story I'm working on and I have no background in advance math of any kind (If teachers had offered more interesting scenario questions like this one I might have paid more attention in class, instead they gave me those...