![]() In other words, the function of speed vs. In the physical principle and/or the technical implementation of the propulsion Introduced the apparently abstract and strangely non-linear warp factor must lie Generally, it may have been possible to switch to something like light years perĭay or similar manageable time and distance units. Would end up with unreasonably large and unhandy figures when describing FTL Per hour as they are used for the speeds of today's planes or spaceships we High as 3*10^8m/s, it is obvious that with conventional units such as meters per second or kilometers Of a subspace field, it may as well apply to the field generated by the driverīearing in mind that the speed of light c is already as That the impulse drive makes use of subspace driver coils the latter makes senseĪlso technically, because if the warp factor generally describes the formation With the note in the TNG Technical Manual Warp scale is simply extrapolated below Warp 1, even if only the impulse drive Warp 0.5 could either mean that the warp drive also operatesĪt sublight speeds, without a need to activate the impulse engines, or that the The question whether something like Warp 0.5 exists Star Trek, mostly in the scope of the 24th century scale. Warp factors below Warp 1 are occasionally mentioned in Often travel at integer warp factors 7, 8, 9, etc. The warp scale is continuous, meaning that real numbers suchĪs "Warp 8.179" are possible, although it seems that starships most In all known warp scales "Warp 1" corresponds to X" (written with a capital "W") or, now rather antiquated, ![]() In spoken language they are referred to as There is no common canon symbol or abbreviation for warpįactors, although "WF" or "wf" are sometimes used in textbooks. TheĮxponent is subject to vary between the scales. Variant of the warp scale the speed rises exponentially with the warpįactor, meaning that from Warp 1 to Warp 2 the speed more than doubles. Non-linear dependence between the warp factor and the effective FTL speed. Speed of a starship or of a signal traveling faster than light. ![]()
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