this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2023
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The warp core was originally a space babble replacement for a boiler on a steam ship, since it was based on WW2 navy ships. On old steam ships literally almost everything ran directly on auxiliary steam. As a result of probably not revisiting this since the 60s: everything in trek runs directly on warp core plasma.
You mean WW 0? Even in WW1 ICE powered ships are commonplace.
WW2 Iowa class battleship had steam turbines
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship
Huh. I stand corrected.
Yup almost 3000 liberty ships with triple expansions and heavy oil fired boilers were built during the war boss.
I discovered that while watching the movie Battleship lol
Not a total loss after all 😁
WWNAM. I joke.