Seems to still work by folding space, but appears to do it by changing the geometries of subspace particles.Ī tunnel connecting two points in spacetime via subspace. Sometimes these conduits are said to be created by the ship itself, but in others (for instance, Endgame) it is implied they exist separately, for instance to the existence of hubs, and when for example the ship has to choose which conduit to take to get to an aperture.
In TNG and beyond the Borg have trans-warp, and although it uses something called a "trans-warp coil", it appears to operate differently than regular warp drive, and even requires a network of trans-warp conduits to use. The movies introduced transwarp developed by the federation, but this was later abandoned, and it bears little resemblance to other things of the same name. The word "warp" appears to be deceptive here, in that the term is a kind of catch-all for several technologies which are merely "faster than warp". In general, anything that uses a warp coil to generate a subspace field geometry is warp drive. In TNG and beyond, vessels going to warp generated a kind of while flash. In the original series, there was no visible warp effect, while by the movies there was a kind of rainbow trail when a ship went to warp. Warp Drive, obviously, but there were several types of warp. In the infamous episode Threshold, (which I understand now the writers disavow writing, even though technically it's canon!) Tom Paris pilots a shuttlecraft which apparently uses some form of multispectral quantum subspace engine design to travel at infinite velocity, allowing him to be at every point in the universe simultaneously.
I write this only to bring Star Trek on par with HGTTG, which claims the Improbability Drive, which takes you to every point in the universe simultaneously. Often, the word "warp" simply refers to speed (anything FTL), even though warp drive or bending of space may not be involved. I have listed the ones I can think of off the top of my head, but I am sure there are more!Īlthough some of the technologies mentioned have similar names (for instance, a lot of them have "warp" in their names) they often have differences which are significant enough to count them as different technologies. In fact, due to the tendency for some of the series' to have "tech du jour" I would argue it is a top contender for "most" forms of FTL travel. Star Trek actually has a LOT of types of FTL travel.
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