![]() ( TNG: " Time Squared")Īn alternative future Enterprise-D refitted for warp 13 Picard suggested this could have been achieved by a warp-powered slingshot using the gravitational pull of a star. While Riker knew the shuttlepod didn't have warp drive, he still suggested the theory that it could have somehow accelerated beyond warp 10. Riker speculated on what phenomenon could have thrown the El-Baz back through time. In 2365, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Commander William T. It was possible to travel backwards in time by surpassing warp 10. After it was discovered that such travel induced hyper-evolution, this technology was discontinued after the initial test. Although considered a theoretical impossibility at the time, Tom Paris of the USS Voyager reached the warp 10 threshold in 2372, using shuttlecraft Cochrane, which was equipped with a transwarp drive and an extraordinarily rare form of dilithium discovered earlier that year. This was confirmed in "Threshold" in which Tom Paris becomes the first Human to travel at warp 10. 55), the ship didn't actually achieve warp 10 or go beyond it, but it did travel at the extreme speed of about Warp 9.9999999996. Chakotay agreed with Janeway, quipping at "warp 10." ( VOY: " The Voyager Conspiracy")Īccording to Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (p. Kathryn Janeway made the observation in 2376 that rumors traveled fast on the USS Voyager. ( VOY: " Threshold") Warp 10 had also become a slang term referring to anything extremely fast. Warp 10 was also known as the transwarp threshold. A vessel traveling at warp 10 occupied all points in the universe simultaneously. In 24th century warp theory, warp factor 10 had been redesignated to correspond with infinite velocity. Shuttlecraft Cochrane accelerating to warp 10 USS Enterprise-D accelerated to incredible warp speeds by the Traveler At maximum speed, the ship was traveling at approximately warp 36. In 2270, the Enterprise encountered Karla Five's vessel, that was about to enter the Beta Niobe nova. In 2270, the Enterprise was accelerated to speeds in the excess of warp 22, while being linked to Karla Five's vessel with a tractor beam. Zefram Cochrane also devised modifications to the USS Enterprise that allowed the ship to achieve the speed, though the ship was almost torn apart at that velocity. ![]() In the comic book " A Warp in Space" set in the late- 2260s, Starfleet tested the prototype Warp 15 engine on several test ships. ![]() At that time the ship could maintain warp 11 without danger. ( TOS: " The Changeling") In 2268, the Kelvans who commandeered the ship made similar modification. Kirk ordered Nomad to reverse the modifications though, as the structure of the Enterprise was not designed to handle the stress of that much power output. When this happened, Montgomery Scott was in disbelief. In 2267, the Nomad probe improved efficiency in the antimatter input valve and energy release controls on the Enterprise, allowing the ship to achieve at least warp 11. ( TOS: " Let That Be Your Last Battlefield") ( TOS: " Journey to Babel") In 2268, Bele, upon commandeering the engine and directional controls of the Enterprise, propelled the starship faster than warp 10 towards Cheron. In 2267, the USS Enterprise engaged an Orion scout ship capable of warp 10, if not higher speeds, since crew safety was of no concern to them, prompting Spock to remark that it was " interesting." The ship was too fast for the Enterprise to hit it with phasers or photon torpedoes. ( TOS: " Journey to Babel") Speeds on the order of warp 15 were called multiwarp speeds. In the 23rd century, warp factors of 10 and higher were known as generally unsafe velocities. They did not clarify whether the same warp factor would have been used for intergalactic travel also.
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