Generally used to indicate a medium for faster than light travel, but sometimes used as the act of travelling at such speeds. Made famous by Star Trek - ships travel at warp speed through subspace - but common in many other science-fiction settings to allow rapid transit between the stars. Not to be ...
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Is a warp drive better than a hyperdrive? [closed]
What's faster and more efficient: a warp drive from Star Trek, or a hyperdrive from Star Wars?
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How fast can impulse drive propel a ship?
Impulse drive, how fast is it?
Throughout star trek we see various ships travelling at fractions of 'Impulse drive'. An impulse is a unit of force and thus converting to speed is difficult.
Here ...
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Does jumping to warp speed require the use of inertial dampeners? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are inertial dampeners a requirement for going to warp speed?
Inertial dampeners are used on Star Trek to prevent starship occupants from experiencing inertial effects ...
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What would be the effects of warp collisions?
Triggered by a recent question I was wondering what actually would happen to a ship (e.g. the Enterprise-D NCC-1701) that collides with a stationary object like a) another ship of a similar ...
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Small ship warp into Borg Cube
According to Wolf-359 incident, 39 starships destroyed
11,000 killed or assimilated. Why didnt one of the smaller ships warp into that one borg-cube?
Doesnt warping into it destroy anything?
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Does warp drive permit safe, near- or above- lightspeed travel through atmospheres?
As XKCD recently educated some of us in a "What If" blog post, playing (near) light-speed baseball on a planet with an atmosphere is generally a bad idea.
The TL;DR version translates to: A baseball ...
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Do ships at warp experience time dilation?
From the Gene Roddenberry quote in this answer:
'In answering these questions, I came up with the statement that "this time system adjusts for shifts in relative time which occur due to the ...
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Is the Principle of Apparition Theoretically Similar to the Alcubierre Drive (Warp)?
Apparition seems to be a very quick process, through which a witch or wizard moves almost instantaneously from one place to another. Could Apparition be related to the Alcubierre metric or would this ...
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In Star Trek (2009), how did the warp-capable Enterprise get trapped by the gravity of a black hole?
In the last scene of Star Trek (2009), the Enterprise got trapped in the gravitational field of a black hole.
Light can't escape a black hole if it's inside the event horizon. The Enterprise was ...
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Which race in Star Trek universe was the first to invent Warp technology?
As I've remembered from TV shows, Klingons were capable of interstellar travel from the time of Kahless somewhere in 9th century. And, other species were much backwards.. even Vulcans invented warp ...
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Has Star fleet improved interstellar travel?
This question Why didn’t Voyager fly to the end of the Bajoran wormhole in the gamma quadrant? got me thinking about Starfleet and what their current warp travel tech etc is at.
Granted there have ...
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Are escape pods capable of warp?
In Voyager's Year of Hell, Part I, Chakotay suggests abandoning a very damaged Voyager and, using shuttles and escape pods, rendezvousing on the other side of Krenim space.
Assuming Krenim space is ...
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Are inertial dampeners a requirement for going to warp speed?
Inertial dampeners are used on Star Trek to prevent starship occupants from experiencing inertial effects of the ship. Clearly, for a ship to accelerate at a very high rate via impulse drive, the ...
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How could Enterprise remain at warp after ejecting its cores in Star Trek (2009)
In the 2009 film,
How did the Enterprise maintain warp despite having ejected its cores?
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How Can Warp Drive Damage Space When the Galaxy is Moving Through Space?
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Force of Nature, we find that warp drive damages space and that one area of space is more unstable than others. But not only are all galaxies rushing out ...
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What is the difference between “Warp” and “Transwarp”?
In Star Trek III, Kirk takes the Enterprise out on a little "joyride", with the U.S.S. Excelsior in hot pursuit (initially). The audience learns that the Excelsior is equipped with "trans-warp drive". ...
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How does Slip Stream travel relate to Warp?
In Voyager, the crew briefly enter slip stream travel in two episodes. With the second removing 10 years off their voyage home.
So, how does slip stream compare to, say warp 9?
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How could the saucer section of the Enterprise sustain warp velocity without a warp engine?
In the first TNG episode the saucer section is separated at warp speed. But how is that possible? Memory Alpha says that the saucer section quickly loses speed, but wouldn't it just drop out of warp ...
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What is the story behind the Warp Gates in Cowboy Bebop?
Was it ever explained who built the various gates in Cowboy Bebop? What companies, what are their construction, how many are there, how far do they reach, and how do they function?
What are the ...
