Harold White's warp drive and OA

[stevebowers.]

The distortion of spacetime around a fast-moving ship is quite counterintuitive. Even for a sub-light spacecraft travelling at relativistic speeds there are some curious effects, such as relativistic beaming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic_beaming
and the searchlight effect
http://www.relativitybook.com/resources/aberration.html

Another weird phenomenon is the Unruh effect, an increase in the apparent temperature of empty space as observed by the vessel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unruh_effect