Some transwarp channels, namely the transwarp network of the Borg and the corridors used by the Vaadwaur, are even reported to be permanent. In order to avoid confusion, it has to be annotated that a conventional wormhole (like the Barzan Wormhole and fundamentally the artificial Bajoran Wormhole too) is actually a space inversion and not chiefly a subspace phenomenon, although many of its side effects become apparent in subspace too. The other basic type of transwarp drive is the one that opens subspace ahead of a vessel, creating wormhole-like channels through which even more than one vessel could travel at a time.

(There were premature rumors that the shuttle may even have reached Warp 10 in the meaning of 'infinite speed', but this amateurish claim was quickly discarded by Federation scientists and was occasionally mentioned as a practical joke to cheer up boring presentations on scientific conferences.) This report, however, was rated not trustworthy by the Federation Science Council, although extensive sensor data including medical logs on the flight's effects on the passenger still remain to be verified. A yet unconfirmed report from USS Voyager states that a shuttle with remodulated warp drive indeed managed to create ten nested layers and ultimately entered Transwarp I. Experiments performed in this field in the late 2360's turned out quite promising. It has been suggested, however, that this might be possible once the Warp 10 peak transitional threshold could be broken (Warp 10 referring to the pre-Excelsior scale!), which may act as a final barrier to the Transwarp I domain. Creating a field gradient strong enough to accomplish this is currently beyond the potential of Federation technology. Rather than that, the whole ship is pushed into subspace, comparable to subspace radio signals. But most likely, this technology does not envelop the ship which always remains in normal space, into a 'warp bubble', like all warp drives of the Federation so far including Excelsior transwarp. It appears that Voth transwarp is indeed based on exploiting the lower subspace domains. The data gathered on this principle by USS Voyager is scarce. The first is shipboard drive as it is used by the Voth in the Delta Quadrant. Two fundamental principles of transwarp may be distinguished. Actually, 'Transwarp' has become a collective name for any technology suitable to overcome the limitations of conventional warp All these different technologies are casually designated 'transwarp', although they all have few in common with the Excelsior Project. Musings on TranswarpStarfleet has lately been in contact with several civilizations using advanced FTL propulsion. Home > Science & Technology > Musings on Transwarp

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