• Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    The warp scale was redone between TOS and TNG(2200s and 2300s,respectively). Warp 10 is “infinite speed” essentially, and you would theoretically be occupying every point in the universe simultaneously.

    There is no faster than warp 10 because of that. In the show, VOY was able to reach warp 9.975 quite easily, something that would only be attainable for the Enterprise D with great difficulty, lots of shaking, and only for a few minutes.

    As you go faster, you use more energy, and therefore typical cruising speeds are between 5-7, with EntD typically going warp 6 most places.

    By star trek Picard, they could make it to warp 9.99. Which despite being only 0.24 away from Voyager’s speed, is MANY times faster. Its a scale that gets closer and closer to 10,but never reaches it.

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      2 months ago

      Warp 10 is “infinite speed” essentially, and you would theoretically be occupying every point in the universe simultaneously.

      It’s so weird how they define a warp level basically as the speed of light.