![]() ![]() ![]() The IKS Rotarran accelerates to warp, viewed from within the vesselĬultures in the galaxy discovered warp drive at their own pace and rate of development, as most of the cultures had to do. ( TNG: " A Matter Of Time") To put this in perspective, planets that were years away with impulse speeds could be reached in days with ships equipped with warp drive. Without these technologies, these distances could not be crossed in any reasonable period of time, making interstellar civilization usually limited to a single sector. Warp drive and other faster-than-light (FTL) propulsion technologies were the linchpin of an interstellar civilization, making trade and exploration across vast interstellar distances viable. Warp core / matter/antimatter reaction assembly.( VOY: " Caretaker")Ī display showing the main components of a warp drive Parts of the system In some vessels, such as the Intrepid-class, the nacelles were mounted on variable geometry pylons. Other civilizations used different power sources, such as the Romulans' use of artificial quantum singularities to power their warp drives ( TNG: " Timescape"), but the basic process was similar. These coils were composed of verterium cortenide and generated the warp field. For propulsion the electro-plasma was funneled by plasma injectors into a series of warp field coils, usually located in remote warp nacelles. This reaction produced a highly energetic plasma, called electro-plasma or warp plasma, which was channeled by plasma conduits through the electro-plasma system (EPS) that system also provided the primary energy supply for the ships other electronic systems. ( TNG: " New Ground")Ģ4th century Federation warp engines were fueled by the reaction of matter ( deuterium) and antimatter ( antideuterium), mediated through an assembly of dilithium crystals, which were nonreactive with antimatter when subjected to high-frequency electromagnetic fields. Warp engines were the bulky units found, in many cases, in a starship's nacelle. 54), the original official term used by Cochrane in the 2060s was "continuum distortion propulsion", which was only informally dubbed as "warp" propulsion at the time. ( ENT: " Horizon" TNG: " Peak Performance", et al.)Īccording to Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (p. The process of going to warp was described as a warp jump. This chart was seen in the schoolroom aboard Deep Space 9 in 2369. Space warp was one of the vocabulary words listed on the chart "A Tunnel in the Sky". ( TOS: " Bread and Circuses", " The Paradise Syndrome") Finally, there was the term "star drive" which was only used by the Federation and Starfleet in the 2260s. In the 2250s the term "hyperdrive" was used by Starfleet ( TOS: " The Cage") and the Ferengi occasionally used the term "lightspeed drive" ( TNG: " Peak Performance"). Most cultures throughout the Milky Way Galaxy used the term "warp drive" and by the late- 23rd century it was the most common term used by the Federation as well ( Star Trek: The Original Series, et al.). Even as late as the 2150s, the warp five engine was still officially known as a " gravimetric field displacement manifold" ( ENT: " Cold Front"). However, Cochrane used the term "space warp generator" in the monitor displays on his spacecraft ( Star Trek: First Contact). In 2063, the term "warp drive" was already used by Zefram Cochrane of his engine on the Phoenix.
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