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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 127
Message ID: 22
#22, RE: Faster Than Light
Posted by Gryphon on Oct-13-01 at 04:35 PM
In response to message #0
>In -theory- it is possible to engage warp while in hyperspace, but no
>computer is sensitive enough to configure the warp fields finely
>enough to prevent the explosive phenomenon observed on test vessels
>nicknamed the 'Technicolor Yawn.'

Oh, I just noticed this. The term you're thinking of (from a very old EPU online chat about inadvisable things to do with FTL drive systems) is "Technicolor Scream". "Technicolor yawn" is a 60s-vintage euphemism for vomiting.

--G.
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